Public Interest Clearinghouse
Thursday, September 02, 2010
California's Catalyst for Justice
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
 
October 12, 2010
CA Pro Bono Conference
Los Angeles
Click HERE for details and online registration.
 

Sept. 14, 2010
PIC and LAAC
Legal Services Executive Directors Meeting
10:am to 4:30pm
State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Includes the 2010 LAAC Awards of Merit Luncheon
 
 
 

California’s individual legal services nonprofits are heroes in their local communities.  They serve thousands of clients each year with creativity and compassion in the face of overwhelming need and constant underfunding.  Due to the lack of adequate resources, legal services nonprofits can only help one-third of the people who need their services.

Because California’s legal services nonprofits struggle to serve as many clients as possible within limited budgets, they need support to provide outreach to eligible clients, adequate technology for staff, access to training for advocates, and ways to utilize external resources such as law students and other volunteers.  Just as California’s legal services nonprofits support their clients, these organizations need support themselves – a statewide support center to assist them.

PIC provides essential support and technical assistance to California’s legal services nonprofits, in order to enhance their capacity to provide direct services to their low-income and underserved client communities, including: