Justice at Stake Campaign

The Justice at Stake Campaign is a nonpartisan national campaign working to keep our courts fair and impartial. Across America, Campaign partners help protect our courts through public education, grass-roots organizing and reform. The Campaign provides strategic coordination and brings unique organizational, communications and opinion research resources to the work of its partners and allies at the national, state and local levels. The following organizations are national partners in the Justice at Stake Campaign:

American Bar Association Standing Committee on Judicial Independence

The American Bar Association has long been dedicated to the promotion and protection of an impartial judiciary. In 1997, the ABA formed the Standing Committee on Judicial Independence. The Standing Committee was created to promote public awareness about the values of an independent, accountable and efficient judiciary and to assist in responding to unwarranted criticism. The Standing Committee has a particular focus on state and local judiciaries. The Standing Committee has cosponsored a model plan on how to respond to judicial criticism, which has been distributed to state and local bar associations across the country. The model plan provides information on when it is appropriate to respond to unwarranted criticism of a judge, and provides a plan as to how that response should be handled. In addition, the committee has produced a short video on the same subject.

Appleseed Foundation

The Appleseed Foundation mission is to build a just society through legal advocacy, community activism, and policy expertise. We work locally to address root causes and produce practical, systemic solutions. We strive for a society in which opportunities are genuine, access to the law is universal and equal, and power is used to advance the public interest.

Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law unites thinkers and advocates in pursuit if a vision of inclusive and effective democracy. Our mission is to develop and implement an innovative, nonpartisan agenda of scholarship, public education and legal action that promotes equality and human dignity while safeguarding fundamental freedom. The Center operates programs in the areas of Democracy, Poverty, and Criminal Justice.