Centro Legal’s 42nd Annual Gala: Keeping Immigrant Families Together
EARLY SPONSORS: ~ Boxer & Gerson, LLP ~Consumer Attorneys of California ~ Flores Law Firm ~ Frank Martin ~ Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons, Greenwood, Harley & Oberman Foundation ~ Kim & Mira, Attorneys at Law ~ Kirkland & Ellis LLP ~ Latham & Watkins...
Read MoreSave the Date! 42nd Anniversary Gala
SAVE THE DATE! April 20th, 2011 Centro Legal de la Raza’s 42nd Annual Gala ~Keeping Immigrant Families Together~ This year, we will honor Bill Ong Hing with the Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrate Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, recipients of the Community Justice Award, and honor the 2011 Youth Law Academy seniors! We look forward to seeing you there! Join us as an early sponsor!...
Read MoreTOP 5 REASONS TO DONATE TO CENTRO LEGAL IN 2010
1. Even a SMALL GIFT can make a BIG DIFFERENCE in someone’s life. 2. YOUR GIFT GOES A LONG WAY towards helping in many critical areas like college preparation for at-risk youth, eviction defense, workers’ rights, and immigrants’ rights. 3. YOUR GENEROSITY IS MATCHED by Centro Legal clients. In 2010 alone, clients donated over $15,000 to Centro Legal. 4. Donating is a great way...
Read MoreCentro Legal Helps Reunite a Mother and her Children after a Five Year Separation
Meet Monica… “I am very thankful to Centro Legal for helping me reunite with my children. The help I received and the people who helped me were so wonderful.” Centro Legal helped Monica obtain a U visa and reunite with her two children this year, after five years of painful separation. With a U visa, Monica has been able to work and save enough money to bring her sons to the...
Read MoreCentro wins 2 immigration cases this week
This week Centro Legal’s immigration practice secured two important wins for its clients. We won a delayed asylum grant for a 17 year old Guatemalan client who was apprehended at the border and subjected to removal proceedings. Now that the government is terminating his removal case, he has asylum and work permission, and he’ll be eligible for a greencard in one year. We also won a...
Read MoreThe Youth Law Academy: Seeking Mentors and Attorney Coaches
Want to make a real difference in the life of an Oakland high school student? The Youth Law Academy (YLA), a project of Centro Legal de la Raza, seeks dedicated individuals interested in being part of an innovative program building a diversity pipeline in the law through increasing the number of low-income students of color attending four year universities. Through leadership development,...
Read MoreWelcome Fernando Flores: 2010 Shartsis Friese LLP Public Interest Fellow
We are pleased to welcome Fernando Flores to our Legal Team as our first Shartsis Friese LLP Public Interest Fellow. Shartsis Friese LLP, located in San Francisco, established this fellowship to help serve members of the Bay Area community who cannot afford legal services. Centro Legal was awarded the fellowship for 2010 – 2013. As a Fellow, Fernando Flores will help to expand Centro...
Read MoreWelcome Gloria Espitia: UC Berkeley Law School Bridge Fellow 2010
We welcome Gloria Espitia to our immigration department as a UC Berkeley Law School Bridge Fellow. The Bridge Fellowship Program offers recent graduates dedicated to pursuing a public interest or government career with financial support while they engage in volunteer work and develop skills, contacts, and work experiences. Gloria earned a BA in political science at UCLA in 2007 and a JD at UC...
Read MoreWelcome Lindsey Wheeler: Lutheran Volunteer Corps Legal Advocate
Lindsey Wheeler is volunteering at Centro Legal as a Legal Advocate in 2010 – 2011, through the Lutheran Volunteer Corps. Lutheran Volunteer Corps (LVC) unites full-time stipended Volunteers with financial supporters, non-profit organizations and ministries to work for peace with justice across the nation. Lindsey is thrilled to be assisting with our tenant, worker, and consumer programs....
Read MoreWelcome Angélica Guevara: Youth Law Academy Youth and Volunteer Coordinator
Angélica Guevara is Centro Legal’s first Youth and Volunteer Coordinator. Born to immigrant parents, she defied cultural and gender expectations and became the first in her extended and immediate family to graduate high school and attend college. She received her BA from UCLA, double majoring in Chicana/o Studies and Women’s Studies. Angélica received her JD from UC Berkeley Law...
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