Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
- To Volunteer, Contact:
Tai Glenn attorneyvolunteer@lafla.org
- Organization Type: Nonprofit legal services provider
- Location:
1102 Crenshaw BlvdLos Angeles, CA 90019
- Map: maps.google.com
- Phone: (800) 801-7991
- Website: http://www.lafla.org
- Email: attorneyvolunteer@lafla.org
Description: The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) is the frontline law firm for poor and low-income individuals in Los Angeles County.
LAFLA provides a comprehensive range of free legal services at six offices located in Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Long Beach. LAFLA also has four Self Help Legal Access Centers located in the downtown Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Inglewood and Long Beach Courthouses. LAFLA is committed to promoting access to justice; strengthen communities, fighting discrimination, and effective systemic change through representation, advocacy and community education.
LAFLA offers a variety of pro bono opportunities to meet the needs of volunteer attorneys. We make every effort to match attorneys with appropriate clients and issues of interest to law firms. LAFLA has numerous projects that are focused on addressing the unmet legal needs of clients. We also address policy/advocacy issues, litigation and the transactional law process, as well as the development of signature projects for law firms.
Pro Bono Opportunities: Please note the following contact information.
• Law firms should contact Tai Glenn, Pro Bono Director, (323) 801-7990 or e-mail firmvolunteer@lafla.org.
• Individual attorneys should visit www.lafla.org/volunteer/index.asp for project listing and application, and e-mail directly to managing or directing attorneys. For more information, e-mail attorneyvolunteer@lafla.org.
• Law students and graduates should visit www.lafla.org/volunteer/student.asp for project listing and application, and e-mail directly to managing or directing attorneys. For more information, e-mail studentvolunteer@lafla.org.
Legal Assistance: If you are seeking legal assistance please call (800) 399-4529 or visit www.lafla.org.
- Location of Volunteer Opportunity: Los Angeles
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Community Development, Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Health, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Veterans
- Populations Served: Asylum Seekers, Children, Communities of Color, Domestic Violence Victims, Elderly, General Public, HIV, Immigrants, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Low Income, Micro-enterprises, Military/Veterans, Native Americans, Nonprofits, Persons with Disabilities, State Residents, Women, Working poor and unemployed
- Projects For: Law Students, Lawyers
- Need for non-English services: Cantonese Chinese, Farsi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Thai, Vietnamese
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Limited evenings and weekends
- Malpractice Insurance for Volunteer Lawyers: Yes
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: No
- CLE credit for trainings: Yes
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: Yes
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
