LAAC - the Legal Aid Association of California - is the statewide membership organization of legal services organizations in California. LAAC provides key support to the legal aid community through relevant and affordable trainings, statewide coordination efforts, innovative uses of technology, and advocacy on issues of concern to legal services programs, including the tremendous need for additional funding.

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 2008, LAAC's membership includes over 80 organizational members and over 40 individual members.