Our Recent Work
At FJI, we are committed to defending civil rights and advocating for justice in Florida.
Explore the current cases we are passionately pursuing to protect and empower our community.
FJI Pushes Cities Toward Housing, Not Arrests
April 8, 2025 Today, Southern Legal Counsel, the National Homelessness Law Center, the Southern Poverty Law center, and the Florida Justice Institute advocated for change by sending letters to public officials in
FJI Joins Legal Community Urging AG to Defend Equal Justice
March 28, 2025 FJI has signed on to the below letter, which represents a broad coalition of lawyers, legal organizations, law schools, law firms, and other throughout the legal community
FJI Urges Passage of the Tristin Murphy Act
March 6, 2025 March 6, 2025; MIAMI/TALLAHASSEE, FL. The Florida Justice Institute (FJI), a nonprofit civil rights organization, expresses its strong support for the Tristin Murphy Act (SB 168), and
FJI Win Ends With Lake City Repealing Solicitation Ban, Paying Settlement
November 25, 2024 Following FJI’s lawsuit against a Lake City ordinance that prohibited standing, soliciting, or leafletting at certain intersections, the City repealed the ordinance and the case has been
FJI Files Lawsuit Over Sweltering Heat at South Florida Prison
Florida Justice Institute (FJI) filed a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) on behalf of those incarcerated at Dade Correctional Institution (Dade CI), seeking relief from the sweltering
FJI and SLC Lawsuit Challenges St. Johns County Law That Criminalizes Requests for Help
Florida-based legal aid organizations Southern Legal Counsel (SLC) and Florida Justice Institute (FJI) today filed a federal lawsuit challenging a St. Johns County ordinance passed in May 2023 in an