Palestine Legal
Tori Porell currently serves as a Senior Staff Attorney at Palestine Legal, having joined in January 2024. Prior to this role, Tori held the position of Education Attorney at East Bay Children's Law Offices from March 2023 to August 2024 and worked at Bay Area Legal Aid as a Supervising Attorney and Youth Justice Attorney from March 2021 to February 2023. Earlier experience includes roles as a Strong Beginnings Staff Attorney and Equal Justice Works Fellow at East Bay Children's Law Offices from September 2018 to March 2021, along with a Law Clerk position at Bay Area Legal Aid in early 2018. Tori's journey began with internships at various legal organizations, including ACLU of Northern California and Legal Services for Children, alongside law clerk responsibilities at Palestine Legal. Tori earned a JD from the University of California, Berkeley - School of Law (2015-2018) and holds a BA in International Affairs with a focus on Middle East Studies, History, and Political Science from Northeastern University (2008-2014), complemented by an exchange program at Sciences Po in 2013.
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Palestine Legal
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Palestine Legal is an independent organization dedicated to protecting the civil and constitutional rights of people in the US who speak out for Palestinian freedom. Our mission is to bolster the Palestine solidarity movement by challenging efforts to threaten, harass and legally bully activists into silence and inaction. We provide legal advice, Know Your Rights trainings, advocacy and litigation support to college students, grassroots activists and affected communities who stand for justice in Palestine. Palestine Legal also monitors incidents of suppression to expose trends in tactics to silence Palestine activism. Founded in 2012, Palestine Legal is the only legal organization in the United States exclusively dedicated to supporting the movement for Palestinian rights. Our attorneys are based in Chicago, New York City and the Bay Area, and our work spans all 50 states and Washington D.C. We work closely with several organizations, including the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Lawyers Guild and others, to provide legal support to activists around the country. Palestine Legal is a fiscally sponsored project of the Tides Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.