Nan Aron

Who is Nan Aron?

Nan Aron is a public interest lawyer and civil rights advocate living in Washington, D.C., working to promote and protect public interest in national policy. Aron is the founder and president of Alliance for Justice, a national association of public interest and consumer rights organizations with the goal of promoting justice for all Americans, enhancing the public interest community's ability to influence public policy, and mentoring and fostering the next generation of advocates. Since its inception, Alliance for Justice has been a powerful force in the nonprofit arena.

Prior to Alliance for Justice, Aron worked as a staff attorney for the ACLU's National Prison Project, where she challenged conditions in state prison systems. Aron went on to serve as a trial attorney for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where she litigated race and sex discrimination cases against companies and unions in federal and district courts.

In 1985, Aron founded the Judicial Selection Project through AFJ. JSP has come to be one of the country's primary voices for a progressive judiciary and a visible and active player in the judicial nomination process. Additionally, through her Co/Motion and Student Action Campaign programs, Aron has provided advocacy training, election and ballot education, and activist mentoring to tens of thousands of individuals.