LAFLA Helps Cantonese Speaker Obtain Unemployment Benefits
“I am very grateful to LAFLA for helping me restore my EDD benefits. It means a lot to me that I can use the money to pay my rent and continue to live. Thank you, LAFLA, for all the help you have given me.” Michael, LAFLA Client Michael (not his real name), a Cantonese speaking […]
LEIF Fellow Focus: Bryon Alvarez
The LEIF Program engages and empowers law students who are historically underrepresented in public interest law. During their terms, LEIF Fellows work as summer law clerks and participate in various events and programs where they help LAFLA clients, build their legal skills, and meet with other LEIF Fellows. They also complete a final written project. We will feature some of those […]
Meet Our Team: Pierre Cordero
Pierre Cordero is a LAFLA staff attorney with a serendipitous story. Needing assistance with a paternity case several years ago, Pierre went to LAFLA’s Torrance Self-Help Center, where he met with Senior Paralegal Kim Aston-Young. After explaining his situation to her, Kim compassionately “began to break down the process of what [Pierre] needed to do […]
LAFLA Protects Section 8 Tenant With Swift Action
In California, many Section 8 tenants are fighting against various forms of housing discrimination, an issue that often impedes their stability and can leave them under financial duress. As the largest federal housing program in the US, Section 8 programs provide housing subsidies sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to very low-income […]
Our 2021 Annual Report is Here
LAFLA is proud to announce the release of our 2021 Annual Report. Learn how LAFLA has provided holistic legal services to vulnerable Angelenos throughout the worst public health disaster in more than a century — and how we rose to the challenges of 2021 with resilience, compassion, and creativity. In 2021, LAFLA served more than […]
Judge Orders State to Stop Denying Rental Assistance Applications Until Further Review
LAFLA Celebrates World Refugee Day
World Refugee Day, held on June 20, is an important day to celebrate and honor the lived experiences of refugees internationally. This event commemorates the strength and morale of refugees who have been forced to flee racial, economic, religious, and gender and sexuality-based discrimination and conflict. Refugees deserve empathy, respect, and support for the challenges […]
Meet Our 2022 LEIF Fellows & Summer Law Clerks
At LAFLA, we are excited to welcome our summer class of more than 30 law clerks from 17 law schools. These students join us (some remotely) from 18 cities around the country — from states including North Carolina, Michigan, New York, Nevada, Massachusetts, and Indiana. They also speak 12 languages other than English, ranging from […]
LAFLA Applauds Cancellation of Remaining Loans for Former Corinthian Students
LAFLA welcomes this week’s announcement that the U.S. Department of Education will finally cancel the outstanding federal student loans of more than 500,000 borrowers harmed by Corinthian Colleges’ fraud. Corinthian Colleges operated multiple schools in Southern California under the names Everest College and Wyotech. “Justice for Corinthian students is long overdue,” said LAFLA Senior Attorney […]
Pro Bono Spotlight: Alexis Golling
“My clients’ wishes were always the driving force, and if there was anything that I could do to get as close as possible to the clients’ wishes, that was a win.” Alexis Golling For our Pro Bono Spotlight, we are highlighting Alexis Golling, an associate at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, who was a Stay […]