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Civil Rights Hub

Public Rights Project’s Civil Rights Hub provides pro bono legal support to a powerful coalition of hundreds of local governments and local government leaders across the country.
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Why Public Rights Project

The Civil Rights Hub brings together mayors, county executives, city and county councilmembers, and city and county attorneys — all partnering to build a national coalition ready to fight for their communities. Our network includes over 300 local government leaders from more than 90 cities and counties.

We coordinate and engage our network of partners to protect and advance civil rights across the country through:

  • Virtual and in-person convenings that empower local officials to coordinate work across jurisdictions. 
  • Technical assistance and litigation focused on coalition building to support government offices that lack the resources to pursue litigation on their own while securing millions of dollars for residents. 
  • Policy development and strategy in response to federal abuses of power with the aim of keeping city and county residents safe and preparing local public employees. 
  • Media partnerships and coordination to highlight the issues local government officials face and how they are responding. 

If you’re a local government official in need of legal assistance or want to learn more, please reach out.

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Our services

Direct legal support and technical assistance for local government officials.

Our impact

Since launching the Civil Rights Hub in 2025, we’ve worked with local government officials to help them leverage their power and legal tools to advance civil rights. Here’s what that’s looked like:

Building local power
When jurisdictions go to court together, it sends an important message to the courts and beyond: local officials won’t stand by idly in the face of harm to their communities. In the Supreme Court case defending the constitutional protection of birthright citizenship, we organized 141 local officials and jurisdictions from 26 states to file an amicus brief illustrating the threat local communities faced.

Developing a national network of local governments
For every lawsuit filed, every threat posed by the administration, our network partners have identified trends, solved problems, and responded collectively. Together, we’ve filed more than 30 amicus briefs and numerous public comments, and supported the enactment of local executive orders and ordinances. 

Strengthening and expanding expertise and capacity
Our trainings provide vital guidance on rapidly changing issues, including affirmative litigation, policy advocacy, and reproductive rights protections. Our in-person convenings provide an opportunity to collaborate across our network, introduce legal experts, and strategize around the most urgent issues facing our jurisdictions.

Creatively responding to novel legal questions
In partnership with local government and elected officials, we provide recommendations and examples of strategic policy responses to defend and protect democracy and civil rights, workers’ rights, and reproductive rights. 

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We’re ready to provide legal support and training to local government officials who are working to protect and advance civil rights.
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