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Spreading Seeds of Justice

2012 ANNUAL REPORT

www.equaljusticeworks.org

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Greetings ...................................................................................................3

Timeline ......................................................................................................4

Financials ..................................................................................................5

Supporters .................................................................................................6

Institutional Supporters .............................................................6-7

Individual Supporters ..................................................................8-9

Cy Pres Awards ..................................................................................9

Leadership ...............................................................................................10

Board of Directors .......................................................................10

National Advisory Committee ...................................................10

David SternExecutive Director

Laura SteinChair of the Board of Directors

Thanks to Equal Justice Works programs, in 2012 more than 800 law students and public interest lawyers served communities throughout the country to provide needed legal assistance to veterans, disaster victims, families threatened with home foreclosures, immigrants, victims of domestic violence, and more. Equal Justice Works Fellows, AmeriCorps Legal Fellows, Summer Corps Members, and Public Defender Corps Fellows were spreading the seeds of justice in 26 states and the District of Columbia to serve the nation’s indigent and at-risk populations.

As our troops returned from Iraq, we quickly realized these returning veterans needed legal advocates. In the Class of 2012, 17 Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Fellows resolved legal problems to assist 264 veterans with VA benefits in order to access healthcare, increase income, reduce their debt, and secure housing (often avoiding homelessness). Overall, Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Fellows secured $1.9 million in tangible economic benefits for veterans.

When Hurricane Sandy hit in October, we immediately redeployed three Fellows to New York City to help victims access FEMA benefits, provide support in landlord-tenant disputes, and teach “know-your-rights” clinics in Staten Island, Brooklyn and Manhattan.

We have provided legal assistance to those suffering from the housing foreclosure crisis since 2009. Adding to these efforts, in 2012, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan awarded Equal Justice Works a grant for four, three-year Fellowships to assist distressed and at-risk homeowners and tenants throughout the state.

As national student loan debt grew to historic proportions, ballooning to nearly $900 billion, our Equal Justice Works educational debt experts kept law students and graduates informed about loans, repayment options like Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and pending legislation like the Student Loan Fairness Act (previously the Student Loan Forgiveness Act). We also published an eBook, Take Control of Your Future: A Guide to Managing your Student Debt that has the latest information about options for dealing with educational debt.

As we reflect on the past year’s achievements, we are determined to keep up our fight to close the justice gap across America. We couldn’t do it without the incredible support of our partners, our sponsors, our members, our Fellows, and our staff.

Thank you all.

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EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS 2012Our mission—to create a just society by mobilizing the next generation of public interest lawyers committed to equal justice—began in 1986 by

a group of idealistic law students. Today, that mission remains the core of Equal Justice Works, now an $11 million national nonprofit organization.

• MARCH The “Student Loan Ranger”— our weekly U.S. News & World Report blog on student debt issues — is viewed by more than 150,000 people.

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• NOVEMBER State of Illinois awards Equal Justice Works grant for four, three-year Fellowships to assist with resolving state’s foreclosure crisis.

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• JULY 198 law schools affirm their commitment to public interest law by renewing their membership with Equal Justice Works.

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• MAY 18 attorneys selected for Public Defender Corps. After intensive training, they begin three years of support for public defender community, working to raise standard of representation across the country.

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• JANUARY State of Missouri recognizes Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Legal Fellows for aiding Joplin tornado victims. Fellows represented 1,488 disaster victims with legal issues.

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• SEPTEMBER Equal Justice Works publishes E-book, “Take Control of Your Future: A Guide to Managing Your Student Debt.”

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• FEBRUARY Equal Justice Works Board of Directors endorses ambitious three-year strategic plan to increase organization’s impact in fight against injustice.

