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Pre-Approved Pro Bono Projects

Fall 2025 Abridged List

A Better Childhood (ABC) — Civil Rights Class Actions for Children in Foster Care: Students support class action litigation, assisting with legal research, state surveys, memos, community outreach and reviewing discovery related to federal litigation, public policy, family law, child welfare, and foster care.

ACLU Nevada - Federal Voting Rights Laws: Students research and analyze the latest changes to Nevada and federal voting rights laws to determine implications for voters, including access, registration, and casting ballots during the 2026 election.

ACLU Nevada – Voter ID Requirements: Law students will help research and summarize Voter ID laws in all 50 states in anticipation of voter ID requirements in Nevada.

ACLU of Southern California - Criminal Justice/Police Practices Project - LA Jails Team: Volunteers work under the supervision of staff on the LA Jails team reviewing a conditions report and attend weekly commission meetings.

ACLU of Southern California – First Amendment and Democracy (“FAD”) Project: Students work to protect public access, participation in democracy, transparency in local governance and free expression. They will assess Establishment Clause and Free Exercise claims, plus voting rights and accessibility issues.

ACLU Southern California - Immigrant Rights Project - DHS Data Sharing Research: Research ways California can limit data sharing with federal agencies. This project investigates how to limit such information considering federal pre-emption issues.

ACLU of Southern California – Immigrants’ Rights Project - Executive or Legislative Action: Conduct research for immigrants’ rights protection at the California state level. Research & draft legislation or identify executive actions the Governor, the CA Attorney General, and other state departments can take.

Alliance for Children’s Rights - Transition Age Youth (TAY): The Alliance advocates for the rights of vulnerable children, young adults, and families impacted by foster care. Cases include but are not limited to resolving identity theft, clearing juvenile tickets, and obtaining identity documents.

Alpine Legal Services #1 – Ask a Lawyer Hotline: A student will help operate ALS’s Ask a Lawyer Hotline by reviewing intakes and following up with callers to give referrals to legal services. 

Alpine Legal Services #2 – Remote Clerk: A remote law clerk will assist ALS attorneys providing assistance to clients in rural areas of Colorado, helping with family law, elder law, housing law, and immigration law matters. 

American Constitution Society – Federal Register Watchdog Project: Volunteers will take responsibility for a policy area and regularly review federal/state regulations in that area for comment opportunities. Volunteers are also welcome to draft comments on issues they are interested in.

Animal Rights Advocacy: Students will help Animal Partisan challenge unlawful conduct in animal agriculture by researching areas such as animal research laboratories; animal cruelty; false advertising for chicken, eggs, and pork products; and legislation regarding slaughterhouses and animal transport.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice Orange County – Citizenship & Immigration Unit: Students will assist with research, counseling and other immigration case work which could include: adjustment of status, family-based petitions, DACA, and other related work for API communities throughout the county. 

Asian Americans Advancing Justice Orange County – In-Office Clerk: A clerk will assist AAAJ-OC’s immigration, family law, or unlawful detainer casework and legal research with the opportunity for client-facing work. 

Bankruptcy Applications: Students will work with a bankruptcy attorneys of Steptoe & Johnson LLP and paralegal of Shulman Bastian Friedman & Bui to assist low-income debtors to complete and file their Chapter 7 bankruptcy petitions. 

Bet Tzedek Law Clerk: Work in areas such as Holocaust survivors, small business development, tax advocacy, housing, real estate fraud, employment rights, family caregivers, conservatorship, elder abuse restraining orders, public benefits, guardianships, immigration, advance planning and trans/LGBT rights. 

Black Alliance for Just Immigration:Students will assist with providing legal support and conducting virtual workshops and clinics for oft-neglected Black migrants trapped on the Mexican side of the Southern border. 

California Coastkeeper Alliance Remote Volunteer – Water Quality Advocacy and Litigation: A volunteer will assist with legal research and writing to support litigation and advocacy strategies to promote water quality, increase instream flows for aquatic species, and/or protect the coastal environment.

