Los Angeles Legal Aid

Los Angeles Free Legal Aid

Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States, with a multicultural population spead across hundreds of square miles.  Los Angeles free legal help is everywhere, but you have to know where to look.  

 

Non-profit Resources:

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles(link is external)

Christian Legal Aid of Los Angeles(link is external)

Government Resources:

Legal Services Corporation(link is external)

Law School Clinics:

Southwestern Law School Clinics

Children’s Rights ClinicImmigration Law ClinicStreet Law Clinic

USC Law School Legal Clinics

  • Immigration Clinic(link is external)

    The clinic provides pro bono representation to clients in a variety of immigration cases including asylum, applications for relief under the Violence Against Women Act, and other applications for relief from removal.

  • Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic(link is external)

    A joint project of USC Law, the USC Annenberg Center for Communication, and USC Information Services Division, the clinic represents clients in a wide-ranging set of projects related to cutting-edge issues in intellectual property and technology law.

  • International Human Rights Clinic(link is external)

    The International Human Rights Clinic gives students the opportunity to work on projects and cases, both local and international, which confront the most pressing human rights concerns of our day. Under the supervision of Clinic Director Professor Hannah Garry(link is external), students seek justice on behalf of victims, hold perpetrators of serious human rights abuses accountable and work towards progressive development of the law. Through this experience, students acquire knowledge and skills for effective international lawyering and human rights advocacy while supporting the critical work of human rights advocates and organizations worldwide.

  • Mediation Clinic(link is external)

    In the Mediation Clinic, students learn the dispute resolution skills required to become professional mediators, and then apply those skills by mediating actual court cases.

  • Post-Conviction Justice Project(link is external)

    The clinic represents California federal and state inmates in post-conviction issues ranging from parole board hearings to petitions for writ of habeas corpus.

  • Small Business Clinic(link is external)

    The Small Business Clinic provides basic corporate legal assistance to entrepreneurs, small businesses and non-profit organizations, ranging from entity selection and formation to contract drafting.

UCLA Law School Clinics and Programs

Business Law and Policy Program (link is external)
Center for Law and Economics (link is external)
Clinical Program (link is external)
(link is external)Critical Race Studies(link is external) 
David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law & Policy (link is external)
Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment (link is external)  
Empirical Research Group (link is external)
Entertainment and Media Law and Policy Program (link is external)
Environmental Law (link is external)
Globalization and Labor Standards (link is external)
Health and Human Rights Law Project 
(link is external)
International Human Rights Law Program ​(link is external)

International Law (link is external)
Law and Philosophy Program (link is external)
Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy(link is external) 
Native Nations Law & Policy (link is external)
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program (link is external)  
Office of Public Interest Programs (link is external)  
PULSE (Program on Understanding Law, Science, and Evidence) (link is external)
Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights Project (link is external)  
UCLA-RAND Center for Law and Public Policy (link is external)
Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy (link is external)
UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate(link is external)

 

Loyola Law School Clinics

Bar Programs & Academic Success(link is external)

Business Law Practicum(link is external)

Cancer Legal Resource Center(link is external)

Center for Conflict Resolution(link is external)

Center for Juvenile Law and Policy(link is external)

Center for Restorative Justice(link is external)

Center for the Study of Law and Genocide(link is external)

Civil Justice Program(link is external)

Disability Rights Legal Center

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