• JUNE A record 695 law students enroll in Summer Corps, each providing 300 hours of service in underserved communities throughout U.S. http://ow.ly/kLdra

• OCTOBER Supreme Court Justice Sonia Justice Sotomayor speaks at annual Conference and Career Fair that brought 1,200 students and 120 public interest employers to Washington, DC. http://ow.ly/kLdDf

• AUGUST 40 Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Fellows begin service on veteran’s issues, foreclosure, and disaster relief. These Fellows win 24 disability benefit cases for veterans, secure $422,130 in back benefits, and save 365 homes from foreclosure. http://ow.ly/kLdvC

• APRIL Equal Justice Works awards 50 new, two-year Fellowships in 20 states and District of Columbia, addressing many social issues, including domestic violence, immigration, and veterans rights. http://ow.ly/kLdkg

• DECEMBER Throughout 2012, Equal Justice Works Fellows provided advice, services, and/or legal representation to more than 94,000 individuals in underserved communities across the country.

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

2012 2011Undesignated RevenueFellowships $4,174,830 $3,921,821 Other Grants 382,473 859,896 Federal Grants 3,016,644 2,814,110 Annual Dinner and Events 2,240,176 1,782,422 Membership and Dues 470,205 352,324 Individuals & Other Income 89,326 109,175 Cy Pres 549,309 67,687 In Kind Contributions 170,881 187,300 Designated Net Assets Used to Fund Expenses 650,000 650,000 Total Undesignated Revenue $11,743,844 $10,744,735

ExpensesFellowships Program $4,799,452 $4,813,903 AmeriCorps Program 3,179,243 2,843,696 Law School 854,804 708,947 Fundraising 975,755 944,019 Communications 217,172 157,556 In Kind Contributions 170,881 187,300 Management and General 951,444 1,039,693 Total Expenses 11,148,751 10,695,114

Change in Undesignated Net Assets $595,093 $49,621

2012 2011 Assets Current Assets Cash and Cash Equivalents $1,860,189 $836,464 Grants and Pledges Receivable 3,107,350 3,232,748 Accrued Interest Receivable 25,883 25,126 Prepaid Expenses 662,501 91,668 Other Current Assets 76,611 36,053 Total Current Assets 5,732,534 4,222,059

Investments 7,319,355 7,627,246 Property and Equipment, Net 96,893 85,534 Deposits 29,700 35,225 Total Assets $13,178,482 $11,970,064

Liabilities and Net Assets

Current Liabilities Accounts Payable & Accrued Expenses $929,437 $353,553 Accrued Salaries and Benefits 131,054 190,077 Refundable Advances and Sponsorships 1,120,727 312,372 Other Liabilities 2,424 66,736 Total Liabilities $2,183,642 $922,738 Net Assets Unrestricted: Undesignated $5,725,558 $5,871,522 Designated 1,013,740 724,385 Total Unrestricted 6,739,298 6,595,907 Temporarily Restricted 3,790,635 3,986,512 Permanently Restricted 464,907 464,907 Total Net Assets 10,994,840 11,047,326 Total Liabilities and Net Assets $13,178,482 $11,970,064

FINANCIAL POSITION AND ACTIVITIES AS OF JUNE 30, 2012 AND 2011

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$1,000,000 +Corporation for National & Community Service - AmeriCorps

$500,000 - $999,999Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice Greenberg Traurig

$250,000 - $499,999Attorney General of the State of Illinois The Morrison & Foerster FoundationNorflet Progress FundTexas Access to Justice Foundation

$100,000 - $249,999ALMAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPArnold & Porter Foundation Arnold & Porter LLP Bingham McCutchen LLPDLA PiperFidelity InvestmentsThe Florida Bar FoundationKirkland & Ellis LLPKPMG LLPLatham & Watkins LLPPfizer IncPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Foundation Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPSutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

$50,000 - $99,999Baker & McKenzieCigna Corporation Cigna FoundationCooley LLPCrowell & Moring Foundation Crowell & Moring LLPDanaher CorporationDebevoise & Plimpton LLPDuPontFord & Harrison LLPJackson Lewis LLPJones DayKaye Scholer LLPKramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLPLexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell®Mayer Brown LLPMcDermott Will & EmeryMicrosoft CorporationMintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPMunger, Tolles & Olson FoundationOhio Legal Assistance FoundationO’Melveny & Myers LLPPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLPPublic Welfare FoundationRopes & Gray LLPThe Sidley Austin FoundationSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPUPS FoundationVerizon CommunicationsVerizon Foundation

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzWilliams & Connolly LLPWinston & Strawn LLP