California Lawyers for the Arts: Students will work with Mtthew Swanlund of Aesthetic Legal to assist artists and creatives with legal education, alternative dispute resolution, and legal assistance on issues such as copyright, trademark, contracts, licensing, and a variety of art or entertainment issues. 

California Rural Legal Assistance—Housing Litigation: A volunteer will provide the Salinas CRLA office with litigation support such as legal research, discovery management, and drafting briefs on housing matters. 

Camp Pendleton Legal Assistance Office (LAO):Under the supervision of attorneys, students provide legal assistance to military officers, enlisted service members, and their families in the areas of family law, consumer law, estate planning, and various other issues.

Cancer Justice Project – Disability Rights Legal Center: DRLC works to empower people living with disabilities and cancer. Volunteers assist with a variety of projects that address legal concerns such as employment protections, health insurance, housing, & access. 

Center for Human Rights – Trafficking Visa (T-Visa) Research: Research interim benefits for a client with a pending T-Visa application for a victim of trafficking. Review USCIS policy, statutory information, historical data, legislative history, regulations, cap, wait time, process & interim benefits for T-Visas. 

Center for Human Rights – Asylum Dismissal & Procedure Research: Research the legality of current USCIS and DHS actions on expedited removal and affirmative asylum applications. Research into if USCIS can legally dismiss an affirmative asylum request and to which organization dismissal is appealable. 

Children of Incarcerated Caregivers: State-by-state research into legislation regarding alternatives to incarceration for parents of young children, interviews with stakeholders, and creating a report or updating past reports on specific legislation or community-based programs on parental incarceration. 

Children’s Law Center #1 - Juvenile Delinquency + Foster Care “Dual Status” Research: Monthly 90-120 foster youth in LA are arrested and have criminal petitions filed against them, resulting in “dual status” of dependency and delinquency. Assist with research on recidivism of dual status clients & in the U.S. 

Children’s Law Center #2 - Family Support and Advocacy Center Research: Assist with research focused on intimate partner violence and other risk factors for child safety. The goal is to prevent the intergenerational cycle of the child welfare system. 

Children’s Law Center #3 - Juvenile Dependency + Complex Care Settings Research: Student will research innovative models of care, including housing stability issues for youth that are gang exploited, have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, have substance abuse issues or complex mental health needs. 

Children’s Law Center #4 - Juvenile Dependency + Trafficking Research and Resources: The student will assist with resource navigation, client information and case management, ongoing client-related data needs, and legal research topics related to the commercial sexual exploitation of children.

Children’s Law Center #5 - Juvenile Dependency + Education Rights Holders: Student will assist in the identification of education rights holders for children. Work includes client interaction, legal counsel, taking steps to assist the court in appointing rights, legal document preparation and attending the hearing.

Christian Legal Aid of Los Angeles – Phone & In-Person Clinics: Support Christian Legal Aid of Los Angeles to assist the poor and vulnerable in L.A. County. Work with low-income clients to assist them in the areas of evictions, expungements, immigration, family law, bankruptcy, and probate legal issues.

City Council, Brown Act & Public Comments – Housing & Civil Rights:Work with attorneys with Keller Andrele Scolnick, Raines Feldman Littrell, and Elder Law and Disability Rights Center to research and prepare public comments for local city council meetings and investigate Brown Act violations. 

Clemency Project: Professor Tinto will supervise students to draft and update clemency petitions on behalf of individuals currently serving lengthy federal prison sentences. Work will include the development of family letters of support, the drafting of the clemency memorandum, and working with the client in prison.

Coastal Policy Research:Students Luke Boughen of Anaergia to support pro bono work for Surfrider by researching policy issues that may include California Coastal Commission policies, beach erosion and emergency permitting to promote healthy coasts.

Coastkeeper/Waterkeeper Volunteer – Water Quality Advocacy and Litigation: Students will support Orange County Coastkeeper fighting for stringent environmental regulations to protect water quality, enforcement of existing federal laws, and the preservation of public access to environmental resources.

Common Cause – Fair Redistricting for Fair Elections: Students will research gerrymandering or fair districts and evaluate legislative efforts that impact voting maps to support litigation and advocacy efforts to ensure fair and transparent redistributing processes.

