Jade Morgan serves as Senior Staff Attorney for Impact Litigation at the Mississippi Center for Justice, on a team that litigates cases challenging racial biases that manifest in different ways. Before coming to MCJ, she worked at the Southern Poverty Law Center, where she co-developed a statewide parole eligibility advocacy model for Mississippi. It combined high-volume direct representation of people in prison with policy advocacy to address draconian mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Jade helped people get free by any means available, including parole, clemency, and immigration bond proceedings post-ICE raids. Meanwhile, she led systemic work to address entrenched racial disparities in sentencing, including through community education, recruiting and training firm partners, and drafting legislation. Jade has also worked as a contract litigation support lawyer at Simpson, Thacher, and Bartlett, LLP.
Before law school (MC Law), Jade worked at the ACLU of MS, supporting systemic police misconduct and other civil rights litigation, running their large legal intake program, and managing their intern program. Jade holds a Master of Administration in Justice-Involved Care from Morehouse School of Medicine. Her focus was on using data-driven and cross-sectional strategies (informed by the social determinants of health) to support people and communities impacted by the criminal legal system.
As a mom of five kids, Jade has a long-term interest in transforming the treatment of children involved in the criminal justice system and fighting for the educational rights of children with disabilities.