Legal Clinic Calendar
Important Notice Concerning Clinic Availability and Public Health:
Veterans legal Clinic Location
Peninsula Vet Center
345 Middlefield Rd
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Bay Area Legal Aid provides free help with civil legal problems regarding housing, public benefits, health care access, and domestic violence prevention. Help includes potential legal advice, legal information, referrals, and possible representation in the following areas for low-income people:
Housing Preservation: public, subsidized, and private housing; fair housing and housing discrimination; housing conditions; lock-outs and utility shut-offs; residential hotels
Public Benefits: Veterans Benefits; CalWORKs; SSDI; SSI; Food Stamps; General Assistance; Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants
Consumer: credit card debt; debt collection; bankruptcy advice; wage garnishment; credit report errors
Health Care Access: Medi-Cal; Denti-Cal; Medicare; Healthy Families; In-Home Support Services; ParaTransit Services; mental health services; HMO Issues
Domestic Violence: temporary restraining orders; legal separation or annulment; divorce; child or spousal support; custody and visitation orders; immigration issues; Violence Against Women Act enforcement for domestic violence survivors only
Free Recovery and Insurance Workshop
Workshop Topic: Information and guidance on navigating your insurance claim, tips for communicating with your insurance company, going up the chain of command and asserting your rights.
Who should attend? Homeowners and renters whose insured homes were damaged or destroyed in the wildfire. All attendees will receive a free copy of the “little yellow” Disaster Recovery Handbook and have the opportunity to ask questions during a Q&A portion of the program. The first 120 attendees will receive a holiday gift from the wildfire survivor group Fired Up Sisters.
This Roadmap to Recovery™ workshop is cohosted by the Napa Valley Community Foundation, California Rural Legal Assistance, Bay Area Legal Aid and presented by United Policyholders, a non-profit consumer organization helping disaster survivors for over 25 years.
Download the Flier: Free Recovery and Insurance workshop Jan 23 2017
Free Consultation with an Insurance Lawyer
What is the event? The non-profit United Policyholders, in partnership with Bay Area Legal Aid, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., and the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, will present basic information on laws and consumer protections related to insurance policies, coverage and claim settlements, immediately followed by one-on-one consultations with volunteer lawyers with expertise in insurance legal matters.
Who should attend? Homeowners and renters whose insured property was damaged or destroyed in the recent wildfires. Some of the issues you can discuss with an attorney include:
- What can I do if my insurer is offering less money than I believe I’m entitled to?
- What are my rights if I’m underinsured?
- What can I do if I don’t have enough money to rebuild?
- My adjuster is uncooperative or hard to communicate with
- I want to buy a replacement home instead of rebuilding
- I’m concerned about smoke damage and my health; and
- I’m considering hiring a public adjuster or attorney.
TO RESERVE A SPOT, EMAIL: dan.wade@uphelp.org
For more information visit: www.uphelp.org/NorthBayFires
Download the Flier: Free Consultation with an Insurance Lawyer – March 24, 2018
What is the event? The non-profit United Policyholders, in partnership with Bay Area Legal Aid, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., and the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, will present basic information on laws and consumer protections related to insurance policies, coverage and claim settlements, immediately followed by one-on-one consultations with volunteer lawyers with expertise in insurance legal matters.
Who should attend? Homeowners and renters whose insured property was damaged or destroyed in the recent wildfires. Some of the issues you can discuss with an attorney may include but are not limited to:
- What can I do if my insurer is offering less money than I believe I’m entitled to?;
- What are my rights if I’m underinsured?;
- What can I do if I don’t have enough money to rebuild?;
- My adjuster is uncooperative or hard to communicate with;
- I want to buy a replacement home instead of rebuilding;
- I’m concerned about smoke damage and my health; and
- I’m considering hiring a public adjuster or attorney.
TO RESERVE A SPOT, EMAIL: kjarvis@legalaidsc.com
For more resources and information visit: www.uphelp.org/NorthBayFires
Are you looking for support around gender marker & name changes?
The San Mateo County Pride Center is working with Bay Area Legal Aid to host a legal clinic to help you in this process! Volunteers and attorneys with Bay Area Legal Aid will be available to assist our community with these vital document changes for Social Security, Passports, Driver’s Licenses and filing to receiving a Court Order. We will also be aiding folks in filling out the fee waiver.
Please call 650-465-6795 to RSVP.
Download the flyer: Name and Gender Marker Clinic English + Spanish
*Free *Spanish interpretation available
Are you looking for support around gender marker and/or name changes?
LGTBQ Connection Napa is working with Bay Area Legal Aid to host a legal clinic to help you in this process!
