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FREEKARIM INC DBA The Law Library

jamaica, NY · EIN 863722142 · Form 990EZ · FY2024 · NTEE R20 · Civil Rights & Advocacy · Micro (<$100K) · thalawlibrary.org
revenue
$53K
expenses
$50K
net assets
$3K
employees
mission · from form 990

To empower marginalized communities?including immigrants, asylum seekers, trafficking survivors, and justice-impacted individuals?by providing accessible legal education, community advocacy, and self-help legal tools focused on detention defense, civil rights, and social justice.

profile · synthesized from sources

The Law Library empowers incarcerated, detained, and immigrant communities by providing accessible legal education and self-help tools. It offers automated document generators for habeas corpus petitions, asylum applications, and federal tort claims, along with multilingual guides and community workshops. Based in Jamaica, NY, the organization focuses on democratizing legal knowledge to support self-advocacy and challenge systemic injustice.

named programs · 5 · from sources

What they call their work

Asylum Application Support
Resources and tools to prepare I-589 asylum applications, including declaration assistance and rights education.
FOIA Request Generator
Tool that helps users create Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain personal immigration records from federal agencies.
Federal Tort Claim Generator (SF-95)
Tool that analyzes user stories of abuse or misconduct in detention and generates federal tort claims against ICE, DHS, or CBP based on state and federal law.
Habeas Corpus Petition Generator
Automated tool that generates properly formatted habeas corpus petitions for immigration detention with jurisdiction-specific legal arguments, multilingual support, and court filing instructions.
Legal Education Workshops
Community workshops and video content on legal rights, self-advocacy, and participatory defense for impacted communities.
activities · 4 groups

What they do

  • Immigrant Rights Education & Legal Preparedness 3 activities
    • Distributes educational publications, guides, and toolkits on legal rights and self-advocacy
      Maintains and provides access to a growing library of legal guides, toolkits, educational videos, and multimedia materials covering immigration law, rights, and self-advocacy strategies for marginalized communities including immigrants, trafficking survivors, and justice-impacted individuals.
    • Hosts community legal education workshops and participatory defense meetings
      Organizes and hosts workshops, know-your-rights trainings, legal self-help sessions, and participatory defense meetings to promote legal literacy and community engagement. Includes educational videos and interactive learning to support self-advocacy in the legal system.
    • Supports asylum seekers with multilingual legal resources and document preparation tools
      Provides resources to understand the asylum process, prepare declarations, and assert legal rights. Offers automated document generators for asylum applications and includes multilingual support, voice recording with automatic translation, and educational materials tailored to immigrants and asylum seekers.
  • Constitutional and Government Accountability Litigation 1 activity
    • Assists with filing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests
      Provides direct support to individuals seeking to file Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to obtain federal agency records, enabling access to government-held information relevant to legal cases and personal rights.
  • Immigration Legal Services 1 activity
    • Provides automated legal document generators for habeas corpus petitions
      Generates properly formatted habeas corpus petitions under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 with jurisdiction-specific legal arguments and case law, automatically determines the correct federal court based on detention location, and provides court mailing addresses and filing instructions to support filing. Output is available in English and the user’s preferred language, with multilingual support for 16 languages.
  • Uncategorized 1 activity
    • Offers automated tools to generate federal tort claims based on personal narratives
      Provides a tool that analyzes personal narratives against state laws to generate federal tort claims related to government misconduct, supporting individuals in asserting legal claims against federal agencies.
financials · form 990EZ · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$53K
Contributions & grants$53K100%
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expenses
Total expenses$50K
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balance sheet
Total assets$3K
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Net assets$3K
1 years on record · 2024–2024
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024

Who runs it

board members · 1
  • Karim Golding — Founder/Executive Director
relationships · 6

Who they work with

  • Karim Golding Partner — Founder of The Law Library, whose personal experience with incarceration and immigration detention informed the organization's mission and approach.
  • TRT World Partner — Collaborated with TRT World journalist Paul Salvatori on a multimedia presentation about Palestine and U.S. carceral systems.
  • TRT World Partner — Collaborates with TRT World journalist Paul Salvatori on educational content exploring links between Palestine and US carceral systems.
  • community groups Partner — Works with community groups on legal empowerment and education programs.
  • detention facilities Partner — Collaborates with detention facilities on legal education initiatives.
  • legal aid organizations Partner — Partners with legal aid organizations to deliver legal education and support.
strategies · 2

How they approach the work

Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.

  • Legal Empowerment Through Self-Advocacy Tools
    methodology: legal_empowerment
    By providing accessible legal knowledge, education, and self-help tools, individuals—particularly those who are incarcerated, detained, or immigrant—can independently navigate and challenge their legal circumstances, because understanding one's rights and having the means to act on them increases autonomy, engagement, and effectiveness in legal processes.
  • Technology-Enabled Access to Justice via Automated Legal Tools
    methodology: technology-enabled_legal_empowerment
    By using automated, multilingual, and AI-assisted legal document generation that incorporates jurisdiction-specific rules, geolocation, and personal narratives, individuals can produce accurate, file-ready legal claims because technology lowers barriers of language, legal complexity, and scale, making self-advocacy feasible for detained and immigrant populations.