Mission Statement: The Legal Aid Association of California (LAAC), the statewide membership organization of legal services nonprofits, serves and strengthens its members through advocacy, training, and support in their efforts to provide critical legal assistance to low-income Californians and ensure equal access to justice.

History: LAAC was founded by legal services programs in the early 1980s, in response to a community-wide resolution that a statewide legal services organization was needed to help programs collaborate and coordinate on issues of mutual concern. Over the past two decades, LAAC has remained true to its core mission to act as the unified voice for the legal services community, ensure a forum for legal services programs to coordinate, and provide high-quality training for legal services advocates. In 2009, LAAC's membership includes over 75 organizational members and over 50 individual members.

Contact Us:

Staff:

Julia R. Wilson, Executive Director, jwilson(at)pic(dot)org

Vivian Chen, Program Coordinator, vchen(at)pic(dot)org

Salena Copeland, Program Attorney, scopeland(at)pic(dot)org

Denise Watt, Program Associate, dwatt(at)pic(dot)org

Thieu Do, Executive Assistant, tdo(at)pic(dot)org

LAAC moved November 1, 2009 - our new address is:

433 California Street, Suite 815, San Francisco, CA 94104

Phone: 415-834-0100

Fax: 415-834-0202

Financial Documents - available to the public upon request: LAAC welcomes the opportunity to provide its Form 990s and conflict of interest policy upon request. Please email LAACinfo(at)pic(dot)org to request electronic version of these documents. LAAC's financial information can also be reviewed in its annual Report to Members, by clicking on the links on the left-hand of this page.