Organizations

A New Way of Life (Los Angeles)

Housing, reentry support and civil rights advocacy for formerly incarcerated women and their families in Los Angeles.

Children and Youth · Civil Rights and Discrimination

A Safe Place

Emergency shelter, support and community education for families facing domestic violence and intimate partner abuse.

Past pre-bar fellowship host

Advokids

Legal advocacy, a free helpline, and resources for children in California foster care and the people supporting them.

Children and Youth

Affordable Housing Advocates (AHA)

Free legal representation in housing and tenants’ rights cases, including preserving rental housing and enforcing affordable housing laws.

Healthcare and Public Benefits · Housing

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

Past pre-bar fellowship host

All for the Family Legal Clinic, Inc.

Sliding-scale legal help with divorce, custody, child support, and restraining orders for Bay Area families.

Family Law and Domestic Violence

Alliance for Children’s Rights

Free legal services and policy advocacy for children in poverty and foster care, including adoption, guardianship, healthcare and education.

Children and Youth · Family Law and Domestic Violence

Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles (Advancing Justice-LA)

Legal services, civil rights litigation and policy advocacy for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities, with a focus on language access.

Civil Rights and Discrimination

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

Past pre-bar fellowship host

Bay Area Legal Aid

Civil legal assistance for low-income residents across the seven-county Bay Area, including seniors, veterans and people with disabilities.

Consumer and Bankruptcy · Disability Rights

Benchmark Institute

Legal skills and leadership training for the public interest community, plus workshops in family law, housing and public benefits.

Family Law and Domestic Violence · Healthcare and Public Benefits

Bet Tzedek Legal Services

Free legal services for low-income Los Angeles residents, including housing, employment, elder law, guardianship, trafficking, healthcare and public benefits.

Elder Law · Employment and Workers' Rights

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

Butte County Law Library

Legal reference services, print materials and online research databases for people using the Butte County Law Library.

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform

Advocacy, education, legislation and litigation to improve long-term care and protect the rights of California care consumers.

California Indian Legal Services (CILS)

Free and low-cost legal services for California tribes, tribal organizations and Native American individuals, supporting Native rights and tribal self-determination.

Children and Youth

Past pre-bar fellowship host

California Lawyers for The Arts

Legal referrals, mediation, workshops, and advocacy for California artists and arts organizations.

Small Business and Economic Development

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

California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA)

Free legal assistance, community education and litigation for low-income rural Californians, with offices across the state.

California Women’s Law Center (CWLC)

Litigation, policy advocacy and education to advance the rights of women and girls, including gender discrimination, violence, healthcare and reproductive justice.

Civil Rights and Discrimination

Past pre-bar fellowship host

Canal Alliance

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

Immigration

California Legal Aid Organizations