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Direct Services

Public Counsel provides free direct legal services and support or matches clients with pro bono advocates, ensuring they have a partner standing with them, their families, and our communities as they pursue justice.

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Policy Advocacy

Public Counsel addresses the root causes of inequities in our society by advocating for inclusive policy solutions in collaboration with grassroots coalitions and the communities most impacted by systemic oppression.

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Impact Litigation

Public Counsel files strategic impact litigation so entire communities get the justice they deserve. By setting legal precedents and challenging unjust laws, our cases spark large-scale change in our society.

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Pro Bono Partnerships

Since its inception, Public Counsel has relied upon pro bono attorneys, law students, paralegals, and other legal professionals to partner with us to support clients, take on high-impact cases, and strengthen our advocacy efforts.

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Social Work Integration

Public Counsel values an interdisciplinary approach to law and social work that strengthens trauma-informed legal advocacy and advances effective outcomes across its work. 

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Resource Library

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Guide

02/17/26

What is the Meeting of Creditors?

Once you file your bankruptcy, a Bankruptcy Trustee will be assigned to your case and a Meeting of Creditors will be scheduled. This guide will provide general information to help...

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FAQsGuide

02/10/26

Know Your Rights as a Child Care Business

This Know Your Rights guide explains California child care providers’ legal authority to control access to their facilities, including who may enter, when recording is prohibited, and how to respond...

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Report

01/28/26

Who Has The Power: Chronicling Los Angeles County’s Systemic Failures to Educate Incarcerated Youth

Los Angeles County officials often dismiss concerns raised by and on behalf of young people, claiming that the education-related issues for detained youth are not systemic. This report seeks to...

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How We Work

See All

Direct Services

Public Counsel provides free direct legal services and support or matches clients with pro bono advocates, ensuring they have a partner standing with them, their families, and our communities as they pursue justice.

Learn More

Policy Advocacy

Public Counsel addresses the root causes of inequities in our society by advocating for inclusive policy solutions in collaboration with grassroots coalitions and the communities most impacted by systemic oppression.

Learn More

Impact Litigation

Public Counsel files strategic impact litigation so entire communities get the justice they deserve. By setting legal precedents and challenging unjust laws, our cases spark large-scale change in our society.

Learn More

Pro Bono Partnerships

Since its inception, Public Counsel has relied upon pro bono attorneys, law students, paralegals, and other legal professionals to partner with us to support clients, take on high-impact cases, and strengthen our advocacy efforts.

Learn More

Social Work Integration

Public Counsel values an interdisciplinary approach to law and social work that strengthens trauma-informed legal advocacy and advances effective outcomes across its work. 

Learn More

Popular Resources

See All

Guide

02/17/26

What is the Meeting of Creditors?

Once you file your bankruptcy, a Bankruptcy Trustee will be assigned to your case and a Meeting of Creditors will be scheduled. This guide will provide general information to help...

Learn More

FAQsGuide

02/10/26

Know Your Rights as a Child Care Business

This Know Your Rights guide explains California child care providers’ legal authority to control access to their facilities, including who may enter, when recording is prohibited, and how to respond...

Learn More

Report

01/28/26

Who Has The Power: Chronicling Los Angeles County’s Systemic Failures to Educate Incarcerated Youth

Los Angeles County officials often dismiss concerns raised by and on behalf of young people, claiming that the education-related issues for detained youth are not systemic. This report seeks to...

Learn More

Contact Us

Main Office

610 South Ardmore Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90005

Tel: (213) 385-2977
Fax: (213) 385-9089

Hours
Monday – Friday
9:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

Clients are seen by appointment only.

Courtyard and front entrance of 610 South Ardmore Avenue

Services Directory

PHONE EXTENSIONS ONLINE INTAKE
Bankruptcy assistance: x704–>online inquiry here
Child care providers: x300–>online inquiry here
Consumer fraud, foreclosure and debt collection: x700–>online inquiry here
Education issues and youth law: x500–>online inquiry here
Federal court self-representation (pro se): x270–>online inquiry here
Guardianship for children: x502–>online info here
Immigration: x600
Nonprofits: x200–>online inquiry here
PACE, HERO, or California First home loans: x700–>online info here
Sexual harassment at school/college/work: x410–>online inquiry here
Small businesses: x200–>online inquiry here
Veterans issues:–>online inquiry here
Workplace harassment, discrimination: x410–>online inquiry here

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We are located in Koreatown, Los Angeles at the corner of 6th Street and Ardmore Avenue.

610 South Ardmore Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90005

Tel: (213) 385-2977

Satellite Offices

Appellate Law Project Office

Ronald Reagan State Building
300 South Spring Street, Suite 1726
Los Angeles, CA 90013
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Bankruptcy Self Help Office

Roybal Courthouse and Federal Building
255 East Temple Street, Terrace Level Room 100
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Federal Pro Se Clinic Office

Roybal Courthouse and Federal Building
255 East Temple Street, Suite 170
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Guardianship Project Office

Stanley Mosk Superior Court Building
111 North Hill Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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