We help thousands of low income Bay Area residents build safer, healthier, and more stable lives.
People received legal advice and representation to access healthcare and crucial safety net benefits.
Clients and their children were able to keep their homes they otherwise would have lost to housing discrimination, illegal evictions or foreclosures.
Victims of violence and their children escaped intimate partner abuse and were awarded more than $6.6 million in present and future support orders.
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The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland and Community Legal Aid jointly commissioned The Center for Community Solutions to survey former clients about how civil legal aid impacted their lives. The Center for Community Solutions surveyed more than 1,200 former clients across 13 counties in Northeast Ohio to find out what impact their civil legal aid …
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BayLegal Equal Justice Works Fellow Juliana Morgan-Trostle spoke with Univision 14 on June 3rd regarding new U.S. State Department policy requiring information and access to social media accounts for visa applicants. You can view her segment (in Spanish) on the Univision website.
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Join Michael Santos, a Registered Legal Services Attorney with Bay Area Legal Aid’s Youth Justice Unit, for a free CLE webinar on innovative legal strategies for advocates and attorneys to protect the rights of students experiencing homelessness inside and outside the school gates. Hosted by the American Bar Association, this free CLE will explore the …
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