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California Civil Legal Aid Organizations

The legal aid providers and member organizations in the Legal Aid Association of California's directory, with what each one has published about the work it does and whether it has ever taken someone who was not licensed yet.

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Legal Aid Day in Sacramento, February 26

Showing 25–48 of 172 organizations.

What all 172 organizations say they work on

Bar length is relative to the largest subject, 40 organizations; the hairline marks half. Subjects come from each organization's own published description; an organization that has not described its work is in none of these.

Listed A to Z

  • California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLAF)

    CRLAF is a statewide, non-profit organization providing legal services and policy advocacy for California’s rural poor.

    • Housing
    • Immigration
    • Employment and Workers' Rights
  • California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA)

    9 published placements, hires before the bar

    CRLA was founded in 1966 as a nonprofit legal services program. The mission of CRLA is to strive for economic justice and human rights on behalf of California’s rural poor.

  • California Women’s Law Center (CWLC)

    Since its founding in 1989, the California Women’s Law Center (CWLC) has served as a unique advocate in California, working in collaboration with others to protect, secure, and advance the…

    • Civil Rights and Discrimination
  • Canal Alliance

    1 published placement, hires before the bar

  • Capital Pro Bono

    CPB is a volunteer-based pro bono legal aid program that provides free assistance with civil legal matters to low-income clients living in the Sacramento region.

  • Casa Cornelia Law Center

    WHAT WE DO Casa Cornelia Law Center, a 501(c)(3) public interest law firm, provides quality pro bono legal services to victims of human and civil rights violations.

    • Immigration
    • Civil Rights and Discrimination
  • Casa Cornelia Law Center (CCLC)

    Casa Cornelia Law Center (CCLC) provides legal services to victims of human and civil rights violations, with a primary commitment to indigent persons within the immigrant community in Southern…

    • Immigration
    • Civil Rights and Discrimination
  • Center for Gender & Refugee Studies – California

    CGRS serves women, children, LGBT, and other refugees fleeing gender-based violence and other harms.

    • Immigration
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Children and Youth
  • Center for Health Care Rights

    The Center for Health Care Rights (CHCR) is a nonprofit health care advocacy organization dedicated to assuring consumer access to quality health care through education, counseling, informal advocacy,…

    • Healthcare and Public Benefits
    • Consumer and Bankruptcy
  • Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law

    CHCRL’s work currently focuses on the following: 1. Federal litigation in support of abused, abandoned, and neglected immigrant and refugee children eligible to legalize status as Special Immigrant…

    • Immigration
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Children and Youth
  • Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA)

    CJA is an international human rights organization dedicated to deterring torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other severe human rights abuses around the world through litigation, policy…

    • Immigration
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Healthcare and Public Benefits
    • Veterans
  • Central California Legal Services, Inc. (CCLS)

    For almost 50 years, CCLS has served as a vanguard of equity by fighting social injustice through education and representation of low-income residents.

    • Elder Law
  • Centro Legal De La Raza

    Hires before the bar

    Founded in 1969 by Latino law students from Boalt Hall at UC Berkeley, Centro Legal de la Raza is a comprehensive legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of immigrant, low-income,…

    • Immigration
    • Children and Youth
  • ChangeLab Solutions

    ChangeLab Solutions specializes in researching and drafting model laws and policies, providing analysis and recommendations on environmental change strategies, developing educational toolkits and fact…

  • Child Care Law Center

    The Child Care Law Center began in 1980 as the Bay Area Child Care Law Project.

    • Housing
    • Civil Rights and Discrimination
    • Small Business and Economic Development
    • Disability Rights
  • Children’s Law Center of California

    CLC is the largest children’s legal services organization in the nation, advocating for over 30,000 children and youth in the Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Placer County foster care systems.

    • Children and Youth
  • Coalition of California Welfare Rights ORG., INC.

    CCWRO has been providing advocacy in the public benefits field since the early 1980s.

    • Immigration
    • Healthcare and Public Benefits
    • Employment and Workers' Rights
    • Children and Youth
  • Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ)

    Hires before the bar

  • Community Lawyers Inc. (Compton, California)

    Founded in 2005, Community Lawyers, Inc. is a non-profit organization located in Compton, CA that provides low and moderate-income people access to affordable legal services and develops innovative…

  • Community Legal Aid of SOCAL

    Community Legal Aid SoCal is dedicated to meeting the legal needs of low-income people throughout Orange and Southeast Los Angeles Counties.

  • Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (CLSEPA)

    1 published placement, hires before the bar

    Since opening its doors in September 2002, CLSEPA’s legal service programs have benefited over 10,000 community members.

    • Housing
    • Immigration
    • Consumer and Bankruptcy
  • Contra Costa Senior Legal Services (CCSLS)

    Hires before the bar

    CCSLS was established in 1976 and incorporated in 1986. Previously known as Contra Costa Legal Assistance for the Elderly and the Senior Paralegal Program, the name was changed in 1994 to Contra Costa…

    • Elder Law
  • Dependency Advocacy Center

    Hires before the bar

  • Dependency Legal Services

    1 published placement, hires before the bar

Organizations, descriptions and membership come from the Legal Aid Association of California's own directory. Placements come from LAAC's published fellowship rosters.