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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 upon pro bono attorneys, law students, paralegals, and other legal professionals to partner with us to support clients, take on high-impact cases, and strengthen 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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Toolkit

04/03/26

Newcomer Student Education Rights

This toolkit is designed to inform advocates (attorneys and non-attorneys) about the education-related rights of newcomer and undocumented immigrant children, how to assert those rights, and what to do if...

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Guide

02/17/26

What is the Meeting of Creditors?

Once you file your bankruptcy, a Bankruptcy Trustee will be assigned to your case and a Meeting of Creditors will be scheduled. This guide will provide general information to help...

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FAQsGuide

02/10/26

Know Your Rights as a Child Care Business

This Know Your Rights guide explains California child care providers’ legal authority to control access to their facilities, including who may enter, when recording is prohibited, and how to respond...

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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 upon pro bono attorneys, law students, paralegals, and other legal professionals to partner with us to support clients, take on high-impact cases, and strengthen 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

Toolkit

04/03/26

Newcomer Student Education Rights

This toolkit is designed to inform advocates (attorneys and non-attorneys) about the education-related rights of newcomer and undocumented immigrant children, how to assert those rights, and what to do if...

Learn More

Guide

02/17/26

What is the Meeting of Creditors?

Once you file your bankruptcy, a Bankruptcy Trustee will be assigned to your case and a Meeting of Creditors will be scheduled. This guide will provide general information to help...

Learn More

FAQsGuide

02/10/26

Know Your Rights as a Child Care Business

This Know Your Rights guide explains California child care providers’ legal authority to control access to their facilities, including who may enter, when recording is prohibited, and how to respond...

Learn More

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Our grants

Public Counsel received grants from the following organizations in 2021, in addition to our generous support from law firms, corporations and individuals:

Ahmanson Foundation

American College of Bankruptcy Foundation

Attorney Admission Fund

Audrey Irmas Foundation for Social Justice

Bank of America Charitable Foundation

Boston Private Bank & Trust Company

California Community Foundation

Capital One

Carl & Roberta Deutsch Foundation

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Eisner Foundation

Elizabeth Dole Foundation

Fund for An Inclusive California of the Common Counsel Foundation

In-N-Out Burger Foundation

James Irvine Foundation

LA Care Health Plan

Los Angeles Regional SPARCC

LTSC Community Development Corporation

Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health

Mental Health America Los Angeles

May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust

NBCUniversal

RELX Group

Richard B. Siegel Foundation

State Bar of California

Stuart Foundation

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

The California Endowment

The Green Foundation

The Joseph Tse Charitable Works Foundation

The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation

The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation

The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation

The Rose Hills Foundation

The Salvation Army

The Skillman Foundation

TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund

Union Bank of California

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Cy Pres Awards

The following law firms designated Public Counsel as a cy pres beneficiary:

Chavez & Gerlter LLP

Gaines & Gaines, APLC

Law Offices of Peter Hart

Kemnitzer Barron & Krieg LLP

Law Offices of Scott A. Miller, APC

Steven L. Miller, APLC

Strange & Carpenter

Trueblood Law Firm

Click here to learn more about how cy pres awards can help Public Counsel clients.

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