Community and Youth Safety – Policy & Legislation: A student will create guides, backgrounders, and other materials on policies, legislation, and navigating the legislative process to be used to promote safety and equal opportunity for communities and youth without increasing policing or incarceration.

Congressional Response to Administrative Actions:Students will assist in collecting, organizing, and charting alleged illegal/unconstitutional actions conducted by the presidential administration. Research and monitor scholarly articles, news sources, lawsuits, and prepare reports for the Center for Progressive Reform.

Consumer Warranty Workshop Coordination: CA law protects consumers that have issues with broken or defective products such as cell phones or used cars. The Public Law Center will supervise law students to organize workshops where consumers can attend and learn about their rights under warranty protections.  

Countering ICE Detention #1 - Legal support for people detained: Volunteers work with Innovation Law Lab to hold discussions with detained individuals, connect with their friends or family, gather statements for administrative complaints, compile and draft release requests, and more.

Countering ICE Detention #2 - Case data tracking and legal support: Volunteers with Innovation Law Lab’s Legal Organizing team monitor dozens of individuals’ ICE detention location and immigration court data, in support of targeted follow-up and aggregate analysis to counter the harm of ICE detention.

Criminal Defense Research for the Maine Public Defender: Student volunteers are needed to research all levels of criminal cases, from pre-trial to appeal, for State of Maine Public Defender’s office in Caribou, Maine. Amount and intensity of work will be up to the student.

Criminal Law--Federal Public Defender’s Office Research: A volunteer will assist attorneys with the Federal Public Defender's Office by researching and drafting memorandums regarding legal questions related to active cases and/or recurring issues. 

Criminal Law Projects in OC - District Attorney’s Office: Students may get significant exposure to issues of evidence and criminal procedure while observing in court, researching and writing, and possibly assisting with preparation for in-court appearances by a Deputy District Attorney. 

Disabled and Elderly Social Security Benefits (SSI) Clinic: Students will help secure social security benefits for low-income children, elderly and disabled clients, which ensure that a recipient's most basic needs are met through a living stipend and medical benefits.  Supervised by CLA SoCal.

Domestic Violence Declarations:Under the supervision of Public Law Center attorneys, students will interview and assist self-represented litigants to prepare the forms and declarations for their Temporary Restraining Orders. Students will conduct an interview and immediately prepare a declaration.

Drug Policy Alliance – Drug Policy Reform Research: DPA is the nation’s leading organization working to end the war on drugs. Volunteers assist with legal and policy research to support their efforts, including successful implementation of drug decriminalization and expansion of health services.

Education Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Support - Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles: Volunteers assist in the launching/administering of a state-wide platform for advocates supporting individuals with LEP, and conduct research at the intersection of LEP rights and Special Education Rights. 

Education Parent Empowerment Curriculum - Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles: The education team promotes success for all students through advocacy within school districts, parent training, direct representation & consultation. Volunteers will research and develop new workshop curriculums.

Education Rights Client Advocacy Project: Volunteers will assist the Learning Rights Law Center in representing families with children whose special educational needs are not being met through client intakes, case management, and administrative and hands-on advocacy.

Education Rights Clinic - Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles: Volunteers support virtual and/or in-person education rights clinics. Students attend office hours to discuss advocacy plans and provide counsel and advice to clinic clients. Volunteers will have a caseload (2-3 clinic appointments per month).

Education Workshop Facilitation - Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles: Volunteers will be trained to facilitate, co-facilitate or support workshops. Workshops are held virtually each month. In-person community workshops are held as needed in Palmdale, CA.

Elder Justice at the Public Law Center: PLC’s Elder Justice Clinic assists low-income OC residents primarily with Elder Abuse Restraining Orders (EAROs) virtually and in-person at the Family Justice Clinic in Anaheim.  Students draft EAROs and meet with clients directly to file and prepare for hearings. 

Employment Rights Virtual Clinic – Los Angeles: Volunteers will conduct intakes for Bet Tzedek, which provides a range of legal services to workers employed in Los Angeles’ low-wage, underground economies, including garment, restaurant and agricultural workers, day laborers, janitors, and more.

