Mari Dominguez-Ruiz
Staff Attorney at the ACLU National Prison Project
We’re excited to announce our new speaker series, On All Fronts
“I don’t believe in fighting today in any one front, but on all fronts.” – Malcolm X
The issues surrounding immigration policy are as complex and multifaceted as the lives they impact. This series will highlight researchers, advocates, and culture makers confronting injustice in the immigrant community from different angles and on many different fronts.
Join us on March 21 from 1–3 p.m. for a presentation by Mari Dominguez-Ruiz, who will discuss her casework defending incarcerated people in adult, juvenile, and immigrant detention facilities.
Following her presentation, Melissa Moltavo, accountability reporter for The Fresno Bee, will moderate a discussion.
Mari Dominguez-Ruiz (she/her), is a Staff Attorney at the National Prison Project. Mari initially joined NPP as a Justice Catalyst Fellow and her project aimed to apply underused disability laws to carceral settings to end the harmful practice of solitary confinement of incarcerated people with disabilities. Mari graduated from LMU Loyola Law School with a concentration in Public Interest Law. At Loyola, Mari worked for the Youth Justice Education Clinic advocating for the special education rights of system-involved youth. During law school, she also worked for the Collateral Consequences of Convictions Justice Program and helped clients with expungement services. During her 1L summer, Mari interned at the California Appellate Project – San Francisco on the habeas team, which serves unrepresented death row clients. Subsequently, she participated in the Mexican American Bar Association’s Judicial Externship Program with the Central District of California. Mari graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in English and a minor in Disability Studies. She is fluent in Spanish and English and currently learning American Sign Language.