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Overview of IPR Projects
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The following is an overview of the principal
project areas at IPR. For more information about a particular
area, click on the topic heading below.
Civil Rights and General Public Interest Law The Institute's work in the civil rights and general public interest law focuses on traditional civil rights litigation (with an emphasis on the rights of persons with disabilities, prisoners' right, and employment discrimination cases), as well as other public interest litigation, including cases involving access to government records and government accountability, public health and safety and civil liberties. We litigate primarily in federal court, and our clients include both individuals and organizations. The Institute's work on environmental matters is intended to prevent the inequitable distribution of environmental harms and benefits in the Washington metropolitan area. Our goal is to focus on threats to public health and amenities among economically disadvantaged and minority populations in the District of Columbia. Through providing legal services to these communities, we hope to empower the individuals who live in them to protect themselves from the inequitable distribution of environmental harms and benefits. The Institute's work in the communications area is an outgrowth of its merger in January 1981 with the Citizens Communications Center. The goal of this project is to make the communications media accessible, diverse and responsive to the needs of all segments of the community. Most of our work involves representing advocacy, consumer and civil rights organizations before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), other federal administrative agencies and the federal courts. Revised September 13, 2004 (JC) |
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