what we do

Bay Area Legal Aid (BayLegal) strengthens our community by fighting for justice.

Free, high-quality legal services throughout the Bay Area

We provide low-income clients with free civil legal assistance, including legal advice and counsel, referrals, and representation. We are the largest civil legal aid provider serving seven Bay Area counties:

Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara.

Areas of Practice

We help our clients protect their families, their health, and their livelihoods through the following practice areas

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Areas of Strategic Focus

We work across multiple practice areas to address the legal barriers that stand in the way of lasting change in areas like homelessness, family poverty, and racial justice.

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Impact Litigation

We evaluate individual cases to identify patterns of wrongdoing or harmful systemic impacts. Through litigation we help to ensure that our work advances not only justice for our clients, but social justice at regional and statewide scale. 

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Systemic Advocacy

Our advocacy leverages our relationships with policy leaders and public agencies to help proactively resolve systemic issues before they enter litigation.

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