California Legal Aid Organizations
Explore California legal aid organizations by area of work, and find a potential fellowship host.
Area of law
Showing 1–24 of 162 organizations.
Organizations
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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
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A Safe Place
Emergency shelter, support and community education for families facing domestic violence and intimate partner abuse.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Butte County Law Library
Legal reference services, print materials and online research databases for people using the Butte County Law Library.
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California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
Advocacy, education, legislation and litigation to improve long-term care and protect the rights of California care consumers.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Past pre-bar fellowship host
Canal Alliance
Immigration legal services, education, and community support for immigrants in Marin County.
Immigration
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