Watsonville Law Center

The Watsonville Law Center (WLC) provides free legal services to low-income individuals on California's Central Coast. We believe that everyone benefits when the most vulnerable among us thrive, and that a holistic collaborative approach is most effective. We focus on legal problems with long-term impacts and solutions, such as workers' rights, consumer rights, and barriers to employment. Through our legal clinics, we provide advice, referral, and limited scope representation.

  • State(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: California
  • Area of law: Family & Juvenile, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Taxes, Veterans
  • Populations Served: Children, Communities of Color, Domestic Violence Victims, Elderly, Farm workers, General Public, HIV, Immigrants, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Low Income, Military/Veterans, Native Americans, Persons with Disabilities
  • Opportunities For: Interpreters, Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors/consultants, Nonlitigation Projects, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers
  • Need for non-English services: Spanish
  • Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Evenings, Flexible, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Weekends
  • Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
  • Training Provided: No
  • Training Required: Yes
  • 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: No
  • Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Client counseling (e.g., brief advice), Client intake and screening, Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Litigation: Appellate, Litigation: Class actions, Litigation: Impact, Litigation: Support (e.g., discovery), Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation, Prepare legal education materials, Translate legal documents
  • Long Distance Opportunities: Draft or Translate Legal Documents
  • Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes
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