Oct 04, 2021
Avi Frey
Deputy Director, Criminal Law & Immigration Project

Avi Frey is the deputy director of the criminal law & immigration project at the ACLU of Northern California. In this capacity, Avi supervises litigation protecting and expanding the rights of people impacted by policing and the criminal legal system.

Oct 04, 2021
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Senior Staff Attorney

Emi Young is a senior staff attorney with the Criminal Justice Program at the ACLU of Northern California, focusing on criminal justice litigation.

Oct 04, 2021
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Supervising Paralegal

Sara Cooksey is the Supervising Paralegal at the ACLU of Northern California. In this capacity, Sara provides supervision, training, and mentorship to the legal professional team and operational support for the Legal-Policy Department. Additionally, she supports active litigation in the Criminal Justice and Democracy & Civic Engagement spaces.

Sep 23, 2021
Over the past few decades, police have become a dominant fixture in California schools. Their presence has devastating and discriminatory impacts on tens of thousands of California students.
Sep 13, 2021

The State of California and Pittsburg Unified School District have maintained a separate, unequal, and illegal educational system where Black students, children of color with disabilities and English learners have been segregated in substandard learning environments, excluded from classrooms altogether through the use of unwarranted suspensions and expulsions, and as a result, denied their constitutional right to a public education.

Sep 01, 2021

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus filed a class-action lawsuit demanding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stop its illegal practice of using third-party contractor, G4S Secure Solutions, Inc., to arrest people at jails and prisons to funnel them into the deportation pipeline.

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