About Us

The Peggy Browning Fund is a nonprofit organization established in memory of Margaret A. Browning, prominent labor attorney and Member of the National Labor Relations Board.

Margaret A. Browning

The mission of the Peggy Browning Fund is to educate and inspire the next generation of advocates for workplace justice. 

Through fellowships, workers' rights conferences, networking and other programs, PBF provides unique opportunities for law students to work for economic and social justice.  Our programs provide diverse, challenging work and educational experiences in the area of workers' rights. Our goal is to increase the students' understanding of the current issues workers face as well as promote the students' entry into the practice of public interest labor law.

"Peggy dedicated herself to justice and fair labor practices throughout our nation. Continuing to fight for what she believed even in the midst of her own battle with cancer, she served our nation and the American people with great courage and compassion."
President Clinton

Read: A Tribute to Peggy Browning, a Beacon for Workers' Rights, from the Fall 2004 issue of The Philadelphia Lawyer, the Philadelphia Bar Association Quarterly Magazine.

 

Upcoming Events

Conferences

25th Annual National Law Students Workers’ Rights Conference

October 14, 2023

Awards Receptions

Chicago Awards Reception

November 15, 2023

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Latest News

  • 2021 Summer Fellowships Include Additional Programs

    December 03, 2021
    Peggy Browning Summer Fellows had many additional programs from which to choose to bring added depth to the work they were assigned.
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  • In Memorium - Richard L. Trumka

    August 09, 2021
    A champion is gone. The day of his death was sad and dark. The passing of President Trumka is a loss for the entire labor movement and for workers and their families throughout this country. It was also a very personal loss for all of us here at the Peggy Browning Fund and for so many workers’...
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  • PBF Remembers Duane Beeson

    July 07, 2021
    Peggy Browning Fund is saddened to share the news of the passing of our good friend Duane Beeson on Saturday, July 3 at the age of 98. Most recently Of Counsel with the firm, Beeson, Tayer & Bodine, in Oakland and Sacramento, CA, Duane was a longtime supporter and former awardee of PBF’s...
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