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Update on BayLegal’s Summer Law Clerk Program

| By Lia Dun
Categories: Homepage, News, Other
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BayLegal is excited to welcome our law clerks this summer. We are grateful for the high level of interest in our summer law clerk program this year and have been impressed by the commitment to public interest work and social justice advocacy from all of our applicants. Although applications for this summer are closed, we …

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BayLegal’s Stimulus Payment/Tax Facilitation Clinics

| By BayLegal
Categories: eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News
BayLegal EIP Team
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, BayLegal’s Economic Impact Payment (EIP) team has worked to connect low- and very low-income Bay Area residents with economic impact payments (“stimulus payments”) as a critical part of our broader work to ensure access to income supports and public benefits programs. As with other public benefits, the individuals and communities in …

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Jia Min Cheng Discusses BayLegal’s Medical-Legal Partnership on Heath Strategies Radio

| By Lia Dun
Categories: Attorneys, eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News, Other
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Former BayLegal senior staff attorney Jia Min Cheng was interviewed about BayLegal’s Medical-Legal Partnership with the Community Health Center Network on the Health Strategies Radio podcast, a podcast hosted by the California Healthcare Foundation. She discussed how the these types of partnerships integrate lawyers into healthcare settings to address the structural issues that impact patients. …

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BayLegal Attorney Asma Husain Successfully Advocates for Client’s Housing Accommodations

| By Lia Dun
Categories: Client Story, eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News, Other
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In addition to the work that BayLegal’s fair housing practice has done throughout the pandemic on eviction and eviction prevention, our practice also works on issues related to disability discrimination and accommodation, racial discrimination, and other forms of discrimination. These issues remain a pressing concern and seem to have accelerated during the pandemic as pressures …

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BayLegal Statement on Police Violence and Racial Injustice

| By BayLegal
Categories: Homepage, News
At Bay Area Legal Aid, our hearts are with the family of Daunte Wright and the people of Brooklyn Center who have lost a sibling, a child, and a neighbor at the hands of state violence. We are also holding in our hearts the families and communities throughout the country who have already been re-traumatized …

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LCCR-SF and Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP Obtain a Class Preliminary Injunction Against Bad Boy Bail Bonds That Prevents Collection of Bail Bond Premium Payments

| By Lia Dun
Categories: Announcements, Attorneys, Homepage, Litigation, News, Other
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Building off of the work of BayLegal’s senior consumer protection attorney Juliana Fredman, LCCR-SF and Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP obtained a class preliminary injunction against Bad Boy Bail Bonds to prevent it from collecting bail bond premium payments. The injunction provides relief to Californians who cosigned bail bonds only to find out that …

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San Francisco Superior Court Adopts Default Remote Proceedings for Pre-trial Unlawful Detainer Proceedings

| By Lia Dun
Categories: eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News, Other
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On March 9, the San Francisco Superior Court issued an order creating a strong presumption that pre-trial hearings in unlawful detainer actions will all be held remotely, including via video or telephone, and providing for in-person appearances only where judges determine they can be done safely. Bay Area Legal Aid and co-counsel had previously sent …

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Mélody Saint-Saëns Featured on CABE Whittier Podcast

| By Lia Dun
Categories: Attorneys, eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News, Other
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Mélody Saint-Saëns, BayLegal’s Immigration Regional Counsel, was featured on the CABE (California Associate for Bilingual Education) Whittier podcast on March 19. Melody was part of a group of attorneys who spoke on the topic of the Socio-Legal Framework for Violence Against Women in Spain, Peru, and the USA. Melody spoke about federal and state laws …

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Hilda Chan Receives 2021 Legal Aid Association of California Award of Merit

| By Lia Dun
Categories: Attorneys, eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News
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We are pleased to announce that Hilda Chan, a BayLegal Supervising Attorney, received the 2021 Legal Aid Association of California (LAAC) Award of Merit in the Legal Services category. Hilda was recognized for her tireless advocacy on behalf of low-income communities in the Bay Area in 2020. Hilda’s work includes direct services, advocacy, and impact …

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City of Alameda Fair Housing Workshop, 4/22/2021

| By BayLegal
Categories: Announcements, Homepage, News
Please join the Alameda City Attorney’s Office in its First Annual Fair Housing Workshop. This workshop seeks to discuss fair housing issues such as evictions, fair housing law, and Alameda’s Rent Control laws. The panel discussion from 10:30 AM – 12:40 PM on federal and state fair housing will include Bay Legal Housing Supervising Attorney …

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