Empowering Activists – Advocacy & Policy Support: Law students assist in drafting resources and researching issues impacting nonprofits fighting to build the resilience of immigrant, LGBTQ+, and other vulnerable communities. Work is with Bolder Advocacy, an Alliance for Justice program. 

Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project - Support for Immigration Services Program: Serve immigrants facing deportation from the U.S., including released adults & children at SoCal Immigration Courts. Help pro se individuals fighting for asylum, withholding of removal, or convention against torture protection.

Estate Planning Clinics:Students will assist attorneys from Sheppard Mullin and the Elder Law and Disability Rights Center staff clinics for low-income families creating generational stability and wealth through various estate and medical planning tools.

Eviction Defense Clinic—Orange County (Virtual): Students will assist low-income tenants facing eviction by helping to prepare answers to Unlawful Detainer complaints. Students will interview clients, draft pleadings and provide advice under the supervision of an attorney from Community Legal Aid SoCal.

Expungement Project – Orange County Clean Slate Clinic: Expungements allow individuals to dismiss or reduce certain criminal convictions, allowing them to move on with their lives. Volunteers will fill out petitions and fee waivers, interview clients, draft declarations, and assist in sealing arrest records.

Family Law “On Call” Research with Legal Aid Society of San Diego: There’s an acute need for family law assistance among the most vulnerable San Diegans. Students research family law matters that affect low-income individuals such as dissolution (divorce), child custody, or domestic violence.

Family Law Virtual Consultations: The Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law provides free family law assistance and education to low-income residents of L.A. Students learn how to identify various legal issues, develop client-centered interviewing techniques, and provide much-needed legal advice.

Farm Worker Organizing - Supporting United Farm Workers (UFW): Students work under counsel for the UFW to support legal projects that advance the UFW’s organizing efforts in CA, WA and NY. Projects include research, drafting memoranda and preparing public-facing materials for campaigns.

Federal Pro Se Clinic at the Public Law Center: The Clinic offers guidance to individuals who are representing themselves on civil matters in the Central District of CA. Assist with intakes at one clinic each week, analyze court dockets, draft weekly case summaries, attend clinic, and meet with litigants directly.

FEMA Appeals for Altadena Wildfire Survivors – NLSLA: Neighborhood Legal Services of L.A. leads the legal disaster response for survivors of the Eaton Fire in Altadena. Thousands struggle to get FEMA funding. Students work on appeals with denied claimants to get appropriate documentation submitted.

Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality: The Center honors civil rights hero Fred Korematsu through research, advocacy & education initiatives promoting racial equity and social justice. Research race and the criminal legal system, alien land laws, transgender rights, executive overreach, and education.

Gender Justice Project at Public Counsel: The Audrey Irmas Gender Justice Project works for the fair treatment of people of all genders and to empower people to fight sexual harassment & other abuse at work and at school. Assist with projects to support representation of clients in gender equity proceedings.

Guardianship Clinic for Self-Represented Litigants: Students will conduct client intake interviews, complete the required legal forms to apply for probate guardianship, petition for visitation, object to guardianship petitions, and explain the guardianship law and procedures to litigants.

Gun Safety – Giffords Law Center Litigation & Legislation Research: Students will assist Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence with legal research stemming from the Supreme Court's recent opinion in Bruen. Students will research topics related to the American history of regulating guns.

Haiti Human Rights Initiative: Students assist the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti in promoting and enforcing human rights in Haiti, including pursuing redress for human rights violations, protecting activists and human rights defenders in Haiti, combating gender-based violence, and more.

Harm Reduction/Drug Policy Research:  Students will research various state and federal laws that affect harm reduction organizations and people who use drugs, for use in guidance and consultation with impacted parties as well as non-partisan, evidence-based publications and trainings.  

Health Law Project with PLC: Students will assist on casework primarily involving healthcare and benefits-related civil legal issues with opportunities to draft briefs and appeals and comment on relevant federal notices of proposed rulemaking.

