Centro Legal’s core legal services provide counsel and advice, referral, brief services and representation to 6,000 individuals and families each year. Services are provided through regular clinics and with the support of four staff attorneys, over 25 pro bono attorneys and numerous volunteer law students and college students. Our services focus on issues of housing, immigration, employment, family law and consumer protection.
Housing Improvement Program
Helps people fight unlawful evictions, rent increases and uninhabitable living conditions.
* Legal help for all aspects of the landlord-tenant relationship from the lease to the return of the deposit
* Legal advice for tenants who have received an eviction notice
* Advocacy for repairs and to relief from uninhabitable housing
* In pro per advice including the preparation of responses to unlawful detainers
* Representation for lawsuits against slumlords
Worker Advocacy Project
Helps low-wage workers fight unlawful working conditions.
* Education and legal assistance for wage claims, discrimination, and workers' compensation
* Employment rights’ workshops
Immigration Law Project
Educates immigrants and their families about their rights and provides legal aid.
* U Visas
*Violence Against Women Act self-petitions
*Family based immigration
*Consular processing
*Permanent Residency
*Citizenship & Naturalization
*Deportation and Removal Defense
*Asylum
*Temporary Protected Status
*Detention
Family Law Clinics
Counsel and educate people about family law.
* Orientation to family law including topics such as divorce, custody, child support, and restraining orders
* Free legal consultation
* Domestic violence women's support group conducted onsite by the Family Violence Law Center
Consumer Protection
Educates people about their rights as consumers and advocates for victims of fraud.
* Workshops
* Ongoing education
* Conflict resolution and advocacy for consumers
Telecom Rights Project
Educates people about their rights as consumers of telecommunications services and helps people resolve conflicts with telecom companies.
* Outreach & workshops on telecom rights
* Conflict resolution and advocacy for consumers of telecommunications products
Lawyer Referral Service
We connect people to Spanish-speaking attorneys who meet specific qualifications. |
