LatinoJustice PRLDEF

Our Mission

LatinoJustice PRLDEF ( Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund) champions an equitable society. Using the power of the law together with education and advocacy, LatinoJustice PRLDEF protects opportunities for all Latinos to succeed in work and school, fulfill their dreams, and sustain their families and communities. LatinoJustice PRLDEF’s work fully embraces the diversity of the Latino community – especially the most vulnerable – new immigrants and the economically vulnerable. LatinoJustice PRLDEF’s work encompasses three guiding principles – protecting civil rights, cultivating Latino leaders and increasing civic participation – that conveys our work, and showcases our exceptional role within the Latino rights community. Our work primarily consists of impact litigation, legal advocacy, leadership development and legal education and pipeline programs that address a variety of civil and human rights issues, including immigrant justice, voting rights, worker's rights, economic justice and criminal justice reform.