Homeboy Industries Legal Advocacy for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals: Homeboy Industries is the largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world. Students will assist in various levels of advocacy, from intake and client interview to court accompaniment and motion drafting.

Housing Law at Public Law Center: Students will work with Public Law Center housing attorneys and staff to interview clients, conduct fact investigation and legal research, assist with clinics, and draft pleadings for landlord-tenant cases and fair housing complaints.

Human Trafficking Vacatur - Survivor Protection Project: Freedom Network has partnered with attorneys from K&L Gates to refer survivors of human trafficking that are eligible for vacatur relief. Vacatur allows survivors to have offenses committed while trafficked legally voided and removed.

Immigrant Defenders Law Center – Appellate Research & Writing: A volunteer will help develop strategy for impact litigation and appellate advocacy before the Board of Immigration Appeals and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit with opportunities for legal research and writing.

Immigrant Defenders Law Center — Immigrant Youth SIJS Applications & Court Orders: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) applications allow unaccompanied immigrant children who meet certain requirements to seek legal residence. Students gain experience with California family and probate court.

Immigrant Defenders Law Center — Motion Drafting to Oppose DHS Filings & Immigration Court Tracking:  Help attorneys respond to Motions to Recalendar filed by DHS for undocumented immigrants. Draft Motions to Withdraw and Motions to Oppose, contact the court and assist clients. 

Immigration and ICE Raid – Supporting Rapid Response Advocates (Oxnard CRLA): Support communities impacted by ICE raids. Develop family preparedness modules, pro se packets related to detention FAQs, power of attorney templates, how to transfer US wages to country of origin, and more.

Immigration Intake and Screening for Detained Immigrants - Thai Community Development Center: Assist immigrants detained by ICE by conducting intake and screening. Law student volunteers will participate in 3 hours of training, and then will assist with intake, screening, and client interviews

Immigration Removal Defense—Catholic Charities of OC: Students will provide legal assistance to clients in removal proceedings, which may include research for removal defenses, research and drafting motions, drafting declarations, researching country conditions, and preparing legal briefs.

Inland Counties Legal Services – Deputy Director of Litigation: A student will work directly with ICLS Deputy Director of Litigation to gain hands-on experience in civil legal services and management and program development.

Inland Counties Legal Services – Guardianship Program: ICLS provides free legal services to individuals seeking guardianship of minors in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Assist with client interviews, legal research, guardianship petitions, filing with the court, and client education.

Inland Counties Legal Services - Housing Program: ICLS assists clients with a wide array of housing issues, including eviction defense. Volunteers receive training in CA unlawful detainer (eviction) law and procedure and other areas of landlord-tenant law. Assist with legal research and client outreach/education.

Inland Counties Legal Services – Low Income Taxpayer Clinic: Volunteers will assist with casework on a variety of issues such as Tax Debt Settlement, audits, Earned Income Tax credit appeals, litigation, fraudulent tax preparation, identify theft, liens and levies, innocent spouse relief, and collection matters.

Inland Counties Legal Services – Special Education: Volunteer will assist ICLS attorneys helping students access special education resources to which they are entitled under California law.

Inland Counties Legal Services - Special Project:ICLS provides free legal services to help people in Riverside and San Bernardino counties and is dedicated to advancing DEI initiatives. Interns complete review and update ICLS materials, conduct legal research, and support diversity-related events.

Innocence OC: Volunteers focus on cases of factually innocent clients and those prosecuted under kill zone theory, which seeks to prosecute defendants for harm that may have occurred in a “zone” and has led to excessive sentencing. Advocate for change of law, appellate work, and writs of habeas corpus.

International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network: Students will choose topic areas and conduct research that helps member attorneys around the globe to support workers and their organizations by challenging repressive laws, regulations, and practices by governments or global corporations.

Jails Project - Disability & Medical Access: Students research legal issues related to people’s experiences in jail, including access to medical care and other disability related claims, review related documents, and corresponding with clients.

