On July 9, 2020, the ACLU of Louisiana announced that, to date, 14 law school clinics and 34 law firms have partnered with their campaign to dismantle racially discriminatory policing practices. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is one of the law firms joining the campaign.

The initiative, called “Justice Lab: Putting Racist Policing on Trial,” aims to bring a wave of lawsuits challenging racially motivated stops, seizures, searches, false arrests, and uses of force in Louisiana. The campaign enlists for-profit law firms and law school legal clinics in bringing cases challenging racially-motivated stops and seizures under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments and any other applicable laws. By focusing these intensive efforts on a single state, the Justice Lab initiative aims to establish a litigation blueprint for altering police conduct across the country.

In a statement, Luke Liss, Pro Bono Counsel and Litigation Counsel at the firm, said, “Wilson Sonsini is deeply committed to aiding in efforts aimed at achieving racial justice across the country. We are energized to join the ACLU of Louisiana’s Justice Lab project.”