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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 on pro bono attorneys, law students, paralegals, and other legal professionals to partner with us in supporting clients, taking on high-impact cases, and strengthening 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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Community Education

Public Counsel promotes healthy and resilient communities through education and outreach, providing trainings, legal resources, and practical guidance that help people understand their rights, navigate complex systems, and take informed action.

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Guide

10/19/26

Trauma-Informed Deposition Preparation Guide

The Trauma-Informed Deposition Guide integrates social work values into legal practices in an attempt to reduce negative impacts on youth clients during deposition. The intention of this guide is to...

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Guide

08/18/26

Navigating COVID-19 EIDL Loan Repayment

This FAQ is designed for small business owners and nonprofit organizations nationwide that received an SBA COVID-19 EIDL and are now navigating repayment, delinquency, or default. It covers program basics,...

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Guide

08/10/26

California Nonjudicial Foreclosure Process – Primary Mortgage

This guide provides an overview of the California judicial foreclosure process for primary (first lien) mortgages, covering the full timeline from pre-foreclosure through the foreclosure sale — a minimum of approximately...

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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 on pro bono attorneys, law students, paralegals, and other legal professionals to partner with us in supporting clients, taking on high-impact cases, and strengthening 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

Community Education

Public Counsel promotes healthy and resilient communities through education and outreach, providing trainings, legal resources, and practical guidance that help people understand their rights, navigate complex systems, and take informed action.

Learn More

Popular Resources

See All

Guide

10/19/26

Trauma-Informed Deposition Preparation Guide

The Trauma-Informed Deposition Guide integrates social work values into legal practices in an attempt to reduce negative impacts on youth clients during deposition. The intention of this guide is to...

Learn More

Guide

08/18/26

Navigating COVID-19 EIDL Loan Repayment

This FAQ is designed for small business owners and nonprofit organizations nationwide that received an SBA COVID-19 EIDL and are now navigating repayment, delinquency, or default. It covers program basics,...

Learn More

Guide

08/10/26

California Nonjudicial Foreclosure Process – Primary Mortgage

This guide provides an overview of the California judicial foreclosure process for primary (first lien) mortgages, covering the full timeline from pre-foreclosure through the foreclosure sale — a minimum of approximately...

Learn More

    UPCOMING AUCTIONS
      NOVEMBER-DECEMBER Holiday auction
      • Enjoy cocktails with Sarah Jessica Parker in NY
      • Meet Jimmy Kimmel + Green Room Access + Swag Bags + 2 VIP tkts to ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live
      • Lunch with Young Sheldon’s Ed Begley Jr. & tour his off-the-grid solar house in LA
      • Enjoy a Zoom with:
        • Jason Alexander (Seinfeld)
        • Alyssa Milano (Who’s The Boss & Charmed)
        • Rigby Rigney (The Shards)
        • Director Rachel Talalay (Doctor Who, Good Omens, Arrowverse, Sherlock, Riverdale, Tank Girl)
      • Have your favorite Harry Potter Book autographed and personalized by Daniel Radcliffe
      • Oscar-winning screenwriter Steve Zallian signed and personalized script
      • Lunch with former Senator Russ Feingold in Wisconsin or visit over Zoom
      • Lunch with musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, and former Warner Bros. Records executive Van Dyke Parks
      • Richard Schiff signed Spaldeen Ball from The West Wing
      • Meet Laura Benanti and see her in Nobody Cares or enjoy a Zoom 45-minute voice lesson
      • Amanda Gorman autographed and personalized book Call Us What We Carry
      • Sara Bareilles autographed merch from The Good Grief Tour
      • Join The Summer of Love author Joel Selvin for lunch, or to walk around the Haight to talk about the SF Music scene of the sixties
      • Sold Out Screen Print by Shepard Fairey
        2027 Auctions
        • Walk-on part to the next season of True Detective directed by Issa López
        • Meet John Carroll Lynch at the premiere of Ballard Season 2
        • Visit the set of The Ambulance Chaser and meet Lou Diamond Phillips
        • Judd Apatow item
        • iHeart concert tickets and meet and greet
        MARCH Women’s History auction
        • Patricia Arquette item
        • Vice President Kamala D. Harris signed hardcover copy of her book 107 Days
        MAY AAPI History auction
        • Gold Star father and constitutional advocate Khizr Khan will sign and personalize a copy of his book An American Family – Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice
        • Long Story Short poster autographed by Jodi Long
        • Stephanie Hsu item
        JULY Americana auction
        • Enjoy a Zoom with:
          • Musician, spoken word artist, poet, actor and comedian Henry Rollins
          • Gold Star father and constitutional advocate Khizr Khan
        • Autographed and personalized copy of Joel Selvin’s seminal book Summer of Love: The Inside Story of LSD, Rock & Roll, Free Love and High Times in the Wild West
        • The Band, Music from Big Pink Album, Woodstock, NY 1968, Photograph by Elliott Landy
        • Richard Barone signed-personalized book Music + Revolution & limited-edition vinyl LP, Sorrows & Promises

        • Own or gift a Toby Spaldeen ball signed by actor Richard Schiff from The West Wing.- listing soon