Bay Area Legal Aid is partnering with LGBTQ Connection to assist our community with filling out the paperwork for court- ordered name and/ or gender marker changes. Volunteers will also be available to help complete the necessary forms to change vital documents for Social Security, Passports, Driver’s Licenses/ID cards, and other identity documents.
Please RSVP with Bay Area Legal Aid at (707) 259-0579 or LGBTQ Connection at (707) 251-9432.
San Rafael
In collaboration with Community Action Marin, Legal Aid of Marin, and the Marin Pro Bono Network Bay Area Legal Aid will host a Consumer Rights Clinic at Community Action Marin on June 19, 2019. Two sessions are scheduled: a morning session beginning at 9am, and an afternoon session at 1pm.
RSVP Required: To reserve your spot, please call (415) 526-7530.
BayLegal Staff and Volunteers assist with preparing answers and asserting defenses to third-party debt collection (junk debt buyer) lawsuits; protect exempt income from garnishment; prepare discovery; and stop debt collection harassment.
Speak with an attorney about your consumer legal issues or if you are considering bankruptcy.
- Are you being sued on a credit card debt?
- Do you have a court date coming up in your debt collection lawsuit?
- Are you being harassed by debt collectors?
- Do you need foreclosure help?
- Are you struggling with the effects of foreclosure?
- Do you need information about bankruptcy?
- Do you want to find out if your income is protected from collection activities?
- Do you need help filing a wage garnishment claim of exemption?
- Are there errors on your credit report?
Name & Gender Marker Change Legal Clinic
Would you like FREE assistance with completing your documents to change your name and/or gender marker?
Sign up for our upcoming Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic! Get legal support from caring lawyers to change your name or gender marker. Support includes education and assistance with completing your court documents and other necessary documents.
Advance registration is required and space is limited. Please contact Jeanie Austin at Jeanie.Austin@sfpl.org or Bay Area Legal Aid at probono@baylegal.org to reserve your spot.
The clinic is hosted by Bay Area Legal Aid and the San Francisco Public Library and will take place in the Main Library at 100 Larkin St.
Speak with an attorney about your consumer legal issues or if you are considering bankruptcy.
RSVP required: (415) 982-1300
- Do you need information about bankruptcy?
- Do you need help with student loan debt?
- Are you being sued on a credit card debt?
- Do you have a court date coming up in a debt collection lawsuit?
- Are you being harassed by debt collectors?
- Are there errors in your credit report?
- Do you have questions about what income or property a debt collector can and cannot take?
- Does someone have a judgment against you for an unpaid debt?
- Do you need foreclosure help?
- Are your wages being garnished?
RSVP: (415) 982-1300
Hable con un abogado sobre sus asuntos del consumidor legales o para información de la bancarrota.
Llame al: (415) 982-1300 para hacer su reservación requerida
- ¿necesita información sobre la bancarrota?
- ¿necesita ayuda con deudas de préstamos escolares?
- ¿tiene una demanda por deudas de tarjeta de crédito?
- ¿tiene una audiencia en la corte sobre una demanda por cobro por deudas?
- ¿le están acosando los cobradores de deudas?
- ¿hay errores en su reporte de crédito?
- ¿tiene preguntas sobre los ingresos y propiedades que un cobrador de deudas puede o no puede quitarle?
- ¿alguien tiene una orden en contra de usted por una deuda que no ha pagado?
- ¿le están embargando su casa?
- ¿le están quitando su sueldo debido a sus deudas?
Speak with an attorney about your consumer legal issues or if you are considering bankruptcy.
RSVP required: (415) 982-1300
- Do you need information about bankruptcy?
- Do you need help with student loan debt?
- Are you being sued on a credit card debt?
- Do you have a court date coming up in a debt collection lawsuit?
- Are you being harassed by debt collectors?
- Are there errors in your credit report?
- Do you have questions about what income or property a debt collector can and cannot take?
- Does someone have a judgment against you for an unpaid debt?
- Do you need foreclosure help?
- Are your wages being garnished?
RSVP: (415) 982-1300
Hable con un abogado sobre sus asuntos del consumidor legales o para información de la bancarrota.
Llame al: (415) 982-1300 para hacer su reservación requerida
- ¿necesita información sobre la bancarrota?
- ¿necesita ayuda con deudas de préstamos escolares?
- ¿tiene una demanda por deudas de tarjeta de crédito?
- ¿tiene una audiencia en la corte sobre una demanda por cobro por deudas?
- ¿le están acosando los cobradores de deudas?
- ¿hay errores en su reporte de crédito?
- ¿tiene preguntas sobre los ingresos y propiedades que un cobrador de deudas puede o no puede quitarle?
- ¿alguien tiene una orden en contra de usted por una deuda que no ha pagado?
- ¿le están embargando su casa?
- ¿le están quitando su sueldo debido a sus deudas?