SCSJ represents individuals and community-based organizations in cases centered around justice system reform, voter rights, and environmental justice. We believe in creating the potential for structural change that will benefit underserved communities and have positive implications for racial justice, election protection, and environmental preservation. Our litigation extends to nonpartisan groups and people of color in local and statewide redistricting litigation across the South, and we have represented clients before the United States Supreme Court.
Our Cases
Lawsuit Against Central Piedmont Community College
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY | ONGOING Case Summary Notice Filed 4/23/2025 Updated 04/25/2025 North Carolina residents are suing Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) and its Board of Trustees due to CPCC’s efforts to hide information about its development of a controversial public safety training facility. Two plaintiffs were also banned from CPCC’s campus after attending a public…
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Johnson v. Goodwin
The DMV revoked the licenses of hundreds of thousands of people simply because they could not afford to pay traffic fines and court costs. SCSJ and co-counsels sued to end the practice, which funnels low-income people further into poverty, in violation of their due process and equal protection rights.
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Fair Maps Texas Action Committee v. Abbott
Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed this challenge to Texas's new 2021 state legislative and congressional maps.
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