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Resources for legal
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Advocacy
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Law
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Resources for attorneys
Clinical
Legal Education Association (CLEA)
CLEA
is a non-profit organization whose membership
is open to all people interested in using clinical
methodology to prepare law students and lawyers
for more effective law practice.
FindLaw Internet Legal
Resources
FindLaw is an interactive website designed to
help users find solutions to legal issues by providing
easy and comprehensive access to lawyers and legal
information.
Equal Justice
Works
Founded in 1986 by law students
dedicated to working for equal justice on behalf
of underserved communities and causes, Equal
Justice Works organizes, trains, and supports
public service-minded law students and lawyers.
It is the national leader in creating summer
and postgraduate public interest jobs for students
and is a valuable resource for practicing attorneys.
Public Interest Clearinghouse (PIC)
PIC
provides technical assistance, coordination and
advocacy in order to leverage scarce resources
to Californians who cannot access the legal help
they need. By cultivating partnerships among legal
aid organizations, law schools and students, private
attorneys, the State Bar and the courts, PIC works
to bridge the “justice gap” and eliminate barriers
to justice.
Lowbono.org
Lowbono.org is a collaborative
project that serves to support, train and mentor
solo and small firm lawyers who then provide discounted
(or “low bono”)
legal services for underrepresented communities.
Lowbono.org aims to serve this community of public
interest attorneys by creating an internet portal
that contains valuable attorney resources, including
training manuals, briefs and other practice materials.
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Professional Membership
Organizations (Resources
for legal professionals and law students)
California Employment
Lawyers Association (CELA)
CELA is a
statewide membership organization for California
attorneys who regularly represent employees in
employment, labor and discrimination disputes.
Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA)
CLEA
is a non-profit organization whose membership is
open to all people interested in using clinical
methodology to prepare law students and lawyers
for more effective law practice.
National Employment Lawyers Association
(NELA)
NELA advocates for employee rights and workplace
fairness by providing assistance and support to
lawyers specializing in employment related matters.
The National Lawyers Guild
The National Lawyers Guild is a membership of
progressive civil rights attorneys, law students
and legal workers who are dedicated to the need
for basic and progressive change in the structure
of our political system.
The National
Lawyers Guild – San Francisco
Bay Area Chapter
For a description of the organization, see The
National Lawyers Guild (above)
National
Legal Aid & Defender Association
(NLADA)
NLADA is the nation's leading
membership association for attorneys and other
equal justice professionals who make differences
in the lives of low-income clients and their
communities. NLADA devotes 100% of its resources
to servicing the equal justice community by providing
first rate products and services to its members
and by being a leading national voice in public
policy and legislative debates.
Law School Consortium
Project
The Law School Consortium Project
is a nonprofit organization comprised of an expanding
group of law schools interested in increasing
access to justice to low and moderate income
individuals through affordable and accessible
legal services.
Lowbono.org
Lowbono.org is a
collaborative project that serves to support, train
and mentor solo and small firm lawyers who then
provide discounted (or “low bono”)
legal services for underrepresented communities.
Lowbono.org aims to serve this community of public
interest attorneys by creating an internet portal
that contains valuable attorney resources, including
training manuals, briefs and other practice materials.
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Resources for legal
educators and law students
The
Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
The AALS, an association of U.S.
law schools, strives for the improvement of the
quality of legal education by networking law
school faculty, professional staff and deans
to information and resources related to legal
education. The AALS conducts clinical conferences
and workshops on Clinical Legal Education for
Law Clinic Directors nationwide.
Clinical
Legal Education Association (CLEA)
CLEA
is a non-profit organization whose membership
is open to all people interested in using clinical
methodology to prepare law students and lawyers
for more effective law practice.
Equal Justice Works
Founded in
1986 by law students dedicated to working for equal
justice on behalf of underserved communities and
causes, Equal Justice Works organizes, trains,
and supports public service-minded law students
and lawyers. It is the national leader in creating
summer and postgraduate public interest jobs for
students and is a valuable resource for practicing
attorneys.
Public Interest Clearinghouse (PIC)
PIC
provides technical assistance, coordination and
advocacy in order to leverage scarce resources
to Californians who cannot access the legal help
they need. By cultivating partnerships among legal
aid organizations, law schools and students, private
attorneys, the State Bar and the courts, PIC works
to bridge the “justice gap” and eliminate barriers
to justice.
