Connor McCleskey

Connor McCleskey is the Catalyst Fellow at Worth Rises, where he will focus on empowering incarcerated people and pro se litigants to fight back against financial exploitation in the criminal-legal system.

In addition, he will use litigation to expose wrongdoing by private corrections companies and restore wealth to marginalized communities. Connor is a graduate of Oberlin College and Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as Executive Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal’s Annual Review of Criminal Procedure and as a Student Attorney in the Criminal Defense & Prisoner Advocacy Clinic.

Fellowship type: Justice Catalyst

Organization: Worth Rises

Project name: Empowering Incarcerated People & Pro Se Litigants