The Brennan Center for Justice is a nonpartisan, nonprofit legal and public policy institute based at New York University School of Law that conducts research, litigation, and advocacy to protect and improve U.S. democracy and the justice system, with particular emphasis on voting rights, election administration, campaign finance, redistricting, criminal justice reform, and civil liberties.
Typically pursues policies and reforms related to voting rights and access, election administration and integrity, campaign finance transparency, redistricting and gerrymandering, criminal justice reform (including sentencing and incarceration), civil liberties and constitutional law, and accountability in government.
Primarily funded by foundation grants, philanthropic contributions and major individual donors, along with occasional grants for litigation and research; operates as a nonprofit reliant on charitable funding rather than membership dues or corporate ownership.
Affiliated with New York University School of Law; frequently collaborates with civil rights and election reform organizations such as the ACLU, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, League of Women Voters, Common Cause, and the Campaign Legal Center.
Nonprofit legal and public policy institute affiliated with an academic institution (NYU School of Law)
