Organizational Benefits

• Vote in LAAC Board elections and other matters affecting legal services;
• Staff are eligible to serve on the LAAC Board of Directors;
• All new discounts on telephone language interpretation through Ethnic Bridge! Ethnic Bridge provides on-demand, over-the-phone, live translators for all your language translation needs. There are nearly 170 languages available, with translators at hand 24 hours a day. The currently negotiated LAAC rate with Ethnic Bridge is $1.50/minute, a significant discount compared to similar companies that charge almost $4/minute.
• Training discounts for all staff members;
• Training discount on Management Information Exchange (MIE) Legal Supervision Training in Burbank, March 10-12, 2010.
• All staff have access to the online LAAC Legal Services Directory;
• Represented by LAAC's advocacy efforts, including support for increased funding for legal services;
• Eligible for the Dan Bradley Fellowships for summer law students;
• Staff automatically eligible for membership in CALegalAdvocates.org;
• Eligible to nominate for annual Awards of Merit and Family Law Awards;
• Receive LAAC Advocacy Alerts via email;
• Receive quarterly LAAC E-Newsletter Member Update

Individual Benefits

• Individual Discounts at all LAAC trainings
• Receive LAAC Advocacy Alerts via email
• Eligible to nominate individuals for the Family Law Awards
• Automatic eligibility for membership on CALegalAdvocates.org
• LAAC Updates: e-newsletters about LAAC's current work and programs
• Represented in LAAC's advocacy and legislative efforts on behalf of the legal services community
• Show your support of LAAC's mission and work
  
• Individual Membership also allows LAAC staff to: travel to Sacramento to testify on legal services bills; produce FREE high-quality, archived online webinars for legal services providers; expand the resources available for attorneys on CALegalAdvocates.org; and continue awarding the Dan Bradley Fellowships to law students summering at legal services organizations in California.