$25,000 - $49,999Albert & Anne Mansfield FoundationAOL, Inc.Biogen Idec Inc.Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLPBPBill Brockett Public Interest FellowshipThe Chicago Bar FoundationThe Clorox CompanyCravath, Swaine & Moore LLPDechert LLPDeere & CompanyEdison InternationalFenwick & West LLPFoley Hoag LLPGeneral Electric CompanyGeneral Mills, Inc.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPGilbert LLPHewlett-PackardHogan LovellsIntellectual VenturesThe John M O’Quinn FoundationK&L Gates LLPKellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.Leadership Research Institute Morgan StanleyNew Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial JusticeNorthrop Grumman CorporationPerkins Coie LLP

Reed Smith LLPRoyal Street CorporationShook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.Steptoe & Johnson LLPSullivan & Cromwell LLPThomson ReutersWalgreen CompanyWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

$10,000 - $24,999Alston & Bird LLPAmerican Express CompanyAnimal Welfare TrustAxinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLPBallard Spahr LLPBanner & Witcoff, Ltd.Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott LLPBoston Scientific CorporationBriggs and Morgan, P.A.BuckleySandler LLPCovington & Burling LLPCuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, L.L.P.

Equal Justice Works 2012 Institutional Supporters

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Equal Justice Works 2012 Institutional Supporters


$10,000 - $24,999 continued

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPDavis Wright Tremaine LLPDentonsDiscover Financial ServicesEpstein Becker & Green, P.C.Foley & Lardner LLPFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP FTI Consulting, Inc.GlaxoSmithKlineGoldman, Sachs & Co.Goodell DeVriesThe Home DepotIntel CorporationIrell & Manella LLPJenner & Block LLP Johnson & JohnsonKilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLPKing & Spalding Lane & Waterman LLPLeonard, Street and Deinard Professional AssociationMarriott International, Inc.McGuireWoods LLPMedtronic, Inc. Medtronic Foundation Mehri & Skalet, PLLCMetLife, Inc.Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.Paul Hastings LLPPepper Hamilton LLPPepsiCo, Inc.Phelps Dunbar LLPPlumsea Law Group, LLCProskauer Rose LLP

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPRaytheon CompanyRobins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.Schiff Hardin LLPSegal McCambridge Singer & MahoneySeyfarth Shaw LLPShearman & Sterling LLPSterne, Kessler, Goldstein & FoxStroock & Stroock & Lavan LLPTime Warner Cable Inc.Tonkon Torp LLPWiley Rein LLPWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLPWilmerHaleWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

$5,000 - $9,999AccentureAndrews Kurth LLPArent Fox LLPArnall Golden Gregory LLPAshcroft Law Firm, LLCBarnes & Thornburg LLPBoston Trust & Investment Management CompanyBrodsky ADR LLCBurson-MarstellerCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPCooley Manion JonesDavis & Gilbert LLPDay Pitney LLPDickstein Shapiro LLPDorsey & Whitney LLPDuane Morris LLPFaegre Baker Daniels LLPFaruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L.

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.Fox Rothschild LLPFrankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PCFredrikson & Byron P.A.Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLPThe Glover Park GroupGoodwin Procter LLPHolland & Knight LLPHollingsworth Davis, LLCJanis, Schuelke & WechslerLowenstein Sandler PCManatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLPMayer & Williams PCMcCarter & English, LLPMeyer, Klipper & Mohr, PLLCNeal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLPNike, Inc.Quarles & Brady LLPRader Fishman & Grauer, PLLCRecording Industry Association of AmericaSchwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.Sedgwick LLPThompson, Sizemore, Gonzalez & Hearing, PATroutman Sanders LLPViacomVista IP Law Group LLPWalmartWhite & Case LLPWilkinson Barker Knauer, LLPWong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.Zeughauser Group

$2,500 - $4,999Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLCBlackwell Burke P.A.

