Employment

Bay Area Legal Aid provides free civil legal assistance to low- income communities throughout the Bay Area in the areas of:

Housing

  • Landlord-tenant issues,
  • Foreclosures,
  • Unlawful evictions, and
  • Housing discrimination.

Economic Justice

  • CalWORKs,
  • General Assistance,
  • SSI,
  • CalFresh, and
  • Consumer Law Matters.

Consumer Law

  • Domestic violence, and
  • DV-related Immigration Matters.

Immigration-related matters – Health Care Access

  • MediCal,
  • DentiCal,
  • IHSS,
  • Affordable Care Act, and
  • Covered California.

Youth Justice

  • Foster Care,
  • Homeless Youth, and
  • Education Advocacy for Re-entering Youth.

4 North Second Street, Suite 600

San Jose, CA 95113

Call: (408) 283-3700


Legal rights regarding employment. Free legal info and counseling but does represent in court. Must be unemployed or low income. Staffed by student volunteers from the UC Berkeley School of Law. Bilingual- Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese.

3130 Shattuck Ave.

Berkeley, CA 94705

Call: (415) 864-8208


Provides Pro Bono Advice and Representation, Workers’ Rights, Consumer Rights, and Immigration Rights

1030 The Alameda

San Jose, CA 95126

Call: (408) 288-7030


Immigration legal services, employment clinics, eviction defense.

474 Valencia St, Suite 295

San Francisco, CA 94103

Call: (415) 575-3500