Justia Legal Services & Lawyers Directory

Counties Served:
San Francisco

Case Types:
Domestic Violence

For thirty years, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (API Legal Outreach) has worked to tear down long-standing barriers that have denied Asians and Pacific Islanders equal justice and equal access to our legal system. By working closely with our clients and community groups, we can respond to our community’s most pressing needs, both immediate and long-term. At the same time, we have been educators, lawyers, advocates, teachers—working to instill in the API community a sense of its legal rights and community responsibilities.

Counties Served:
Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo

Case Types:
Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence,Individual Rights, Public Benefits, Wills and Estates, Elder Abuse

The AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) is a non profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to help people living with HIV/AIDS maintain or improve their health by resolving their legal issues.

Counties Served:
Bay area

Case Types:
AIDS/HIV, Adoption, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Employment, Health, Housing, Individual Rights, Public Benefits, Real Estate, Termination of Parental Rights, Torts, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions:
HIV+ or HIV related legal issue.

Every year the Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP) serves thousands of people in desperate need of legal help. We've provided this help with the assistance of volunteers throughout the Bay Area for nearly 30 years. Our award-winning program changes lives by using a holistic approach that offers social services as well as legal assistance.

Counties Served: San Francisco

Case Types: AIDS/HIV, Adoption, Bankruptcy, CED, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Health, Housing, Immigration, Individual Rights, Juvenile, Public Benefits, Real Estate, Termination of Parental Rights, Torts, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions: Residency in San Francisco. In family law cases, case must be filed in San Francisco.

California Lawyers for the Arts is a non-profit service organization which provides lawyer referrals, dispute resolution services, educational programs, publications and a resource library to people in the creative arts and arts organizations. Founded in 1974 by lawyers and artists, C.L.A.'s programs and services are designed to help artists understand and apply legal concepts.

Counties Served: Statewide

Case Types: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Employment, Health, Housing, Immigration, Individual Rights, Real Estate, Torts, Wills and Estates, Arts/Entertainment Issues.

Case Restrictions: CLA serves artists and arts organizations as well as general individuals with arts related issues

The Alameda County Bar Association's Volunteer Legal Services Corporation (VLSC) provides free legal assistance to low-income residents in Alameda County with certain non-criminal legal issues. Volunteer attorneys provide all the legal work on a pro bono basis.

Counties Served:
Alameda

Case Types:
Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Housing, Public Benefits, Termination of Parental Rights

Case Restrictions:
LSC restrictions

Family Violence Law Center (FVLC) is a nonprofit organization serving family violence victims and their children throughout Alameda County, California. Last year, FVLC provided legal, support, and crisis intervention services to over 7,000 women and their families in Alameda County.

Counties Served:
Alameda

Case Types:
Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Housing, Immigration, Public Benefits, Termination of Parental Rights

Case Restrictions:
Clients must have domestic violence case/issue to receive other legal/social services.

Legal Assistance for Seniors (LAS) is a non-profit agency serving Alameda County residents who are 60 years of age and older.We provide legal advice and information, representation in court and administrative hearings, referrals to other community resources, and community education and training on legal issues.

Counties Served:
Alameda

Case Types:
Consumer, Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Health, Housing, Immigration, Public Benefits, Guardianship, Elder Law Conservatorship

Case Restrictions:
Must be 60 years of age or older.

Counties Served:
Marin, Napa, San Rafael

Case Types:
Adoption, Bankruptcy, CED, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Employment, Health, Housing, Immigration,Individual Rights, Juvenile, Public Benefits, Real Estate, Termination of Parental Rights,Torts, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions:
Residency, citizenship

The Law Offices of Ernest A. Cardona practices family law. Located in Downtown San Jose, the firm serves clients throughout Santa Clara County who seek an annualment, divorce or legal separation. The firm also helps parents resolve child custody, child visitation and child support issues.