Oren Nimni

Oren Nimni is the Litigation Director at Rights Behind Bars. In this role he manages RBB's docket and litigation strategy with a focus on utilizing a movement lawyering framework against prisons, jails, and immigration detention centers.

Before joining Rights Behind Bars, Oren was a Supervising Attorney at Lawyers for Civil Rights where he managed and practiced in the organization's immigrants' rights and criminal justice dockets.

Oren is the recipient of the Boston Bar Association’s 2020 President’s Award for impactful litigation in Massachusetts, and the American Constitution Society’s 2023 David Carliner Award which recognized him as a top civil rights attorney in the country for his innovative litigation tactics.

Oren is also a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School teaching Prison Law and the co-founder and former Legal Editor of Current Affairs Magazine.