Corene Kendrick

ACLU National Prison Project

Corene Kendrick is the Deputy Director of the ACLU National Prison Project, where she leads class action litigation, policy advocacy, and public education on behalf of incarcerated adults and children across the country. From 2011 to 2020 she was a staff attorney at the Prison Law Office in Berkeley, where she worked on multiple cases on behalf of people in prisons and jails in California and Arizona. She also was a staff attorney at the Youth Law Center in San Francisco from 2005 to 2011, where she engaged in policy advocacy, impact litigation, and public education on behalf of children in foster care and juvenile justice systems in numerous jurisdictions across the country.  She also was a Skadden Fellow at Children’s Rights in New York, where she worked on class action lawsuits to reform multiple state foster care systems. Prior to attending law school, Corene was a Congressional lobbyist for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.  She holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, a Masters of Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs, and a B.A. in journalism from George Washington University. Corene has proudly served on PJDC’s board since 2010.