California civil legal aid organizations
Public Counsel
In their own words
Public Counsel is the largest pro bono law firm in the nation. Public Counsel works with over 5,000 volunteer lawyers, law students and legal professionals that assist over 30,000 children, youth, families, and community organizations every year. Founded in 1970, Public Counsel is the public interest law firm of the Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations as well as the Southern California affiliate of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The substantive areas in which Public Counsel works include: veterans advocacy, appellate law, federal pro se, community development, child care, education, homelessness prevention, children’s rights, adoption, consumer protection, bankruptcy, immigration, domestic violence, human trafficking, and equal access to the law.
Published by this organization in the LAAC member directory.
Who they have taken
5 published placements
- '15
- '16
- '17
- '18
- '19
- '20
- '21
- '22
- '23
- 1 '24
- 2 '25
- 2 '26
Gold marks a year that has already run; magenta marks this year, the one still going. A year with no mark is a year LAAC published nothing about this organization, not a year it turned anyone away.
By name
Dan Bradley Fellows
- Neeka Mirpour 2026
- Emilio Sanchez 2026
- José Garcia 2025
- Vanessa Rossel 2025
- Shara Darden 2024
From LAAC's published fellowship rosters.
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