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Speaking out for gay Ugandans' rights
Tortured for Teaching Tolerance, Ugandan Principal Who Stood Up Against Anti-Gay Hate Wins Asylum Susana was a school principal in Uganda who was persecuted for promoting tolerance and diversity among her students. Public Counsel helped her win asylum.

Foster Youth Becomes Parent, Then Advocates for Others Through New State Law When Junely Merwin entered foster care at age 15, she was already a parent of a 1-month-old boy. Junely was determined not to repeat the cycle -- and she found a way to help other young parents.

Public Counsel and Elizabeth Dole Celebrate Lifetime of Service and Launch New Project for Military Caregivers at 2013 Douglas Dinner Public Counsel honored Elizabeth Dole with our 2013 William O. Douglas Award and announced a new project for military caregivers to wounded warriors.

Helping a Nonprofit Serve Up Health Care for Uninsured Restaurant Workers Nearly 90% of all restaurant workers in Los Angeles don't receive employer health insurance - that's more than 225,000 employees. Public Counsel is helping to change that.

09/13/2013
Public Counsel Honors Elizabeth Dole with 2013 William O. Douglas Award at Gala Night Public Counsel honored Elizabeth Dole with its William O. Douglas Award on Thursday, September 12, 2013, and announced a new partnership to give legal support to caregivers supporting wounded warriors and military veterans.

09/03/2013
LA County School Attendance Month Kicks Off Sept. 3 with Creative Efforts to Keep Students in Class As September School Attendance Month kicks off across Los Angeles County, schools are greeting students with a simple message: We want you in class and learning.

08/28/2013
Report Details Shocking Arrest Rates for African-American School-Age Youth by Oakland Law Enforcement Oakland police are arresting school-age African American youth at shockingly high rates, contributing to the education crisis for students of color. The data is published in a report released on August 28 by the Black Organizing Project, Public Counsel and the ACLU of Northern California. "From Report Card to Criminal Record: The Impact of Policing Oakland Youth" reveals disturbing trends about police interaction with Oakland’s youth of color and especially with African-American boys.

08/08/2013
Lawsuit Details Solitary Confinement and Failure to Educate Young People with Disabilities in Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall locks young people with disabilities in solitary confinement for up to 23 hours a day and deprives them of education, according to a federal class action lawsuit filed today by Disability Rights Advocates, Public Counsel and Paul Hastings LLP.

More Press Releases

06/11/2013

L.A. Times: Experts seek better health outcomes for homeless Hospital administrators, lawyers, doctors and providers of homeless services explore ways to use technology, outpatient clinics and other means to reduce patient dumping, readmissions.

08/19/2012
Associated Press: California weighs tougher heat rules for farmworkers Associated Press With temperatures in the Central Valley recently surpassing 110 degrees and state regulators investigating two possible heat-related deaths in the fields, the California legislature is considering new laws that would strengthen rules for protecting farmworkers from heat. A Public Counsel lawsuit helped put the issue in the spotlight.

08/19/2012
Daily News: LAUSD truancy-diversion program keeps violators out of the courts Los Angeles Daily News Chronically truant students will be referred to city-run youth centers rather than funneled into the criminal justice system under a program debuting in Los Angeles Unified.

08/12/2012
Pasadena Star News: Change in law endangers Industry program that built thousands of affordable housing units Pasadena Star News The demise of redevelopment agencies may turn off the spigot on an Industry-funded program that has paid for 10,000 affordable housing units during the last 20 years. Public Counsel is working to protect the program.

Fox-11 Profiles New Effort to Assist Military Caregivers
Help for an Elderly Woman Who Lost Home in Sham Foreclosure
Watch Elie Wiesel's Call for Justice: 'Don't Sleep Well When People Suffer'
Hillary Clinton Salutes Public Counsel and Elie Wiesel
Oprah Winfrey's Tribute to Elie Wiesel at the 2012 Douglas Dinner
Legal, Art and Film Leaders Honor David Johnson
Natalie Portman Salutes Public Counsel and Elie Wiesel
Sidney Poitier Salutes Public Counsel and Elie Wiesel
Itzhak Perlman Salutes Public Counsel and Elie Wiesel