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLPBlank Rome LLPChernoff Vilhauer LLPConrad O’Brien PCDicke, Billig, Czaja, PLLCThe Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, Inc.Farney Daniels LLPFlaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLCGirardi | KeeseHaynes and Boone, LLPHolland & Hart LLPHunton & Williams LLPJames & Hoffman, P.C.Kenesis Corporate and Information Consulting, LLCLegal Executive Leadership, LLCLittler Mendelson, P.C.Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLPMaynard, Cooper & Gale PCPricewaterhouseCoopers LLPSchnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLPSheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLPSnyder, Clark, Lesch & ChungSquire SandersThe Sturdevant Law FirmSynopsysThompson Hine LLPTrucker Huss, APC.

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$250,000 AND ABOVE Anonymous

$100,000 - $249,000Anonymous Friends & Family of Philip M. Stern

$25,000 - $99,999Anonymous (2)FJC A Foundation of Philanthropic FundsMarc GaryJames L. Henderson IIIThe Honorable Sven Erik HolmesAnastasia D. KellyKim KoopersmithGregory P. Landis & Ann LoGerfoW. Randall Oppenheimer & Julie OppenheimerCarol Ann PetrenDonn P. PickettLaura SteinDavid Stern & Tracey HughesMark D. & Rebekah WassermanAllen P. Waxman

$10,000 - $24,999AnonymousMary Rose Alexander & Timothy J. GilfoyleGene Assaf & Liz McHenryFrancis B. Burch Jr.Sheila C. ChestonFamily of Hyman EdelmanTom, Jane & Sean HeidenMichael D. JonesKovler Foundation / Peter & Judy Kovler

Larry D. KramerRachel Kronowitz & Mark LewisThomas L. SagerCatherine SamuelsTom SchererSpitzer Family Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999Peter M. & Lucy AscoliDavid M. BrodskyMichael G. & Linda S. Caudell-FeaganSean & Anne CoffeyBenjamin G. EdelmanDaniel B. & Toby S. EdelmanPeter B. & Marian Wright EdelmanHenry B. GutmanSusan J. Hackett & Richard E. HagertyBenjamin W. Heineman Jr.Elizabeth Ann & Michael L. KeeleyMr. & Mrs. Richard L. KirkpatrickDavid F. LeviDaryl A. LibowGregg LoCascio & Amy DixonThe Honorable Deval L. Patrick & Mrs. Diane PatrickWilliam H. PrattRobert W. Reeder IIITeresa Wynn RoseboroughEzra RosenbergMarc M. SeltzerEsta StecherHenry & Paula SternKathleen A. Welch & Shelley Hearne

$2,500 - $4,999Jason B. AdkinsRamón P. AriasBlue Tang EnterprisesDavid BochDavid BonhamKatherine Borsecnik & Gene WeilCarl BotterudJoseph FlemingMichael HelferRobert HelmAnne Helen Hess & Craig KaplanSteven HoffmanMurray Indick & Jan LachmanHilary K. Krane & Kelly BulkeleyAndrew LevanderDaniel O’DonnellKeum ParkAlfredo PerezPatrick PhilbinRobert RisoleoAllen & Linda Saeks Family FoundationDavid SimmonsJohn StrasburgerDiane SullivanMark Tushnet

$1,000 - $2,499Barbara ArnwineBen BarnettMartha Bergmark & Elliott AndalmanJohn Boland & James CarrollBarry BossLouis J. BriskmanBradley Bugdanowitz

Robert CaryEunu ChunMary Louise CohenMichael CooperCraig Corbitt & Nancy StoltzKelly McNamara CorleyLuke DauchotDiane and Thomas DonovanMarc L. FleischakerIvan & Sharon FongBrian & Marcy FroshPaul GaffneyPamela B. Gilbert & Charles R.E. Lewis IIIAndrew GilmanJamie S. Gorelick & Richard E. WaldhornJonathan GreenblattHerbert J. & Jeanne H. HansellAmos HartstonTimothy C. HesterEmbry HowellDaryl JosefferMark KovnerNicholas LatrentaMichael LehrJudith Lichtman

Equal Justice Works 2012 Individual Supporters

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Equal Justice Works 2012 Individual Supporters

