EJS Mourns the Passing of Prof. Charles Ogletree, Our Founding Board Chair

The Equal Justice Society mourns the passing of Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Jesse Climenko Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Harvard Law School and EJS’s Founding Board Chair. Eva Paterson, EJS’s Founding President: “Professor Charles Ogletree died today. Hearts across the country are breaking right now with the loss of this giant. There’s so much thatContinue reading “EJS Mourns the Passing of Prof. Charles Ogletree, Our Founding Board Chair”

EJS Welcomes Two New Board Members, Summer Interns, and Public Interest Fellow

The Equal Justice Society welcomes Fernando Gaytan and Pamela Perkins-Dwyer to our Board of Directors, Carlie Jones and Julie Mendoza as our summer law interns, Amalee Beattie as a Berkeley Law Public Interest Fellow, and Anoosh Ali as a civil rights summer intern. We also say goodbye and thank you to Alfred Fraijo Jr. on hisContinue reading “EJS Welcomes Two New Board Members, Summer Interns, and Public Interest Fellow”

Lisa Holder Named New President of the Equal Justice Society

The Equal Justice Society board of directors has appointed Lisa Holder as the organization’s new President, succeeding Eva Paterson who co-founded EJS in 2000 and served as its President for 22 years. Eva retires on August 31. Lisa starts as President on September 1. Since 2016, she has been part of EJS’s legal team asContinue reading “Lisa Holder Named New President of the Equal Justice Society”