M I S S I O N
The School Justice Project (SJP) will provide free special education legal representation and advocacy to court-involved youth ages 17-22 in DC. SJP’s purpose is to protect and advocate for the special education rights of older court-involved students during incarceration and upon reentry. Our focus is post-incarceration, beyond the “school-to-prison pipeline.” No organization is dedicated to this legal work for these older students. As education lawyers, we will represent those students most deeply entrenched in the delinquency and criminal justice systems to obtain the quality education and transition support services they are consistently denied. By ensuring access to justice, we will obtain positive outcomes for clients, dismantle systemic barriers, and force systems to address the unmet needs of this student population.
