Her Justice
Hamra Ahmad currently serves as the Director of Law and Policy at Their Justice, a position held since March 2017. Ahmad has also contributed as Co-Chair of the Public Interest Pro Bono Association from September 2019 to August 2021, enhancing pro bono programs in the New York City metropolitan area. Previous roles include Executive Director at Hudson Valley Justice Center (March 2015 - March 2017), Director and Managing Attorney at My Sisters' Place (October 2005 - April 2015), and Staff Attorney at the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis (October 2000 - May 2002). Ahmad earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School (1997 - 2000) and a Bachelor of Science in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Her Justice
Her Justice stands with women living in poverty in New York City by recruiting and mentoring volunteer lawyers to provide free legal help to address individual and systemic legal barriers. Every day, thousands of women throughout New York City fear going to work because they don’t have an order of protection to prevent their abusive partners from stalking them. They worry about how to feed and clothe their children without the child support they deserve. Undocumented mothers are terrified that they will be deported and never see their children again because their batterers prevent them from gaining legal residency. With barely enough money for life’s basic necessities, hiring an attorney is not an option. Women facing violence at home or threats to their children’s lives have immediate, urgent legal needs, and they deserve competent representation regardless of their ability to pay. Her Justice is one of the few places in New York City where women can turn to find free matrimonial, family and immigration legal services. We recruit our volunteer attorneys from major law firms and small borough-based practices. With the support of Her Justice's expert legal staff, they go into court and fight for things that matter: protection from abuse, financial support, and orders granting child custody and divorce that replace fear with hope.