Legal Action Center

About Legal Action Center: The Legal Action Center (LAC) is the only non-profit law and policy organization in the United States whose sole mission is to fight discrimination against people with criminal records, substance use disorder, HIV, and/or AIDS and to advocate for sound public policies in these areas. Since its founding in 1973, LAC has worked to fight for the civil rights and civil liberties of those they serve, to dismantle discriminatory barriers that systematically deny these rights and liberties, and to combat the stigma and prejudice that keep individuals out of the mainstream of society. LAC has engaged in precedent-setting reentry litigation and helped drive important policy reform. With CSS, LAC co-chairs the New York State Coalition of Reentry Advocates.