Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County
The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County has provided high quality
civil legal services to low-income children, families and seniors in
San Mateo County since 1959. Serving thousands of people every year,
Legal Aid’s mission is to enhance access to justice for vulnerable
populations. Legal Aid is committed to resolving disputes at their
earliest and lowest levels to avoid the cost and delays of
litigation.
SERVICES PROVIDED
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Senior Advocates
offers seniors help with government benefit,
landlord/tenant, consumer, and elder abuse problems. |
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Clients’ Rights Advocates
provides advocacy for adults with disabilities. |
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Kids in Crisis
serves children with disabilities and their families
including special education programs, SSI, In-Home
Supportive Services, and California Children’s Services.
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Health Consumer Center
helps settle health care disputes between clients and HMOs.
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Domestic Violence Program
assists victims both with family law problems and with
non-family law related legal issues. |
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Teen Parents Project
helps pregnant and parenting teens stabilize their
family situations by providing advice and representation
related to child custody and visitation, protection from
abuse, paternity, emancipation, guardianships, government
benefits and school problems. This project recently received
the Silver Star Award from the Peninsula Partnership for
Children Youth and Families. |
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HomeSavers/Homebuilders
Project assists tenants to prevent eviction
and promotes the development of more affordable housing.
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FirstStop
provides help to low-income individuals who wish to start
their own small businesses. |
OTHER AREAS OF
SERVICE
The Legal Aid
Society of San Mateo County also provides training and supervision
for the following pro bono programs: the Domestic Violence
Collaborative Project and the Guardianship and Conservatorship
Project. The "Collaborative Domestic Violence Representation
Project" is a Pro Bono Project of the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo
County in partnership with Bay Area Legal Aid and Community
Overcoming Relationship Abuse. It is designed to assist survivors of
domestic violence by representing them at permanent restraining
order hearings and evidentiary hearings to obtain fair custody and
visitation orders along with their restraining orders.
The Legal Aid
Society of San Mateo County is also looking for experienced
attorneys who can take pro bono cases in the areas of elder
financial abuse, landlord/tenant cases (primarily habitability
cases) as well as consumer cases.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
If you are
interested in learning more about the pro bono opportunities at
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County please contact Janet Seldon,
Pro Bono Coordinator at
jbseldon@legalaidsmc.org.
For more information visit the agency’s
website.
To find a specific volunteer opportunity for this agency,
go to the Probonomatch.org
search page
and
select the agency’s name.
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