
Crystal Pardue
Host: American Civil Liberties Union of Washington
Sponsor: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Microsoft Corporation
Current Fellow
Marlee provides legal advocacy and outreach services to American Indian mothers who struggle with opiate addiction and who are involved with the child protection system.
American Indian children have higher rates of disparity and disproportionality than any other race. Indian parents failing to comply with court-ordered case plans through the county lose their children an average of twice a week in Minnesota. American Indians in Minnesota die of opiate related overdoses at rates of up to five times higher than any other race.
In the past year, Marlee has:
In the next six months, Marlee plans to:
Advocating for American Indian Mothers in Minnesota: The Equal Justice Works Fellowship
Host: American Civil Liberties Union of Washington
Sponsor: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Microsoft Corporation
Current Fellow
Host: Northern Plains Indian Law Center
Sponsor: Equal Justice Works
Host: Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, Inc.
Sponsor: Anonymous, DLA Piper LLP (US)
Current Fellow
Host: California Indian Legal Services
Sponsor: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP