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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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Resource Library

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Guide

06/12/26

Navigating the Title IX Process: A Guide for Student Survivors of Sexual Violence in College Settings

Navigating the Title IX complaint process can be both emotionally taxing and empowering. This guide aims to make that process more navigable and less daunting. You can use this guide...

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Guide

06/10/26

Eligiendo La Entidad Juridica De Su Negocio

Al comenzar un negocio, es común tener preguntas como cómo proteger sus activos personales (por ejemplo, su hogar), cómo paga impuestos el negocio y cómo obtener dinero para hacer crecer...

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Report

06/05/26

Combating Notario Fraud in California: A Call to Action

Notario fraud, or the unauthorized practice of immigration law, causes grave harm to countless immigrants and is pervasive across California and the U.S. Too often, individuals who are not authorized...

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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

Popular Resources

See All

Guide

06/12/26

Navigating the Title IX Process: A Guide for Student Survivors of Sexual Violence in College Settings

Navigating the Title IX complaint process can be both emotionally taxing and empowering. This guide aims to make that process more navigable and less daunting. You can use this guide...

Learn More

Guide

06/10/26

Eligiendo La Entidad Juridica De Su Negocio

Al comenzar un negocio, es común tener preguntas como cómo proteger sus activos personales (por ejemplo, su hogar), cómo paga impuestos el negocio y cómo obtener dinero para hacer crecer...

Learn More

Report

06/05/26

Combating Notario Fraud in California: A Call to Action

Notario fraud, or the unauthorized practice of immigration law, causes grave harm to countless immigrants and is pervasive across California and the U.S. Too often, individuals who are not authorized...

Learn More

LIVE items
    Pride auction celebrating LGBTQ artists, athletes and content creators
    • Signed books from Bella Ramsey’s personal collection: Undivided: Coming Out, Becoming Whole and Living Free from Shame & Gender Euphoria – closing 7/10
    • Chris Colfer signed and personalized copy of his #1 bestselling book Land of Stories – closing 7/15

    “Americana” auction in honor of late political folk singer Phil Ochs and celebrating The West Wing
      EXPERIENCES
      • Meet Ke Huy Quan at D23: Disney Entertainment Showcase – listing soon
      • Enjoy lunch with:
        • Writer, Director & Producer Alan Ball in Santa Barbara (American Beauty, True Blood, Six Feet Under, Uncle Frank)
        • Director Jon M. Chu on the Paramount lot in LA
        • Dulé Hill in LA
        • Acclaimed actor Richard Schiff in NY – listing soon
        • Celebrated actor Martin Sheen or a private visit over Zoom – your choice
        • Hilary Swank in Bellingham, WA – listing soon
      • Zoom with
        • Mayim Bialik from The Big Bang Theory
        • Actor/Director John Carroll Lynch Zoom visit + social media follow
        • Steve Earle or meet him on tour – your choice
        • Gold Star father and constitutional advocate Khizr Khan
        • The West Wing’s Joshua Malina and Mary McCormack – listing soon
        • Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen
        • Henry Rollins
      • Join independent filmmaker Allison Anders’s four-week virtual Autobiographical Screenwriting Course (Gas Food Lodging, Four Rooms, Mi vida loca, Grace of My Heart) – listing soon
      • Tickets to see They Might Be Giants + autographed picture
      Americana” auction in honor of late political folk singer Phil Ochs and celebrating The West Wing continued

      PHYSICAL ITEMS

      • Richard Barone signed-personalized book Music + Revolution & limited-edition vinyl LP, Sorrows & Promises
      • John Irving signed and personalized copy of his latest book Queen Esther
      • Elliott Landy Cibachrome Prints:
        • Bob Dylan, outside his Byrdcliffe home, Infrared color film, Woodstock, NY, 1968
        • The BandMusic From Big Pink album photograph, Bearsville, NY, 1968 – listing soon
        • Bob Dylan, “Nashville Skyline” Woodstock, NY, 1969 as appeared on the album cover of Nashville Skyline – listing soon
      • Long Story Short poster autographed by Jodi Long
      • Richard Schiff autographed “Spaldeen” Ball – listing soon
      • Autographed and personalized 1st edition 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
      August auction
      • See Bonnie Raitt in concert
      • iHeart concert tickets and meet and greet
      • Stephanie Hsu screen print of Rebecca Solnit inspirational quote signed and personalized to the winner
      NOVEMBER-DECEMBER Holiday auction
      • 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
      • Patricia Arquette autographed items



      EXPERIENCES