Know Your Rights—Immigration Resources

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Popular Resources

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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...

Report

06/01/26

Strengthening Civil Rights Enforcement in California Schools

California students and their families have lost critical tools for seeking redress when civil rights violations and unlawful discrimination occur in schools. To meet this moment, our coalition recommends four...

Guide

05/12/26

Have I Been Properly Served?

Service means that you have officially been given notice of the summons and complaint in a lawsuit against you.

How We Work

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Popular Resources

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...

Report

06/01/26

Strengthening Civil Rights Enforcement in California Schools

California students and their families have lost critical tools for seeking redress when civil rights violations and unlawful discrimination occur in schools. To meet this moment, our coalition recommends four...

Guide

05/12/26

Have I Been Properly Served?

Service means that you have officially been given notice of the summons and complaint in a lawsuit against you.

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Legal Consultation Clinics

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Kelly Evans

Senior Supervising Attorney

Public Counsel’s free, monthly consultation clinics provide brief legal advice and referrals on many common civil-law issues. Public Counsel attorneys and trained pro bono volunteers will review your paperwork, explain your options, and connect you to longer-term help when needed. These community-based clinics expand access to justice across Los Angeles County, meeting clients where they are and ensuring that timely, practical legal help is never out of reach.

Community Legal Clinic – Held the second Saturday of each month at Pasadena’s Jackie Robinson Community Center, this clinic assists residents with housing, family law, consumer debt and bankruptcy, probate, public benefits, expungements, and other civil issues. For more info, click here.

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Services

Public Counsel’s Legal Consultation Clinic brings free, one-on-one legal advice directly into the community for people who cannot afford an attorney.

Clinics are walk-in—no appointment is necessary. Participants are served on a first-come, first-served basis. Please bring any relevant documents (leases, court papers, notices, etc.).

Community Legal Clinic: 2nd Saturday of every month, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Jackie Robinson Community Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA 91103

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