Lydia Wright

Associate Director, Civil Litigation at The Promise of Justice Initiative

Lydia Wright is the Associate Director of Civil Litigation at PJI. She has significant experience litigating class and mass actions in state and federal courts across the country. Lydia was a fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center and an associate at a boutique complex civil litigation firm in New Orleans. She clerked for the Hon. Nannette Jolivette Brown in the Eastern District of Louisiana and served as a staff attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Before law school, Lydia taught middle school English in New Mexico and studied Arabic in Jordan as a Fulbright fellow. She has a J.D. from Berkeley Law and a B.A. from the University of Washington. Lydia is licensed in Louisiana, Mississippi and Washington.

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new orleans louisiana, United States

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The Promise of Justice Initiative

The Promise of Justice Initiative offers civil litigation and strategic criminal representation to reform and challenge the injustices of the criminal legal system. They support their clients and families directly by organizing family visits. They are providing funds for commissaries and helping them navigate their incarceration.