Equal Justice Center

The EJC is a non-profit law firm and employment justice organization which empowers low-income families, workers, and communities to achieve fair treatment in the workplace, in the justice system, and in our shared society – regardless of immigration status. 

From our offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, EJC provides vital legal representation to immigrant and low-wage working families throughout Texas. Our legal action empowers working men and women to recover unpaid wages; to combat workplace discrimination including racial discrimination, sexual assault, and sexual harassment; and to enforce their employment rights against other basic injustices they encounter in their work.  We work for systemic reforms that strengthen employment rights, advance fair immigration reform, and expand access to the justice system for all working people. We protect and lift up the labor and human rights of U.S.-born workers, immigrant workers, and transnational workers in our communities.  EJC helps young Dreamers secure work authorization, protection against deportation, and new freedom through DACA (Deferrred Action for Childhood Arrivals).  We also help immigrant workers secure naturalized citizenship and protections against labor trafficking.   Through a clinical education partnership with the University of Texas Law School, we develop and train the next generation of employment justice advocates – workers, students, lawyers, and community members.