About Us

At the Center for Justice we see the law as the means for real change in the Inland Northwest.

We are a gathering of dedicated attorneys, paralegals, legal interns, and others who — along with volunteers from local high schools, colleges, universities, and the community — believe that justice truly is for all.
Through legal advocacy for people and issues others cannot or will not take on, we seek to foster dignity for everyone. Our work encourages right relationships between citizens and their government, between environmental and economic health, and among all our community’s citizens.

We focus on five main areas: civil rights, discrimination, government accountability, poverty, and the environment.

Attorney Breean Beggs (right) is the Center for Justice’s chief catalyst

Our Mission

The Center for Justice is a nonprofit law firm dedicated to the experience of justice for those of limited or no resources through compassion and an awareness of the sacredness of the Earth.

“Every day when I ride the bus to work, I don’t think about the projects they’re going to have me do, or how hard it’s going to be, or how nervous I might be. Every day I think, this is another day, another chance for me, to give back to them what they so graciously gave to me these past three years, which was devotion, compassion, and a hundred percent acceptance.”

–Former client and volunteer Stacey Green, March 22, 2008
Photo, CFJ’s Suellen Pritchard (left) with Stacey

Click here to see video of Stacey’s testimonial.

July 2008, CFJ intern Saundra Richartz registers people waiting to talk to volunteer lawyers as part of the Street Law program the Center co-sponsors.

May 2008

Suellen

I wanted to thank you and all the rest of the Center for such an amazing experience this semester. In so many ways the Center has proven to be a wonderful experience for me. Each day is humbling, partly because it makes me realize what I don’t know, but more importantly what privileges I take for granted. For the longest time I struggled with how to deal with a broken world. Perhaps. I don’t know the answer, but our best bet, in my opinion, is simply action. It is in this action that tangible difference occurs. The Center exudes action, and not merely ideology. Truly the Center is a beacon in this broken world.

Thank you for the last 3 months. God Bless,

Steve Merriman

An Examination of Police, Power, and People. May 16, 2008