Center for Appellate Litigation

Center for Appellate Litigation The Center for Appellate Litigation is a non-profit public defense law firm dedicated to the pursuit

Our clients are among society’s most disenfranchised: sentenced and often incarcerated prisoners – subject to systemic and individual injustices during the era of mass incarceration – without the means to challenge the system that has taken away their freedom. We identify reversible errors that contributed to our clients’ convictions and otherwise challenge the procedures and outcomes of the syste

m that may have unjustly convicted them. We pride ourselves on developing dynamic and effective approaches to achieving justice. Our client-centered approach takes our advocacy beyond the vitally important matter of the appeal and beyond the limitations of the cold record:

• Our Justice First Project exhaustively re-investigates underlying circumstances to unearth wrongful convictions;
• Our Immigrant Justice Project attacks convictions to prevent our immigrant clients’ deportation and permanent separation from their families and communities;
• Our SORA and Plea Projects challenge excessive sentences and severe post-incarceration penalties and punishments;
• Our DLRA Project seeks to reduce harsh Rockefeller Drug Law sentences;
• Our Conditions of Confinement Project monitors and responds to the frequent threats to our clients’ safety and well-being while incarcerated;
• Our Parole Advocacy Project advocates for clients’ early releases;
• Our Re-entry Program facilitates newly released clients’ access to housing, jobs, and social services; and
• Our Books Beyond Bars Project helps provide our clients with a small measure of relief from the isolation and dehumanization attendant to an extended prison sentence. We do all of this with passion and creativity, a commitment to the highest standards of eloquent and persuasive written and oral advocacy, and a team of attorneys who rank among the most experienced and successful in the field.

12/20/2024

This morning, Governor Hochul granted a full pardon to CAL client Julio Cuello and commuted the 25-year-to-life sentence of CAL client Trevers Jackson. Congratulations to them both and to our Clemency and Immigrant Justice Practices!

11/04/2024

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120 Wall Street/28th Floor
New York, NY
10005

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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(212) 577-2523

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Our clients are among society’s most disenfranchised: sentenced and often incarcerated prisoners – subject to systemic and individual injustices during the era of mass incarceration – without the means to challenge the system that has taken away their freedom. We identify reversible errors that contributed to our clients’ convictions and otherwise challenge the procedures and outcomes of the system that may have unjustly convicted them. We pride ourselves on developing dynamic and effective approaches to achieving justice. Our client-centered approach takes our advocacy beyond the vitally important matter of the appeal and beyond the limitations of the cold record: • Our Justice First Project exhaustively re-investigates underlying circumstances to unearth wrongful convictions; • Our Immigrant Justice Project attacks convictions to prevent our immigrant clients’ deportation and permanent separation from their families and communities; • Our SORA and Plea Projects challenge excessive sentences and severe post-incarceration penalties and punishments; • Our DLRA Project seeks to reduce harsh Rockefeller Drug Law sentences; • Our Conditions of Confinement Project monitors and responds to the frequent threats to our clients’ safety and well-being while incarcerated; • Our Parole Advocacy Project advocates for clients’ early releases; • Our Re-entry Program facilitates newly released clients’ access to housing, jobs, and social services; and • Our Books Beyond Bars Project helps provide our clients with a small measure of relief from the isolation and dehumanization attendant to an extended prison sentence. We do all of this with passion and creativity, a commitment to the highest standards of eloquent and persuasive written and oral advocacy, and a team of attorneys who rank among the most experienced and successful in the field.