
Remi Abiodun
Host: Louisiana Center for Children's Rights
Sponsor: Anonymous
Current Fellow
Michael established the “Community Youth Reentry Project” to provide legal representation for youth while they make the journey from courtroom to community.
Indigent youth reentering society after a criminal conviction face an overwhelming number of legal challenges. They can be suspended from school, evicted from public housing, and discriminated against during employment. With no right to counsel after conviction, they face these challenges alone. Michael’s project provides legal representation for youth during this essential time.
Michael’s Fellowship project, built through community-based partnerships throughout New York, became the foundation for his organization’s legal services model. Through direct representation and class action litigation, Michael’s project has supported thousands of youth and redistributed millions of dollars to those harmed by criminal record discrimination.
Michael stayed on as Staff Attorney at Youth Represent after the completion of his project. He was promoted to Director of Community Partnerships, Legal Director, and eventually appointed to his current role as Executive Director.
2021 Scales of Justice Highlights
Mike Pope Named Executive Director of Youth Represent
Host: Louisiana Center for Children's Rights
Sponsor: Anonymous
Current Fellow
Host: The Legal Rights Center
Sponsor: Anonymous, Thomson Reuters
Current Fellow
Host: Southern Center for Human Rights
Sponsor: Greenberg Traurig, LLP, UPS, Inc.
Current Fellow
Host: The University of Washington School of Law, Clinical Law Program
Sponsor: Intellectual Ventures, Perkins Coie LLP