The Appellate Project Moves to the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at NYU School of Law
The Appellate Project (TAP), the first and only national organization dedicated to building a more just and representative appellate field, and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law (CRIL) at NYU School of Law today announced that TAP is moving to CRIL.
CRIL gives TAP a home within one of the country’s foremost centers of legal scholarship and thought leadership on race and the law, where TAP’s community of emerging appellate leaders will have access to the ideas, relationships, and platforms that define the field. Combined with the institutional infrastructure and resources of NYU Law, this move gives TAP the foundation to deepen its programming, grow its alumni community, and amplify the scholarship and voices of its community at a greater scale.
TAP equips talented law students from underrepresented backgrounds—96% of whom are first-generation law students—with the mentorship, clerkship preparation, and professional development they need to succeed in one of the most elite areas of law, now with the added support of one of the country’s leading racial justice institutions behind it.
“TAP has supported more than 600 law students from over 100 law schools, developed a powerful network of judges, clerks, and attorneys, and helped shift the culture of one of the most elite corners of the legal system,” said Juvaria S. Khan, founder and CEO of TAP. “We are thrilled that TAP will carry on its important work now that it is at CRIL and NYU Law, continuing to ensure that the lawyers and judges shaping appellate law for generations to come reflect the full range of this country’s talent and experience.”
CRIL exists to confront and upend the laws, policies, and practices that lead to racial oppression and injustice. It is home to the most distinguished legal minds working on race and inequality today.
This transition also marks a planned leadership change: Juvaria S. Khan will step down as CEO, seven years after founding and leading the organization. TAP’s next Executive Director will inherit a thriving national community and award-winning programming, all now supported by the resources of CRIL and NYU Law.
“The future of the appellate bar should reflect the full range of talent experience in this country,” said Patrice Sulton, Executive Director of CRIL. “TAP’s work helps make that future possible, and we’re proud to support its next chapter at CRIL.”
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