Feature: Medical-Legal Partnerships with Sheyda Joolharzadeh

Get to know LAFLA’s nationally recognized Medical Legal Partnerships (MLPs) in this Q&A with Managing Attorney Sheyda Joolharzadeh.

LAFLA Holiday Closure

Haga clic aquí para leer esto en Español한국어로 읽으려면 여기를 클릭하세요点击这里阅读中文简体版本。點擊這裏閱讀中文繁體版本。  Nhấn vào đây để đọc phần này bằng Tiếng Việtសូមចុចត្រង់នេះ ដើម្បីអានជាភាសាខ្មែរ។ 日本語で読むにはここをクリックをして下さい。 LAFLA Holiday Hours All LAFLA offices will be closed from Friday, December 22, 2023 through Monday, January 1, 2024. All services will reopen on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. You can still apply […]

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 […]

Meet Our New Directors

Over the last year, we in the nonprofit sector, and specifically in legal services, have served as lifelines for our clients: providing access to justice, resources, and services to keep them housed, healthy, safe, and economically secure. Our commitment to our clients and our communities has never wavered. The pandemic and our nation’s racial reckoning have laid […]

A (Safer at Home) Day in the Life of a LAFLA Staffer

LAFLA Senior Attorney Paula Cohen has spent more than 25 years of her life assisting some of LAFLA’s most vulnerable clients – those suffering abuse and violence at home, yet without the financial resources to move safely elsewhere. Paula’s entire career has focused on working with domestic violence victims, helping them to secure safety, stable […]