links
California Workers' Rights
Wage and Hour Pathfinder
USEFUL LINKS: For workers and lawyers
FINDING LEGAL HELP
Attorney Referral Services
Most County and State Bar Associations have Lawyer Referral Services. Google [your county] + ["bar association"] to find one near you.
Alameda County Bar Association
Contra Costa County Bar Association
Free or Low Cost Legal Help for Employment Problems in
California
Some of these organizations provide help with both employment issues and problems not related to employment (e.g., domestic violence and social security)
San Francisco Bay Area
Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center
La Raza Centro Legal: 474 Valencia Street, Suite 295, San Francisco, CA 94103; (415) 575-3500
Sacramento
Voluntary Legal Services Program of Northern California
Los Angeles
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Free or Low Cost Legal Help for All Problems: Nationwide Databases
Choose your state and then free legal help
Not very well laid out - has you choose by type of organization, rather than by the type help you are seeking
More intuitive - choose your state then choose the type of problem you have
LEGAL RESEARCH
Official California Legislative Information
Including statutory law, bill information, legislative publications
Legal Information Institute at Cornell
Including statutes, rules, case law
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
FEDERAL
CALIFORNIA
Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
OTHER
Wynton Marsalis PSA for the EEOC - AWESOME!
You're right, Wynton, discrimination IS cacophonous!
Vanessa Siino
Advanced Legal Research
Spring 2008 University of California, Hastings College of the Law