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Immigration Organizations

Explore California organizations working on immigration, and find a place to put your interests into practice.

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Organizations

  • Past pre-bar fellowship host

    AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP)

    Free and low-cost civil legal help for people living with HIV/AIDS in the Bay Area. Practice areas include housing, benefits, immigration, employment and family law.

    Consumer and Bankruptcy · Employment and Workers' Rights

  • Asian Law Alliance — Santa Clara County (ALA)

    Legal assistance, community education and advocacy for people facing language barriers, discrimination and barriers to housing and immigration justice.

    Civil Rights and Discrimination · Housing

  • Asian Law Caucus

    Legal services, community organizing and advocacy for low-income Asian and Pacific Islander communities, including immigrants and refugees.

    Civil Rights and Discrimination · Immigration

  • Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO)

    Multilingual legal services addressing domestic violence, immigration, human trafficking, elder law, housing, tax and disability rights.

    Children and Youth · Disability Rights

  • Asian Women’s Shelter

    Language-accessible shelter, education and advocacy for survivors of domestic violence, especially Asian women, immigrants, refugees and their children.

    Children and Youth · Family Law and Domestic Violence

  • Bette and Wylie Aitken Family Protection Clinic

    Free help with immigration, human trafficking and protection orders for survivors of domestic violence. A Chapman law school clinic at the Orange County Family Justice Center.

    Family Law and Domestic Violence · Immigration

  • California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLAF)

    Legal services and policy advocacy for California’s rural communities, including labor, housing, immigration, education, healthcare and environmental justice.

    Employment and Workers' Rights · Housing

  • Past pre-bar fellowship host

    Canal Alliance

    Immigration legal services, education, and community support for immigrants in Marin County.

    Immigration

  • Casa Cornelia Law Center

    Pro bono legal services for people facing human and civil rights violations, with a focus on low-income immigrants in greater San Diego County.

    Civil Rights and Discrimination · Immigration

  • Center for Gender & Refugee Studies – California

    Legal advocacy for refugees fleeing gender-based violence and other persecution, including women, children and LGBTQ people seeking asylum.

    Children and Youth · Family Law and Domestic Violence

  • Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law

    Litigation and policy advocacy for immigrants and refugees, including detained children and survivors of crime, trafficking and domestic violence.

    Children and Youth · Family Law and Domestic Violence

  • Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA)

    Litigation, policy advocacy and survivor-centered legal representation to pursue accountability for torture, war crimes and other severe human rights abuses.

    Family Law and Domestic Violence · Healthcare and Public Benefits

  • Past pre-bar fellowship host

    Centro Legal De La Raza

    Bilingual legal services, know-your-rights education and advocacy for immigrant, low-income and Latino communities in the East Bay.

    Children and Youth · Immigration

  • Coalition of California Welfare Rights ORG., INC.

    Public benefits consultation, training and representation for legal aid programs and referred pro bono attorneys, including CalWORKs, Medi-Cal, food assistance and SSI.

    Children and Youth · Employment and Workers' Rights

  • Past pre-bar fellowship host

    Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (CLSEPA)

    Community-based legal assistance in housing, immigration, civil litigation and predatory lending for people in the East Palo Alto area.

    Consumer and Bankruptcy · Housing

  • Past pre-bar fellowship host

    East Bay Sanctuary Covenant

    Free and low-cost immigration legal services, social services, and community advocacy for people fleeing violence and persecution.

    Healthcare and Public Benefits · Immigration

  • Immigrant Defenders Law Center

    Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) is a next-generation social justice law firm that defends our immigrant communities against injustices in the immigration system.

    Immigration

  • Past pre-bar fellowship host

    Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)

    Legal training, educational materials and advocacy to advance immigrant rights, working with immigrants, community organizations and legal professionals.

    Immigration

  • Past pre-bar fellowship host

    Immigration Institute of the Bay Area

    Free and low-cost immigration legal services, education, and civic engagement programs for Bay Area immigrants and their families.

    Immigration

  • Inner City Law Center (ICLC)

    Legal representation and advocacy addressing housing conditions, homelessness prevention and veterans’ benefits in Los Angeles, including Skid Row.

    Housing · Immigration

  • Insight Center for Community Economic Development

    The Insight Center drives structural, transformative change across three pillars of work, all focused on building economic inclusion and racial equity for people of color, women, immigrants, and…

    Immigration

  • Past pre-bar fellowship host

    Jubilee Immigration Advocates

    Affordable immigration representation for Bay Area immigrants and families, alongside advocacy for fair immigration policies.

    Immigration

  • Past pre-bar fellowship host

    Justice At Last

    Free legal help for trafficking survivors, including immigration relief, records clearance, employment rights, family safety, and debt issues.

    Consumer and Bankruptcy · Criminal Records and Reentry

  • Past pre-bar fellowship host

    Kids In Need of Defense

    Legal representation and policy advocacy for unaccompanied children in the U.S. immigration system, alongside attorney training and public education.

    Children and Youth · Immigration