People's Parity Project

What People's Parity Project does

People's Parity Project (PPP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 84-2929575) founded in 2015 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., that organizes law students and attorneys into a national movement to reform the legal profession and the courts. The organization runs six interconnected programs: Democracy Defense (organizing lawyers against authoritarianism, including the 'Don't Bend the Knee' Big Law organizing toolkit), Worker Power (fighting forced arbitration, non-competes, and class-action waivers), Federal Judicial Nominations (advocating for pro-people judges and opposing far-right nominees), State Courts (judicial diversity research and the State Courts Organizing Network with the Center for Community Alternatives), Federal Court Reform (Supreme Court ethics, term limits, and expansion), and a Chapters network covering 20+ law school campuses and four city-based lawyers chapters in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington DC.

PPP's distribution model is community-led and event-driven: it builds capacity through chapter-based grassroots organizing, an Annual Convening in Washington D.C. (June 27-29, 2025), the Lawyers March for Democracy rally at the U.S. Supreme Court (November 15, 2025), and the Pro-People Lawyering Series virtual events, supported by research publications (the 'No Kings' court reform report analyzing 389 federal cases, and state-by-state 'Imbalanced Justice' reports), toolkits, and a multi-channel social and email presence. The organization does not develop proprietary technology; its core 'technology' is its organizing infrastructure, research output (1,000+ published works), and coalition relationships with AFL-CIO, Union Lawyers Alliance, the Center for Community Alternatives, and a Lawyers March for Democracy coalition that includes ACLU, American Constitution Society, Alliance for Justice, Democracy Forward, Lambda Legal, and others.

Revenue is generated primarily through small-dollar individual donations (one-time and monthly recurring tiers at $10, $25, $50, $100, $250, $500), sliding-scale event ticket sales (suggested $500 for the Annual Convening), and merchandise, with 4 core staff supported by a Board of Directors and an Advisory Council of progressive legal practitioners and scholars. PPP's customer base is the legal profession itself: law students and attorneys seeking pro-people career paths, allied advocacy organizations, and indirectly the workers and consumers affected by coercive contracts and judicial rulings the organization campaigns against.

Name

People's Parity Project

Legal name

People's Parity Project

Website

https://peoplesparity.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

People's Parity Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2015 that organizes law students and attorneys across 25 chapters to fight coercive contracts, reform the courts, and defend democracy through grassroots campaigns, research, and coalitions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Advocacy Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Legal Services (5411), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Criminal Justice Reform & Legal System Advocacy (BPAGAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Consumer Rights & Public Interest Advocacy (BPAGAFAK)

Keywords

• Legal advocacy services
• Court reform research
• Judicial nominations advocacy
• Worker rights organizing
• Nonprofit law organizing

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Small-Dollar Donations: PPP relies primarily on small-dollar donations from individual supporters. The organization emphasizes that small-dollar donations (as low as $10, $25, $50) ensure they can support chapters nationwide and build a movement to fight corporate legal power. Donors can give one-time or on a monthly recurring basis.
2. Event Ticket Sales: The PPP Annual Convening (June 27-29, 2025) charges ticket prices (suggested at $500 per attendee) to cover event costs including venue, food, speaker travel, and travel sponsorships for student organizers. Ticket prices are sliding scale with discounted/free options available for those who cannot afford the suggested amount.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

People's Parity Project is a nonprofit association of law students, lawyers, and activists that organizes chapters at law schools and in cities, conducts research on court reform, advocates for pro-people federal and state judicial nominations, runs campaigns against coercive contracts (arbitration, non-competes, predispute waivers), and builds a national movement to transform the legal profession. Its deliverable to participants is organizing infrastructure, training, policy research, and coordinated advocacy campaigns rather than paid legal services or technology products.

