The NLSLA provides free legal assistance to more than 100,000 individuals and families in Los Angeles County each year. Our lawyers specialize in areas of law that disproportionately impact people living in poverty, including affordable housing and eviction, access to public services, support for survivors of domestic violence and their children, access to health and labor and consumer rights, employment and training. Los Angeles County has the largest concentration of homeless veterans in the country. UCLA law students have a unique opportunity to give back to those who have served our country by providing much-needed legal services to these veterans. Students can join attorneys from Manatt, Phelps, and Phillips, LLP in legal admissions sessions on the Veterans Administration campus next to UCLA on the second Tuesday of each month from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. There, students gain valuable hands-on experience interviewing clients and assisting them on a wide range of topics from debt to family law. Carpools are available. Labor & Economic Justice Clinic (LEJC) is partnering with UNITE HERE Local 11, the Los Angeles-based hotel workers` union involved in innovative union campaigns, and Soldiers of Pole, the new Los Angeles-based union that is launching a union movement for strippers. This semester, clinic participants will have the opportunity to participate in UI remotely, among other things, to help union members connect with California`s EDD and file letters and appeals to access the UI benefits to which they are entitled and participate in an UI advocacy campaign. Participants must complete the clinic`s training.
The NLSLA works to expand access to health care and provides support to people who are struggling to obtain coverage and resolve health plan issues. The organization also works with physicians in community clinics and hospitals to identify and resolve legal issues that impact individual and community health. Skid Row is a downtown Los Angeles neighborhood that has been home to homeless, transient and low-income people for more than a century. Skid Row Clinic is an initiative of UCLA law students who work with the Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN), the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA), and El Centro Legal to provide legal services to Skid Row residents. Skid Row residents face a number of legal issues including illegal evictions, habitability complaints, property discrimination, and tickets/warrants. Volunteers participate in comprehensive training designed to educate them on the legal issues of vulnerable populations and to promote understanding and respect for Skid Row`s history and culture. Following the training, volunteers will work in pairs to conduct client interviews, complete registration paperwork, and consult with LAFLA lawyers to assess and advise clients` legal issues. The clinic meets on Wednesdays from 18:00 to 20:00 in the city center. Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, Corp. (SLLS) is partially funded by Legal Services Corporation. As a condition of the funding it receives from the Société des services juridiques, it is prohibited from engaging in certain activities throughout its legal work, including work supported by other sources of funding. SLLS may not spend funds on activities prohibited by the Legal Services Corp Act, 42 U.S.C.
1996 et seq. or prohibited by Public Act 104-134. Public Law 104-134-504(d) requires that all funders of programs funded by the Société des services juridiques be notified of these restrictions. For a copy of these laws or for other information or clarification, please send your correspondence to the above address. El Centro Legal Clinics does not provide direct legal advice. Law students are not allowed to represent individuals in legal matters unless they are working under the supervision of a licensed attorney. For this reason, we do not refer individuals or organizations seeking support to private lawyers. If you think you need to speak to an attorney, please contact the Los Angeles County Bar Association in lacba.org or follow one of the links below to the California State Bar.
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS) fights for fairness for vulnerable people. We provide free civil legal assistance to low-income individuals in six offices in 22 communities in southeast Louisiana. Our six offices are located in Baton Rouge, Covington, Gretna, Hammond, Houma and New Orleans. Every Day We: El Centro Workers` Rights Clinic is a partner of the Bet Tzedek Employment Rights Project and offers clinic volunteers the opportunity to learn about California labor and wage laws.