How We Work

Our team 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

We address 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

Our team 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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Pro Bono Partnerships

Since its inception, Public Counsel has relied upon the generous donation of pro bono services from lawyers, legal professionals, and law students as the keystone for our model of delivering free legal services to low-income communities.

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All individuals who file a chapter 7 bankruptcy must take two courses to receive a discharge of their debts: Credit Counseling and Personal Financial Management. This guide will help you...

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Direct Services

Our team 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

We address 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

Our team 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

Pro Bono Partnerships

Since its inception, Public Counsel has relied upon the generous donation of pro bono services from lawyers, legal professionals, and law students as the keystone for our model of delivering free legal services to low-income communities.

Learn More

Popular Resources

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Guide

01/08/26

What courses must I take to file a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy?

All individuals who file a chapter 7 bankruptcy must take two courses to receive a discharge of their debts: Credit Counseling and Personal Financial Management. This guide will help you...

Learn More

Template

01/08/26

Pleading Paper Caption Page

If there isn’t a court form for what you need to file in your bankruptcy case, you will need to write your own court papers on pleading paper. The first...

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Wildfire Home Improvement Financing – Top Tips and Fact Sheet

What To Know About Home Improvement Financing

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Public Counsel’s team of experts, including attorneys, social workers, and advocates, specialize in eight legal practice areas. Through legal services, impact litigation, policy advocacy, education, and outreach, we strive to create an equitable society where all people thrive, with systems and laws delivering the promise of justice to all.

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Goodbye and Thank you to Margaret Morrow!

VICTORY! Court Rules Veterans Have Right to Appeal Decisions in Caregiver Program

Introducing Our New President and CEO

Morgan and Helen Chu Donate $1 Million to Public Counsel

Victory! Student Debtor gets over $320,000 in Student Loans Discharged in Bankruptcy Case with the help of Public Counsel and Greenberg Glusker

2,500 Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Secure Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in California

VICTORY: DACA Recipients Prevail at Supreme Court!

VICTORY! Deported US Veteran Joel Diaz-Rincon Returns to the US as a Lawful Permanent Resident

Public Counsel Recognizes Sabrina Damast and Joshua Lee with the 2018 Public Counsel Pro Bono Award

Fighting to Keep Immigrant Families Together