Product overview

People's Parity Project is a legal advocacy organization offering a coordinated set of programs focused on reforming the legal system to work for working people. The organization operates six interconnected programs: Democracy Defense (organizing lawyers against authoritarianism), Worker Power (fighting coercive contracts), Federal Judicial Nominations (pro-people judge advocacy), State Courts (court reform and judicial diversity research), Federal Court Reform (structural court reform), and a Chapters network (law school and lawyer organizing chapters). Additional offerings include published research reports on judicial backgrounds and court reform, and campaigns like the Lawyers March for Democracy coalition and coercive contracts advocacy supporting the FAIR Act.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Democracy Defense Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of workers freed from forced arbitration clauses through PPP campaigns
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• American Constitution SocietyflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 November 2025American Constitution Society is part of the Lawyers March for Democracy coalition convened by PPP, working together to defend the Constitution, rule of law, and equal justice at the Supreme Court.
• Alliance for JusticeflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 November 2025Alliance for Justice is part of the Lawyers March for Democracy coalition convened by PPP to build a legal resistance to authoritarianism and defend democracy at the Supreme Court.
• ACLUflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 November 2025ACLU is part of the Lawyers March for Democracy coalition convened by PPP to defend the Constitution and rule of law against authoritarianism.
• Lawyers for Good GovernmentflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 November 2025Lawyers for Good Government is part of the Lawyers March for Democracy coalition convened by PPP to build legal resistance to authoritarianism.
• Project SouthflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 November 2025Project South is part of the Lawyers March for Democracy coalition convened by PPP for democracy defense at the Supreme Court.
• IndivisibleflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 November 2025Indivisible is part of the Lawyers March for Democracy coalition convened by PPP to defend democracy and the rule of law.
• Women Lawyers on GuardflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 November 2025Women Lawyers on Guard is part of the Lawyers March for Democracy coalition convened by PPP for democracy defense.
• Democracy ForwardflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 November 2025Democracy Forward is part of the Lawyers March for Democracy coalition convened by PPP to build legal resistance to authoritarianism.
• Lambda LegalflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 November 2025Lambda Legal is part of the Lawyers March for Democracy coalition convened by PPP to defend democracy and equal justice.
• Law Students for Climate AccountabilityflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 November 2025Law Students for Climate Accountability is part of the Lawyers March for Democracy coalition convened by PPP for democracy defense.
• Poverty Law Center of VirginiaflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 November 2025Poverty Law Center of Virginia is part of the Lawyers March for Democracy coalition convened by PPP for democracy defense.
• United for DemocracyflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 November 2025United for Democracy is part of the Lawyers March for Democracy coalition convened by PPP to defend the Constitution and rule of law.
• Virginia Poverty Law CenterflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 November 2025Virginia Poverty Law Center is listed as organizational partner for the Lawyers March for Democracy rally at the U.S. Supreme Court.
• California Employment Lawyers AssociationminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 March 2023Part of coalition urging COPRAC to adopt ethics opinion clarifying that it is unethical for attorneys to include illegal or unenforceable terms in worker and consumer contracts.
• Economic Security Project ActionminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 March 2023Part of coalition urging COPRAC to adopt ethics opinion on unenforceable contract terms.
• National Consumer Law CenterminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 March 2023Part of coalition urging COPRAC ethics opinion on illegal contract terms.
• National Employment Law ProjectminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 March 2023Part of coalition urging COPRAC ethics opinion on unenforceable contract terms.
• Open Markets InstituteminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 March 2023Part of coalition urging COPRAC ethics opinion on illegal contract terms.
• Public Good Law CenterminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 March 2023Part of coalition urging COPRAC ethics opinion.
• Public JusticeminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 March 2023Part of coalition urging COPRAC ethics opinion on unethical contract terms.
• Student Borrower Protection CenterminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 March 2023Part of coalition urging COPRAC ethics opinion.
• Towards JusticeminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 6 March 2023Towards Justice co-authored coalition letter urging COPRAC to adopt ethics opinion on unenforceable contract terms. David Seligman from Towards Justice quoted in press coverage.
• AFL-CIOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPPP partners with AFL-CIO and the Union Lawyers Alliance to make it financially feasible for lawyers with student debt to pursue careers as union lawyers. This partnership addresses the financial barriers that prevent lawyers from choosing pro-worker career paths.
• Union Lawyers AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPPP partners with AFL-CIO and the Union Lawyers Alliance to make it financially feasible for lawyers with student debt to pursue careers as union lawyers, supporting the pipeline of pro-labor legal professionals.
• Center for Community AlternativescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPPP works with the Center for Community Alternatives to build the State Courts Organizing Network, which unites grassroots organizations and activists nationwide to influence judicial selection and shift judicial decision-making at the local level. Through this network, PPP is building a community of grassroots leaders who can share best practices and resources.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lawyers for Good Government: Pro-bono legal mobilization organization that convenes lawyers around democracy and rule-of-law issues. Co-participates in PPP's Lawyers March coalition with overlapping rapid-response legal advocacy activity.
• Democracy Forward: Legal organization advocating against authoritarian executive power and for accountability of government actors. Operates in PPP's overlapping pro-democracy, anti-corruption legal-advocacy space and is a Lawyers March coalition partner.
• American Constitution Society: Network of progressive lawyers, law students, and policymakers focused on the Constitution, rule of law, and judiciary reform. Operates law school chapters analogous to PPP's chapter model and is a Lawyers March coalition partner.
• Center for Community Alternatives: Reentry and criminal-justice reform organization; co-builds PPP's State Courts Organizing Network, with overlapping work on judicial pipeline reform and grassroots-led court reform.
• Indivisible: Grassroots progressive movement organization operating local chapters to resist authoritarianism and defend democracy. Partners with PPP on the Lawyers March coalition and shares rapid-response protest and mobilization tactics.
• National Employment Law Project: Worker-rights advocacy organization that fights coercive contract terms including forced arbitration and non-competes. Directly overlaps PPP's Worker Power program and is a coalition partner on COPRAC ethics opinion efforts.
• Public Justice: National legal advocacy organization pursuing precedent-setting litigation against corporate abuses and supporting pro-people legal infrastructure. Co-participated in PPP's COPRAC ethics coalition and overlaps on anti-corporate-lawyering themes.
• Alliance for Justice: National legal advocacy organization focused on court reform, judicial nominations, and progressive legal infrastructure. Directly co-leads PPP's Lawyers March for Democracy coalition and shares overlapping mission on judiciary accountability.
• Towards Justice: Worker-side litigation and advocacy organization focused on ending exploitative workplace contracts and expanding access to courts. PPP Board member David Seligman is Towards Justice's founder, and the organization co-led the COPRAC coalition letter with PPP.
• Lambda Legal: National civil rights legal organization advancing LGBTQ+ equality through litigation and advocacy. Is a Lawyers March coalition partner with overlapping legal-advocacy activism for democratic and constitutional rights.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Funding overview

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