Emergency COVID-19 Legal Research

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The People's Parity Project is a nationwide network of law students organizing with workers against corporate power and for workers' rights. We're working closely with grassroots and national partners fighting for emergency local, state, and federal legislation to get working families through the COVID-19 crisis. They need urgent help with legal and factual research — and that's where you come in. Sign up below to get connected to advocates who need your research and advocacy help!

Right now, PPP's priority projects (subject to change based on need are):

— Emergency Unemployment Insurance Expansion, with a special focus on making sure that gig workers and other workers misclassified as independent contractors (like Uber drivers) can get UI.
— Paid sick leave and paid medical/caregiving leave.
— Emergency cash transfers to everyone.
— Decarceration (jails and prisons)
— Other fast-moving emergency projects identified by our movement partners

We’ll be adding projects based on needs identified by our movement partners.

Name *

Email *

Law School *

Class Year *

JD 2022

JD 2021

JD 2020

LLM 2020

Other:

Capacity Over the Next Few Weeks *

Low (1-2 hours a week)

Medium (3-5 hours a week)

High (5+ hours a week)

I'm open to taking on a fast-moving project (i.e., a memo that has to get turned around in 48 hours or less)

I'm especially interested in (check as many as you like):

Unemployment Insurance for Everyone

Paid Leave

Cash Transfers

Guaranteeing Benefits for All Workers (including workers misclassified as independent contractors)

Workplace Health and Safety

Immigration

Cancelling Scheduled Payments (like utilities or student loans) and/or Pausing Debt Collections

Supporting legal action and advocacy to spur the release of people incarcerated in jails and prisons.

Making Know Your Rights Materials

Whatever Is Most Needed

Do you have experience in any of the following? We have lots of projects that do not require special knowledge or background — we'll bring you up to speed! This is just to sort people into the projects where background knowledge would be helpful.

I'm familiar with worker misclassification as a policy and/or legal issue

I have filed an unemployment insurance claim or helped another worker file an unemployment insurance claim

I'm familiar with unemployment insurance as a policy and/or legal issue

I’m familiar with or have experience researching state or federal criminal legal issues and/or have previously worked with people who have been or are currently system-involved.

Other:

What city and state are you quarantining in? *

Do you speak any languages besides English? Are you proficient? Fluent?

Anything else we should know?

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