Utah Civil Rights & Liberties

Utah Civil Rights & Liberties Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit entity dedicated to working through the courts, law schools, legislature and community to assert, defend and preserve individual basic and Civil Rights and Liberties guaranteed to all people by the federal and Utah state constitutions. Ucr&lf provides assistance to indigetnt individuals and non-profit organizatins with regard to Civil Rights claims and issues. Ucr&lf annually receives hundreds of requests for assistance and screens cases according to the nature of the Civil Rights and Liberties violation, the potential significant, broad or systematic impact, and whether the private bar is pursuing the issues at all or adequately, etc. Ucr&lf will pursue matters through advocacy including litigation, especially in the areas of indigent Rights, racial justice, privacy and technology, first amendment, separation of church and state, participatory democaracy, prioner Rights, etc. Ucr&lf engages in public education informing the public, especially through the news media and participation in seminars and presentations, as to constitutional Rights. Ucr&lf operates a prison project which provides legal advice to inmates and prisoners incarcerated in Utah state correctional facilities and county jails throughout the state.