Last Prisoner Project – Cannabis Restorative Justice: LPP seeks to bring restorative justice to those serving prison sentences for cannabis related crimes, which are no longer illegal. Volunteers will work on legislation and ballot initiatives, a clemency initiative, and expungement and/or clemency petitions.

Legal Aid Society of San Diego – North County CARE Clinic: The CARE Act enables people to request civil court-ordered treatment services, support, and a housing plan for adults that have severe mental illnesses. Volunteers help people with CARE Act petition forms and explain the court process.

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children – Answering Letters from Incarcerated People: Students will provide legal information to correspondents in the following areas: criminal law and sentencing (including resentencing); prison conditions; or family-related matters.

Legal Services of Northern California - Virtual Estate Planning Clinic: Volunteers will help draft wills, powers of attorney, and/or advance healthcare directives for low-income Northern California seniors through a remote estate planning clinic.

Limited Conservatorships with ELDR #1—Attend Clinics: Elder Law and Disability Rights Center partners with CHOC Hospital to help low-income families petition court to allow them to make decisions for an adult with a developmental disability. Students will help families fill out the necessary forms.

Limited Conservatorships with ELDR #2—Clinic Support: Elder Law and Disability Rights Center partners with CHOC Hospital to help low-income families petition a court to allow them to make decisions for an adult with a developmental disability. Students will work at ELDR & remotely for clinic support. 

Litigation Assistance: Attorneys from Irell & Manella LLP are working on several pro bono litigation matters. The student will work on any of the following: legal research and memo writing, discovery, drafting pleadings, or observing a hearing.

Litigation Services for the Underserved: Volunteers will work with an attorney at Community Legal Aid SoCal on family law cases, which involve many components of litigation, including client interaction, drafting pleadings, discovery, and trial prep.

Long Beach Courthouse Domestic Violence Restraining Order Clinic with LAFLA: Assist Domestic Violence (DV) Survivors with services on-site: DV Restraining Order (DVRO) petition drafting, evidence preparation, hearing preparation, DVRO response drafting, DVRO modifications and renewals.

Mandarin Speaking Bankruptcy Self-Help Program: Mandarin-speaking students will assist Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles’ Self Help Bankruptcy program with translation and interpretation, as well as assisting Chapter 7 debtors with their bankruptcy cases.

Mississippi Center for Justice – Fair Housing Research:  The Fair Housing Act offers protections for buyers and renters against discrimination based on their protected status. Student volunteer will explore the recent Executive Orders and the impact they have had on Fair Housing.

Mobilehome Owner Advocacy:Mobilehome ownership is one of the few ways for low-income individuals to acquire assets. However, mobilehome parks subject them to a landlord-tenant relationship. Student volunteers are needed to assist homeowners with issues they face with the park and/or other tenants.

New Mexico Immigrant Law Center: Volunteers will provide direct legal services to asylum seekers in civil immigration custody in rural New Mexico, including preparing asylum seekers for credible and reasonable fear interviews, drafting civil rights and civil liberties complaints, & drafting requests for parole.

OC Human Trafficking Project: Rutan & Tucker LLP, in collaboration with UCI Law, launched this project to help survivors of human trafficking with their civil legal needs. Students will assist human trafficking survivors with legal issues such as filing civil litigation, immigration, and vacatur.

Permanency Applications (Green Cards) For Victims of Crime: Under the supervision of attorneys from Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe LLP, students will assist clients requesting legal permanency after already securing a Visa as a victim of crime.

Public Benefits – Life Saving Help – NLSLA: Assist people having difficulty accessing or maintaining public benefits that they rely on to eat, maintain their housing, pay for medicine, and generally survive. Students will help with research and drafting appeal letters and briefs.

Remote Housing Clinic with Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles: Students will conduct informational interviews with tenants with pre-identified issues and may review documents, prepare or provide pro per materials and other resources, and advise the clients under the direction of a senior attorney.

Reproductive Rights Media Research: Students will supplement the pro bono work being done by Lawyers 4 Good Government attorneys by tracking local media sources in states across the country to provide important context to the legal research by highlighting the real-world effects of various state laws.

