Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve our systems of democracy and justice. We work to hold our political institutions and laws accountable to the twin American ideals of democracy and equal justice for all. The Center's work ranges from voting rights to campaign finance reform, from ending mass incarceration to preserving Constitutional protection in the fight against terrorism. Part think tank, part advocacy group, part cutting-edge communications hub, we start with rigorous research. We craft innovative policies. And we fight for them - in Congress and the states, the courts, and in the court of public opinion.

The Brennan Center for Justice works to build an America that is democratic, just, and free — for all.

Goal One: We work to make voting free, fair, and easy. Our reforms modernize American elections, proposes measures to ensure election security, and fight restrictive voting policies that make it harder to vote.

Goal Two: The Brennan Center works to expose the huge costs of mass incarceration, fights for sentencing and bail reforms, and develops transformative legislative proposals for a fairer justice system.

Goal Three: We work to rein in abuses of our government’s security policies - sounding the alarm about overbroad surveillance, and fighting policies that single out religious, racial, or ethnic minorities.

Currently Brennan Center managers participate in intensive management training to improve both managers' performances in the workplace and the relationship managers have with their staff, their peers, and their supervisors. We are using LEAD training for a year-long focus on how managers can create a better workplace for all staff at every level.

During the midterm elections the Brennan Center worked with organizational allies, election officials, and law enforcement to have one of the smoothest elections in modern history - battling gerrymandering, voter suppression, voter intimidation, threats made to election officials, election deniers, and campaigns run by dark money groups to ensure that American democracy withstood numerous challenges to succeed. When the Supreme Court took up the Moore v. Harper case - a case that would have thrown elections into chaos - we coalesced historians, voting rights experts, peer organizations, and others to present an argument against a ruling in favor of North Carolina's independent state legislative theory. We also released a comprehensive plan to help prepare election officials at the local, state, and federal levels prepare for the 2024 elections - providing a blueprint at a critical moment to defend election workers against threats, and ensuring technical resilience.