Society of American
Law Teachers (SALT)
SALT
is America 's largest membership organization for
teachers of law and is dedicated to creating and
maintaining a community of progressive and dedicated
law professors interested in making a difference
through the power of law.
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Advocacy
Groups/ General Legal Resources
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
of Northern California
The ACLU of Northern
California works to preserve and guarantee the
protections of the Constitution's Bill of Rights
by lobbying for and designing litigation, educating
the media and the public and organizing grassroots
activities to disseminate information about our
constitutional freedoms. This site has the latest
updates and in-depth resources on civil liberties.
The Brennan Center for Justice
Located
at New York University School of Law, the Brennan
Center for Justice is a non-partisan public policy
and law institute that is part think tank, part
public interest law firm, and part advocacy group.
Their work tackles a wide range of issues from
voting rights and campaign finance reform to immigrant
rights.
Equal Rights Advocates
(ERA)
Equal Rights Advocates has led
the legal fight for women's equality for almost
30 years. Their mission is to protect and secure
equal rights and economic opportunities for women
and girls through litigation and advocacy.
FindLaw Internet Legal Resources
FindLaw
is an interactive website designed to help users
find solutions to legal issues by providing easy
and comprehensive access to lawyers and legal information.
Pro Bono Net
Pro Bono Net is
a national nonprofit organization working to increase
access to justice for millions by supporting the
innovated and effective use of technology by the
nonprofit legal sector, increasing participation
by volunteers and facilitating collaborations among
nonprofit legal organizations and advocates.
Poverty & Race
Research Action Council (PRRAC)
PRRAC is a civil rights policy
organization convened by major civil rights and
anti-poverty groups whose goal is to help connect
social scientists with advocates working on race
and poverty issues.
Public Interest Clearinghouse (PIC)
PIC provides technical assistance, coordination
and advocacy in order to leverage scarce resources
to Californians who cannot access the legal help
they need. By cultivating partnerships among legal
aid organizations, law schools and students, private
attorneys, the State Bar and the courts, PIC works
to bridge the “justice gap” and eliminate barriers
to justice.
San Francisco Foundation
The San Francisco Foundation is a leading
agent of Bay Area philanthropy, giving millions of
dollars each year in grants to build on community
assets, respond to community needs, and elevate public
awareness.
The Tides
Foundation
The Tides
Foundation works with donors to increase and organize
resources for positive social change and is responsible
for nearly 200 projects nationwide working to advance
progressive social change towards a healthy and
just society.
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Law
firms
The Brennan Center for Justice
Located at New York University School of Law,
the Brennan Center for Justice is a non-partisan
public policy and law institute that is part think
tank, part public interest law firm, and part advocacy
group. Their work tackles a wide range of issues
from voting rights and campaign finance reform
to immigrant rights.
Chavez & Gertler,
LLP
Chavez & Gertler
LLP is an award winning law firm located in Mill
Valley , CA . They represent plaintiffs in consumer,
employment and civil rights class action cases.
Goldstein,
Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian
Founded
in 1972, Goldstein, Demchak, Baller, Borgen & Dardarian
is a California law firm representing plaintiffs
involved civil rights, employment discrimination,
wage and labor, disability access, environmental,
consumer and other public interest class action
litigation.
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)
The
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles is a law firm
that provides civil legal services to low-income
people in metropolitan Los Angeles . LAFLA is committed
to promoting access to justice, fighting discrimination
and effecting change through representation, advocacy
and community education.
Leiff,
Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein,
LLP
Leiff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein
LLP is a fifty-plus attorney law firm whose cases
typically involve dangerous or defective products,
securities and investment fraud, consumer fraud,
false advertising, employment discrimination,
environmental damage, toxic exposures, antitrust,
and the abuse of human and civil rights.
Schneider & Wallace
Schneider & Wallace
is a dedicated group of California trial lawyers
committed to continuing the work of the civil rights
movement through individual and class action litigation.
Public Justice
Public Justice,
formally Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, is a
public interest law firm fighting for justice through
precedent setting and socially significant individual
and class action litigation designed to enhance
consumer and victim's rights, environmental protection
and safety, civil rights and liberties and worker's
rights.
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