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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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Toolkit

04/03/26

Newcomer Student Education Rights

This toolkit is designed to inform advocates (attorneys and non-attorneys) about the education-related rights of newcomer and undocumented immigrant children, how to assert those rights, and what to do if...

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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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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

Toolkit

04/03/26

Newcomer Student Education Rights

This toolkit is designed to inform advocates (attorneys and non-attorneys) about the education-related rights of newcomer and undocumented immigrant children, how to assert those rights, and what to do if...

Learn More

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

William O. Douglas Award Dinner auction – LIVE items
  • Meet Nikki Glaser with 2 Tickets to the Show of Your Choice
  • Barbra Streisand autographed and personalized copy of her book My Name is Barbra
  • Attend a table read for The Simpsons
  • Meet Jimmy Kimmel with 2 tickets to a taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live in LA
  • Zoom with
    • Actor/Director John Carroll Lynch
    • EGOT winner Rita Moreno
    • Fuller House’s Jodie Sweetin
  • 4 VIP tickets to at a taping of Real Time with Bill Maher
  • Sara Bareilles signed poster from her Broadway show Waitress
  • Patricia Arquette autographed items
MAY Hollywood auction and auction celebrating AAPI artists, athletes and content creators
  • Set visit and meet Mark Ruffalo
  • John Carroll Lynch will follow you on Instagram/X
  • Stephanie Hsu screen print of Rebecca Solnit inspirational quote signed and personalized to the winner
  • Lunch in Los Angeles or Zoom with Director Sarah Adina Smith
MAY Hollywood auction and auction celebrating AAPI artists, athletes and content creators continued
  • Zoom with Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen will sign and personalize his book Simone
  • Elliott Landy Print

JUNE auction Celebrating Pride and LGBTQ artists, athletes and content creators
  • Zoom with Greg Berlanti, one of Hollywood’s most influential creative forces
  • VIP tickets to Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live! Hosted By Andy Cohen in NYC

JULY Americana auction
  • Allison Janney item 
  • Judd Apatow item
  • Richard Schiff item
  • iHeart concert tickets and meet and greet
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER Holiday auction
  • Walk-on part to the next season of True Detective directed by Issa López
  • Visit the set of The Ambulance Chaser and meet Lou Diamond Phillips