Location and Hours
Community Building
35 West Main, Suite 300
Spokane, Washington 99201
(509) 835-5211
The Center for Justice is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., except during the noon hour and on court holidays.
Yes, We Dare
We dare to believe that justice is indeed for all, that a society must be measured by how it treats the least among us, that when a single citizen experiences justice, every one of us moves closer to true democracy.
That belief engages us. It inspires our work, work that embraces many who share these same convictions. People like you.
- News
- Chasing the Metadata
State appeals court rules that information about information is covered by Washington’s public records law.
- Cleaning It Up
Sierra Club, working with Center for Justice attorneys, agrees to settlement with City of Spokane that avoids Clean Water Act lawsuit over direct sewage discharges to the Spokane River.
- Mark Richard Responds
Commissioner won’t answer our questions about a public meetings policy that he “lost track” of and no longer supports.
- A Guantanamo Sequel
In the wake of Boumediene v. Bush, a U.S. Appeals Court lays down a withering treatise on power and due process in the case of Huzaifa Parhat.
- Hip Deep In Hoops
How could we not rise in awe (and snap a few pictures) when our downtown neighborhood became the epicenter of the basketball universe for a weekend?
- Supreme Court Puts A Bullet in Gun Control
In the final decision of its 2007-2008 term, a Justice Scalia-led court majority castigates those who think the Second Amendment’s preface constrains an individual’s right to possess firearms.
- Featured Stories
- Same Dam Problems
Center will represent Sierra Club and CELP in appeal of Ecology’s Avista-friendly remedy for the Spokane River.
- Pieces of Sunshine
River Park Square souvenirs for Washington’s “Blue Ribbon Committee” on public records exemptions.
- Mrs. Rodgers’s Neighborhood
Thirty months ago, Cherie Rodgers left Spokane City Hall as one of the most popular and longest-serving council members the city’s ever known. On June 9th she was back to talk about one of her enduring causes–open government.
- Moot Court
Court of Appeals victory for Center’s clients in two high-profile Spokane land use cases also shows how, under Washington “loophole,” developers can win even when bad decisions get reversed.
- Crossing the Line Draws a Crowd
Mayor Mary Verner joined an audience that packed the CenterStage hall for a Whitworth student presentation examining issues of police violence.
- Magic Pollution, Part 1
How the Environmental Protection Agency Used a Paper Trick to Clean Up the Spokane River