{"id":19216,"date":"2017-02-12T11:13:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T11:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/?p=19216"},"modified":"2017-02-12T11:13:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T11:13:13","slug":"crowdjustice-launches-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/crowdjustice-launches-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"CrowdJustice Launches in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/startup-map\/crowdjustice\/\">CrowdJustice<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a platform for crowdfunding public interest litigation which is one of the startups featuring on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalgeek.co\/startup-map\/\">Legal Geek Startup Map<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0They launched their operation in the United States last week by helping to raise funds for <a class=\"crowdjusticeSocial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdjustice.org\/case\/dullesdetainees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Aziz v. Trump<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was against the Trump administration on behalf of two brothers who were detained at the Dulles Airport in Washington DC and forced to sign papers that waived their immigration status. The brothers were then deported.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Aziz Brothers Arrive at Dulles\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/202754545?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lawyers from\u00a0the Legal Aid Justice Center and Mayer Brown represented the family and\u00a0obtained an injunction from\u00a0a federal judge in Virginia staying the executive order. Then they\u00a0successfully negotiated the brothers&#8217; return to the United States on 6 February 2017.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mayer Brown and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegalAidJustice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LegalAidJustice<\/a> helped reunite Yemeni families victimized by executive order on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/immigration?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#immigration<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jtEDVoXCwU\">https:\/\/t.co\/jtEDVoXCwU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZklxpfnkTc\">pic.twitter.com\/ZklxpfnkTc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mayer Brown (@Mayer_Brown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mayer_Brown\/status\/828984689532735490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>How does CrowdJustice work?<\/h3>\n<p>When you have a court case that would benefit from crowdfunding and affects others in your community, you can set up a Case Page on <strong>CrowdJustice<\/strong>\u00a0and set a funding target. On the page, you will also need to explain what the case is about and why you need help funding it. Before the page goes live, you need to have a lawyer who has agreed to represent you.<\/p>\n<p>The pledges get collected only when you meet the funding target. 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