Equal Justice Works Cy Pres Awards

$1,000 - $2,499 continuedThomas V. Loran IIISteven LundgrenThe Honorable Consuelo Marshall The Jack & Joanne Martin Charitable FoundationChristopher MeadRandal S. MilchEmily NicklinJoseph & Margot OnekLawrence S. Ottinger & Cinthia H. SchumanRuth & Stephen Pollak Beryl A. RadinAlan SalpeterJoseph M. SellersJoshua SimonLeonard B. Simon & Candace M. CarrollClifford M. Sloan & Mary Lou HartmanSallie SmylieEmily J. SpitzerLaura Hodges TaylorEugene Tillman & Bonnie ThomsonLaurence H. Tribe

Barbara A. UhlerLaurence UrgensonSteven M. & Sheila M. VirgilThe Honorable Ann Claire Williams & Mr. David J. StewartSamuel WilliamsonSamuel WinerHelen WittDaniel WolfChristopher WrayPeter Zeughauser

$500 - $999Anonymous Bukola AinaWilliam AldermanSusan H. AlexanderMichelle A. BanksMary BaroneW. Randall & Julia L. BassettEmily A. BenferStephen BerzonJoseph BluteSteven Bradbury

Jeffrey BrownMark BrownElizabeth BuchanekJanell Byrd-ChichesterDominique & Jonathan CahnDoris CastanaresPaul DenisSanford DumainSteven EngelJerome L. EpsteinPaul H. FriedmanPaul T. FriedmanKathryn FritzJamie GardnerStephen & Barbara GillersLori GrangeCaitlin HalliganKevin J. HamiltonThe Honorable Terry J. Hatter Jr.Gilbert KaplanRonald KlainEric S. Koenig & Amy SchwartzThe Honorable Neal KravitzKaren Lash

Mark LondonAbbe David LowellHenry NassauJames M. & Virginia W. Newmyer Family FundJudith A. O’BrienDavid Cole & Nina PillardTimothy A. PrattJoe R. ReederMichael A. RothenbergArthur Rubin & Elizabeth YorkDominique SheltonThe Sher Family FoundationDena SherNeil SteinerMichele StormsWilliam SwedishThe Honorable David S. Tatel & Mrs. Edie TatelThe Honorable Donald B. Verrilli Jr.Jo-Ann WallaceBruce Yannett

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLPKlafter Olsen & Lesser LLP

Mehri & Skalet PLLCMilberg LLP

We are grateful to the following firms for designating Equal Justice Works as a Cy Pres award recipient in 2012:

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Laura Stein, ChairThe Clorox Company

Kim Koopersmith, Vice ChairAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Honorable Sven Erik Holmes, SecretaryKPMG LLP

Donn P. Pickett, TreasurerBingham McCutchen LLP

Ramón P. AriasBay Area Legal Aid

Barbara ArnwineLawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Sheila C. ChestonNorthrop Grumman Corporation

Paul T. FriedmanMorrison & Foerster

Marc GaryThe Jewish Theological Seminary

Michael D. JonesKirkland & Ellis LLP

Larry D. KramerThe William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Rachel KronowitzGilbert LLP

Michael L. LehrGreenberg Traurig

David F. LeviDuke University School of Law

Judith L. LichtmanNational Partnership for Women and Families

The Honorable Consuelo B. MarshallUnited States District Court, Central District of California

Tim McNuttKings County District Attorney’s Office

Randal S. MilchVerizon

Francisco PardoNew York City Campaign Finance Board

Carol Ann Petren

Thomas L. SagerDuPont

Thomas J. SchererAIG Property Casualty

James C. SturdevantThe Sturdevant Law Firm

Chloe WalkerLooper Reed & McGraw P.C.

Mark D. WassermanSutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Allen P. WaxmanEisai Inc.

Beth A. WilkinsonPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Sontina BarnesThomas M. Cooley Law School

Dwayne Barrs Jr.William and Mary School of Law

Burke BindbeutelUniversity of Missouri School of Law

Maysa EissaThomas Jefferson School of Law

Erick HarrisUniversity of Oklahoma College of Law

Christina JacksonAmerican University Washington College of Law

Benjamin JonesNew England Law

Stacey LaraSeattle University School of Law

Veronica ParicioRoger Williams University School of Law

Susan SchellUniversity of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center

Angela SchultzMarquette University Law School

Shane Dwain SmithThe University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

Alex TischenkoStanford Law School

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