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

We provide low-income clients with free civil legal assistance, including legal advice and counsel, effective referrals, and legal 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.

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

Consumer Protection

Including: Unfair and deceptive business practices, debt collection abuses and harassment, student loan collection, credit access and inaccurate reporting, and enforcement of other consumer rights and remedies.

Health Care Access

Essential health care access, including Medi-Cal, Denti-Cal, Medicare, Paratransit, county-based indigent programs, In-Home Supportive Services, Covered California, and private health insurance.

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention

Including: Temporary restraining orders, legal separation/divorces, support orders, safe custody, and visitation orders.

Immigration

Holistic services for immigrant survivors violence and sexual assault including VAWA and U Visa petitions, family law matters, income security, housing, and health care access.

Economic Justice

Including: Income security, removal of barriers to employment, SSI/SSDI, CalWorks, General Assistance, CalFresh, and county-based indigent programs.

Housing Preservation

Including: Landlord-tenant matters, subsidized and public housing issues, unlawful evictions, foreclosures, habitability, and enforcement of fair housing laws

Homelessness Task Force

Legal services and advocacy for systems change to maintain housing, help people exit homelessness, and protect unhoused persons’ civil rights.

Medical-Legal Partnership

Holistic services at San Francisco General Hospital mitigating barriers to access and building on the trust developed in the physician-patient relationship

Re-Entry Project

Holistic support and legal representation for formerly incarcerated people

Veterans Project

Holistic support and legal representation for low-income veterans and their families

Youth Justice Project

Holistic support and legal representation for homeless and at-risk youth

Learn More:

Health Care Access

Domestic Violence Prevention

Consumer Protection

Economic Justice

Immigration

Reentry

Housing Preservation

Bay Area Legal Aid’s Homelessness Task Force

Medical Legal Partnership

Youth Justice

Veterans Project

Individualized Legal Support Services