Our Projects

Justice architecture, built one project at a time.

Each project below started with a pattern we saw across our cases — a system that was breaking people instead of helping them. We built a working alternative, then organized to make it the default.

Active projects

5 projects

Shelter Direct

Holistic, concierge-style legal services for shelter residents who are suffering from poverty.

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Street Outreach Court Detroit

A program that allows homeless folks to "pay off" their tickets with efforts to improve their lives.

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Ending Michigan's Pay-to-Play Court Funding Law

Three cases, one unconstitutional statute, and courts that keep dodging the merits.

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Eviction Due Process Benchmarks

An investigation of inequitable housing law enforcement and creation of a due process scorecard.

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Functional Sentencing

A sentencing model that helps people exit poverty and leave the criminal justice system for good.

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