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 IOLTA-funded legal services community, ensure a forum for legal services programs to coordinate, and provide high-quality training for legal services advocates. In 2010, LAAC's membership includes 82 organizational members and over 80 individual members.

Staff

Julia R. Wilson, Executive Director

Salena Copeland, Program Attorney

Thieu Do, Executive Assistant

Sydney Howe, AmeriCorps VISTA

Denise Watt, Program Coordinator

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 right-hand of this page.