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EJI

Houses six civil anti-poverty legal clinics at UW Law School, empowering low-income clients through advocacy, education, and alternative dispute resolution services.

https://law.wisc.edu/eji/
Higher EdChildren + FamiliesImmigration + Justice ReformHousing EligibilityBasic Needs + CLR

Projects (9)

EJI (UW Law)- Teaching and training law students to be skilled professional advocates to assist client communites with unmet legal needs

Individual assistance; building capacity of legal trained advocates

Higher EdBoard Dev
Tenant Resource Center, Worker Justice WI, many othersRyan Poe-Gavlinski (ryan.poegavlinski@wisc.edu)

EJI @ UW - Representation and consultations in many types of immingration cases inluding asylum cases, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status cases, & more

Individual case outcomes for asylees, juveniles, their families

Children + FamiliesMarketing
Erin Barbato (ekmurphy@wisc.edu)

EJI @ UW - Representation and consultations in many types of immingration cases inluding asylum cases, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status cases, & more

Individual case outcomes for asylees, juveniles, their families

Immigration + Justice ReformMarketing

EJI @ UW Law - Represent victims of domestice violence, sexual assault and other crime in civil restraining orders

Provide much neeeded legal advocacy to survivors of abuse and sexual assualt and stalking in civil proceedings when many are unrepresented in court proceedings

Children + FamiliesOutreach
DAIS, Dane County Prosecutor's Office, UWRyan Poe-Gavlinski (ryan.poegavlinski@wisc.edu)

EJI @ UW Law - eviction record removal assistance

assistance and referrals to resources, records removed from CCAP to aid in housing eligibility and housing acquisition

Housing Eligibility
Tenant Resource Center, Legal Action, Community Justice, People's Law CenterGrace Kube (gkube@wisc.edu(; Sophie Crispin (crispin@wisc.edu)

EJI @ UW Law - provide assistance with wage garnishment/consumer protection

Basic Needs + CLRMarketing
Sarah Orr (sarah.orr@wisc.edu)

EJI @ UW Law - provide family court asssistance

Children + FamiliesVolunteers
Jennifer Binkley (jbinkley@wisc.edu); Cary Bloodoworth (bloodworth@wisc.edu)

EJI @ UW Law - provide survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assualt with resources and support

Provide resources and other information as needed to move forward

Children + FamiliesOutreach
Many community partners including DAIS, Wisconsin State Bar, etc.Ryan Poe-Gavlinski (ryan.poegavlinski@wisc.edu)

EJI @ UW Law - represent individual clients facing eviction in court

maintain housing stability and ensure tenant's rights are enforced so the best outcome can be reached

Basic Needs + CLRMarketing
Tenant Resource Center, Legal Action, Community Justice, People's Law CenterGrace Kube (gkube@wisc.edu(; Sophie Crispin (crispin@wisc.edu)