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We provide one-on-one legal counseling
and representation. Services focus on issues of: housing,
employment, student rights, immigration, family law, and
consumer protection.
Housing Improvement Program (HIP)
Helps people fight unlawful evictions and rent increases
and get relief from 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
- Educational workshops
Worker Advocacy Project
Helps low-wage workers fight unlawful working conditions.
- Legal help for wage claims, discrimination,
and workers' compensation
- Advocacy for day laborers who
receive tickets from the OPD
- Employment rights workshops
- Leadership development trainings
Student and Parent Rights Services
Help to ensure the success of youth in the Oakland Unified
School District (OUSD) and increase opportunities upon graduation.
Through educational and legal services, we aim to:
- Reduce youth truancy, drug abuse, gang
affiliation, and drop-out rate while increasing school attendance,
participation, literacy, academic achievement, self-esteem,
and graduation rates
- Bridge the cultural and language
gap between low-income, monolingual Spanish-speaking parents
and the OUSD
- Ensure that the OUSD adheres to fair policies
that protect the rights of parents and youth
- Provide legal
representation for youth/parents
- Conduct educational workshops,
a Youth Leadership Academy from Sep-June and a Parent Leadership
Committee for immigrant parents.
Immigration Law Clinics
Educates immigrants and their families about their rights
and helps them become citizens.
- Free immigration law clinics
- Citizenship orientation workshops
Family Law Clinics
Counsel and educate people in abusive relationships.
- Free family law clinics.
- Domestic violence women's support group conducted by
the Family Violence Law Center.
Consumer Protection
Helps people understand their telecommunication rights.
- Workshops
- Ongoing education
- Advocacy for consumers
Lawyer Referral Service (LRS)
Connects people to attorneys who can help We refer people
to Spanish-speaking attorneys who meet specific qualifications.
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