For more than forty years, the Migrant Legal Action Program (MLAP) has provided legal representation and a national voice for migrant and seasonal farmworkers, the poorest group of working people in the United States.

MLAP works to enforce rights and to improve public policies affecting farmworkers' working and housing conditions, education, health, nutrition, and general welfare. The program works with an extensive network of local service providers.

MLAP staff is actively involved in a variety of advocacy, including legislative and administrative representation. MLAP also provides extensive support to local migrant service provider through training, technical assistance, and other services.

MLAP welcomes the assistance of volunteers. We would benefit from help provided by lawyers and paralegals who might devote time on a pro bono basis, law students who wish to learn more about farmworkers and develop their legal skills, undergraduates who would like an internship in a national public interest group, retirees with time to help undertake research or work in the office, and many other individuals.