Structure
Voices for Civil Justice is a sponsored project of, and is administered legally and fiscally by, the New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation based in Washington, DC.
Funding
The Public Welfare Foundation and The Kresge Foundation are the founding funders of Voices for Civil Justice, and they continue to provide critical, core support. Additional generous funding is provided by The JPB Foundation, Equal Justice Works, The Ford Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations.
Advisory Committee*
Katherine Alteneder, Self-Represented Litigation Network
Coordinator
Pam Casey, National Center for State Courts
Principal Court Research Consultant
Lan Diep, San José City Council
Council member
Alan Jenkins, The Opportunity Agenda
Co-Founder and former President
Karen Lash, The Justice in Government Project at American University
Practitioner-in-Residence and Director
John Nethercut, Public Justice Center
Executive Director
Jim Sandman, Legal Services Corporation
President
David Stern, Equal Justice Works
Executive Director
Betty Balli Torres, Texas Access to Justice Foundation
Executive Director
David Udell, National Center for Access to Justice
Executive Director
Jason Vail, American Bar Association Division for Legal Services
Division Director / Chief Counsel
Jo-Ann Wallace, National Legal Aid and Defender Association
President
*Affiliations for identification purposes only.