Saturday Academy of Law (SAL): Law students work alongside certified teachers in this pipeline program for ninth graders. Volunteers teach lessons on the First Amendment, briefing a case, the U.S. court system, and recent constitutional challenges that have made impacts on society.

Small Business & Non-Profit Transactional Law Project: A volunteer will help provide legal assistance to Orange County nonprofit organizations and small businesses on matters such as business formation, licenses and permits, and contract drafting.

Small Business Legal Academy with Bet Tzedek: Volunteers will partner with transactional and litigation business law specialists to help low-to-mid income entrepreneurs complete guided intake forms and offer basic advice.

SoCal Chinese Lawyers Association Legal Clinic: Volunteers will help the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association and Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles staff a legal clinic that provides general legal advice to community members of with Mandarin and Cantonese language needs.

Special Education Casework with Elder Law & Disability Rights Legal Center: A UCI Law alum supervises students on special education casework, which may include contacting clients, legal research, securing and reviewing school records, assessing claims, and drafting due process complaints.

Stateless Individuals Intake Project:Displaced by war, suffering prejudice, or victims of a country’s decimated infrastructure, Stateless individuals are people that every country considers a foreigner. Conduct virtual intakes with stateless individuals for potential legal representation by United Stateless. 

Street Law: Students partner with attorneys affiliated with the Association of Corporate Counsel-SoCal to educate high school students on diverse legal topics and demystify the legal profession.

Transgender Law Center Legal Information Helpdesk: Volunteers will provide written responses to questions received by TLC’s Information Helpline in areas including employment, health care, housing, civil rights, immigration, and identity document changes.

Transgender Legal Assistance Clinic: Volunteers help transgender and non-binary individuals and their families prepare a petition to change their legal name and/or gender marker under supervision of attorneys from Bonial & Associates P.C. and Gates, Gonter, Guy, Proudfoot & Muench.

Union Grievance Assistance Project:Under the supervision of an alum, students will assist with grievance investigation, processing, resolution, and handling on behalf of non-Law School employees at UCI.

Veterans Legal Institute #1 - Varied Practice Areas (Family Law, Housing, and/or Estate Planning): VLI provides pro bono legal assistance to homeless, at-risk, disabled, and low-income current and former service members. The student may assist with family law matters, housing issues, and estate planning tasks.

Veterans Legal Institute #2 – Veterans Benefits Assistance: Volunteers will prepare and file claims to access veterans benefits through the VA, such as compensation, healthcare, pension, etc., as well as assisting in form preparation, client interviews, letter drafting, and brief writing.

Veterans Legal Institute #3 – Housing Law Assistance: VLI provides pro bono legal assistance to homeless, at-risk, disabled, and low-income current and former service members. Student may work on housing, research, client interviews, draft demand letters and prepare motions and documents for court.

Veterans Policy Research & Proposal(s):Student will work with Public Law Center to review various protections and benefits available to veterans throughout the U.S. and compare them to what is available in California. Examples include consumer protections, discrimination protections, and other state benefits.

Victims of Crime Special Visas (U-Visa): Students will work with attorneys from Snell & Wilmer LLP in preparing U-Visa requests for victims of crime. Volunteers will interview the client, draft a declaration, collect credible evidence, and prepare all documents for a U-Visa.

Wildfire Document Translation: Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles is the primary legal services provider assisting low-income victims of the Eaton fire in Altadena.  NLSLA is producing information packets for fire victims, which need to be translated into many languages.

Wildfire FEMA Appeals Clinic: Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles is hosting FEMA Clinics. Volunteers will be trained and may expect to contact FEMA or review online FEMA records with clients to assess the issues, provide counsel and advice, and/or help clinic participants prepare an appeal. 

Wildfire Research – Eaton Fire Client Assistance:  Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles is the primary legal services provider assisting low-income victims of the Eaton fire in Altadena. Student volunteers will research legal questions as they arise, typically focused on consumer and housing law.  

Workers’ Rights Clinic Orange County: Volunteers will participate in employment clinics for low-income workers in a wide range of areas, including discrimination/harassment, wage and hour, unemployment benefits, and wrongful termination. Legal Aid at Work provides training and supervision.