Alliance for Justice

The Alliance for Justice (AFJ) is a progressive judicial advocacy group in the United States. Founded in 1979 by former president Nan Aron, AFJ monitors federal judicial appointments. AFJ represents a coalition of 100 politically liberal groups that have an interest in the federal judiciary. The Alliance for Justice presents a modern liberal viewpoint on legal issues. E.g.,

According to the organization, "AFJ works to ensure that the federal judiciary advances core constitutional values, preserves human rights and unfettered access to the courts, and adheres to the even-handed administration of justice for all Americans."

Judicial advocacy
AFJ launched the Judicial Selection Project in 1985 to monitor the federal judicial appointment system. According to AFJ's founder, Nan Aron, the organization wanted to guard against the ideological impact of Ronald Reagan's federal judicial nominees. AFJ objects to judicial nominees who oppose abortion or who promise to exercise judicial restraint. The organization provides background on prospective nominees to the American Bar Association and the Senate Judiciary Committee.

AFJ played a role in the defeat of Ronald Reagan nominee Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1987. In 2001, the organization supported the nomination of Roger Gregory, a Bill Clinton nominee and the first African-American judge in the Fourth Circuit in 2001. In 2013, AFJ supported President Barack Obama's three nominees for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Member organizations
AFJ reports a membership of over 120 organizations. On its website, as of January 7, 2021, AFJ lists the following member groups:


 * Abortion Care Network
 * Advancement Project
 * Advocates for Youth
 * AIDS United
 * Alliance for Safe Traffic Stops
 * Alliance for the Great Lakes
 * Alliance for Youth Organizing
 * Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund
 * Americans United for Separation of Church and State
 * Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
 * Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
 * Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
 * Beneficial State Foundation
 * Business and Professional People for the Public Interest
 * California Women's Law Center
 * Center for Biological Diversity
 * Center for Constitutional Rights
 * Center for Digital Democracy
 * Center for Inquiry
 * Center for Law and Social Policy
 * Center for Reproductive Rights
 * Center for Science in the Public Interest
 * Children's Defense Fund
 * Clearinghouse on Women's Issues
 * Closing the Women's Wealth Gap
 * Community Catalyst
 * Community Partners
 * Compassion & Choices
 * Comprehensive Health Education Foundation
 * Conservation Campaign
 * Consumer Action
 * Culture Project
 * Dallas Women's Foundation
 * Defending Rights & Dissent
 * Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
 * Dream Corps
 * Drug Policy Alliance
 * Earthjustice
 * Equal Justice Society
 * Equal Rights Advocates
 * Equality Federation
 * Every Child Matters
 * Faith in Action Network
 * Food Research & Action Center
 * Forests Forever
 * Free Press
 * Friends of the Earth
 * Great Plains Action Society
 * Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP
 * Houston in Action
 * Human Rights Campaign Foundation
 * International Center for Research on Women
 * Jewish Social Justice Roundtable
 * Jobs with Justice
 * Justice in Aging
 * Juvenile Law Center
 * Lambda Legal
 * Latino Community Foundation
 * Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
 * League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
 * Legal Aid Association of California
 * Legal Aid at Work
 * Little Lobbyists
 * Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
 * MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
 * Methodist Healthcare Ministries
 * Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
 * Mi Familia Vota
 * Muslim Advocates
 * NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation
 * National Abortion Federation
 * National Association of Consumer Advocates
 * National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
 * National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 * National Center for Law and Economic Justice
 * National Center for Lesbian Rights
 * National Center for Transgender Equality
 * National Center for Youth Law
 * National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
 * National Council of Jewish Women
 * National Education Association
 * National Employment Lawyers Association
 * National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
 * National Immigration Forum
 * National Immigration Law Center
 * National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
 * National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
 * National Lawyers Guild
 * National Legal Aid & Defender Association
 * National LGBTQ Task Force
 * National Parks Conservation Association
 * National Partnership for Women and Families
 * National Veterans Legal Services Program
 * National Women's Law Center
 * Native American Rights Fund
 * Natural Resources Defense Council
 * North Texas Dream Team
 * Peak Grantmaking
 * People's Action
 * Planned Parenthood Federation of America
 * PolicyLink
 * Public Advocates
 * RAICES
 * Rockefeller Philanthropies Advisors
 * Secular Coalition for America
 * Secular Woman
 * Service Employees International Union
 * Shriver Center on Poverty Law
 * SIECUS
 * Sierra Club Foundation
 * Southern California Grantmakers
 * Southern Poverty Law Center
 * States United to Prevent Gun Violence
 * Texas Council on Family Violence
 * Texas Women's Foundation
 * The Arc
 * The Climate Project
 * The Impact Fund
 * Tides Center
 * Transgender Law Center
 * UFW Foundation
 * Violence Policy Center
 * Younger Women's Task Force, Greater Lafayette Chapter
 * YWCA