What Community Justice Project does

Community Justice Project (CJP) is a Florida-based non-profit legal organization founded in 2015, operating with a community lawyering approach out of Miami. It is staffed by lawyers, researchers, and artists who deliver direct legal services, litigation, policy advocacy, community education, and campaign strategy to grassroots constituencies organizing for racial justice and human rights. Practice areas include tenant defense, worker rights, immigrant rights, climate gentrification resistance, disaster recovery equity, protection of dissent rights, and abolitionist initiatives. The primary "customers" are organizing communities in South Florida, with secondary partners including non-profit advocacy groups and private law firms that contribute pro bono capacity.

CJP does not offer a technology product or platform; its "product" is innovative legal work delivered through human practitioners and supported by a structured talent pipeline. The organization runs a summer internship program for first- and second-year law students and sponsors post-graduate fellowships through Skadden, Equal Justice Works, Justice Catalyst, and school-funded fellowship programs — a model that effectively externalizes a portion of personnel costs to fellowship sponsors. Pro bono engagement is sourced through partnerships with private law firms spanning transactional work, individual representation, high-impact litigation, and policy advocacy.

CJP's revenue model is entirely donation- and contribution-based; the organization does not charge for services. It markets its mission through its website, a newsletter subscription channel, donation appeals, and word-of-mouth within social justice movement networks. Geographic focus is South Florida, with copy referencing work "in Florida and beyond." The entity is governed independently as Community Justice Project Inc., a Florida-domiciled 501(c)(3)-style non-profit, with no parent company, private equity, or institutional investor ownership indicated in the available source material.

Name

Community Justice Project

Legal name

Community Justice Project Inc.

Website

https://communityjusticeproject.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Community Justice Project is a Miami-based non-profit legal organization founded in 2015 that provides pro bono legal representation, litigation, and policy advocacy to grassroots communities organizing for racial justice and human rights across South Florida.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-Profit Legal Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations (BPAGAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB), Criminal Justice Reform & Legal System Advocacy (BPAGAFAI)

Keywords

• Community legal services
• Racial justice advocacy
• Human rights law
• Civil rights litigation
• Nonprofit legal aid

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: Community Justice Project operates as a non-profit organization funded primarily through donations from individuals, foundations, and supporters who believe in their mission of supporting organizing for racial justice and human rights.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Community Justice Project is a Florida-based non-profit legal organization that provides innovative legal support to communities organizing for racial justice and human rights. Its team of lawyers, researchers, and artists delivers direct representation, litigation, policy advocacy, campaign strategy, community education, and research in South Florida and beyond. The organization operates through a community lawyering model, partnering with grassroots movements and private law firms to address climate gentrification, tenant and worker defense, immigrant rights, disaster recovery equity, and abolitionist initiatives.

Product overview

Community Justice Project (CJP) is a Florida-based non-profit legal organization, not a technology product company. It does not offer a software platform, SaaS product, or technology-based product/service portfolio. The organization is composed of lawyers, researchers, and artists who provide innovative legal work supporting organizing for racial justice and human rights. Their services include policy advocacy, campaign strategy, direct representation, litigation, community education, arts, and research. No discrete technology products, modules, or branded offerings have been identified in the source material.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Direct Legal Representation and Litigation
• Policy Advocacy and Campaign Strategy
• Community Education and Research Community education, arts, and research programming delivered in South Florida to support movement building and deepen public understanding of social justice issues.
• Pro Bono Legal Partnerships
• Summer Internship Program
• Post-Graduate Fellowship Program

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Non-Profit Advocacy GroupscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Justice Project partners with non-profit advocacy groups working on social justice issues. These partnerships involve providing legal support for campaigns, community education, and collaborative advocacy work.
• Private Law FirmscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCJP partners with private law firms to provide legal services to clients. Pro bono opportunities range from transactional work on behalf of community-based organizations to individual representation in court or administrative proceedings, to high-impact litigation and policy advocacy.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Miami Workers Center: South Florida-based worker and immigrant rights organizing group. Overlaps with CJP's worker rights and immigrant rights issue areas in the same Miami geography.
• Florida Legal Services: Statewide legal aid support center providing civil legal services to low-income Floridians. Comparable to CJP in providing legal support to vulnerable populations in Florida, though more focused on traditional legal aid than movement lawyering.
• Americans for Immigrant Justice: Miami-based nonprofit providing legal representation and advocacy for immigrants in Florida. Overlaps directly with CJP on immigrant rights, ending criminalization of immigrants, and providing direct legal services in the same Miami geography.
• ACLU of Florida: State-level affiliate of the ACLU focused on civil liberties and civil rights in Florida. Overlaps directly with CJP on immigrant rights, criminalization, and racial justice litigation within the same geography.
• Florida Immigrant Coalition: Statewide immigrant rights coalition advocating for policy reform and immigrant community empowerment in Florida. Comparable to CJP on immigrant rights advocacy and movement-building, though focused on organizing rather than direct legal representation.

Direct peers

• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: National civil rights legal organization using litigation and advocacy to advance racial justice and human rights. Directly comparable to CJP in legal advocacy focus, racial justice mission, and pro bono law firm engagement model.
• Advancement Project: National racial justice legal organization that combines legal advocacy, policy, and organizing support for communities of color. Directly comparable to CJP in mission, community lawyering orientation, and multi-issue approach.

Broad incumbents

• Southern Poverty Law Center: Large, established civil rights legal organization providing litigation, advocacy, and education across the U.S. South. Comparable to CJP in legal advocacy and civil rights focus, but operates at a vastly larger scale and broader geographic footprint.

Emerging players

• Equal Justice Works: Fellowship sponsor that places emerging lawyers in public interest and social justice organizations. Directly comparable to CJP through their shared fellowship pipeline, though EJW operates as the funder/convener rather than a direct legal services provider.
• Dēmos: National racial justice and economic equity policy organization combining research, advocacy, and litigation. Comparable to CJP in its integration of research, legal work, and movement-building for racial and economic justice.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cjpmiami
• Facebookfacebook.com/communityjusticeprojectfls

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