American Bar Association (ABA)
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: (312) 988-5000
Website: www.abanet.org
ABA is the national representative of the legal profession, serving the public and the profession by promoting justice, professional excellence and respect for the law. As the world’s largest voluntary professional association, it serves a dual role as advocate for the profession and for the public.
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA)
631 Howard Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: (415) 777-2752
Fax: (415) 543-3752
Website: www.crla.org
CRLA assists in poverty law and related programs for farmworkers. It deals with issues of discrimination, housing, and employment.
Center for Constitutional Rights
666 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012-2317
Phone: (212) 614-6464
Fax: (212) 514-6499
Website: www.ccr-ny.org
The Center for Constitutional Rights conducts litigation in the areas of civil rights, policy brutality, first amendment issues, international human rights, and environmental justice. Litigation is mostly test-case litigation, and occasionally class action.
Florida Rural Legal Services
P.O. Box 1109
106 South 2nd Street
Immokalee, FL 33934
Phone: (941) 657-3681
Fax: (941) 657-4579
Toll Free: (800) 476-1837
Florida Rural Legal Services works with migrant farmworkers on issues of discrimination, wages, housing, and unemployment.
Hispanic National Bar Association
815 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202) 223-4777
Fax: (202) 223-2324
Website: www.hnba.com
The HNBA is an incorporated, nonprofit, national association of Hispanic attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students committed to serving as the national voice for the concerns and opinions of Hispanics in the community generally, and in the legal profession in particular.
Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL)
1401 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 662-8600
Fax: (202) 783-0857
Website: www.lawyerscomm.org
LCCRUL is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that provides legal services related to racial discrimination. The local Lawyer’s Committees address: voting rights; employment discrimination; fair housing and community development; environmental health and justice; and educational opportunity. Local Lawyer’s Committees represent children in poverty, provide pro bono legal services to low-income individuals, represent applicants for asylum and refugee rights, protected rights of people with disabilities, and provide public policy advice to state and legislators on issues affecting minorities and low-income people. Eight independently funded and governed Lawyer’s Committees operate in Boston, Chicago, Denver, the District of Columbia, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Antonio, and San Francisco.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
634 South Spring Street, 11th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone: (213) 629-2512
Fax: (213) 629-0266
Website: www.maldef.org
MALDEF is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect and promote the civil rights of the more than 30 million Latinos living in the United States. MALDEF handles cases that deal with employment, political access, immigration, and public resource equity. MALDEF has regional offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and San Antonio.
NAACP
Legal Defense and Educational Fund
99 Hudson Street, Suite 1600
New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 965-2200
Website: www.naacpldf.org
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund is one of the nation’s oldest and most recognized public interest law firms. It handles cases that deal with discrimination in education, housing, voting rights, death penalty, criminal justice, and employment on behalf of African Americans and other minorities.
National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 510
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 452-6252
Fax: (202) 463-9462
Website: www.consumerlaw.org
NCLC provides a range of substantive services to legal aid and private pro bono attorneys, government officials and others. NCLC does not have the resources for advising consumers directly, but refers consumers to their county bar associations or legal aid programs for local legal assistance.
National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA)
Division of Civil Legal Services
1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 452-0620
Fax: (202) 872-1031
Email: info@nlada.org
Website: www.nlada.org
NLADA’s Division of Civil Legal Services supports a wide array of legal services program providers, pro bono attorneys, law schools, bar associations, and other organizations and individuals playing a role in ensuring that low-income Americans have access to effective representation in civil matters. While NLDA does not do actual casework, it can give referrals to lawyers who do pro bono work.
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
1411 K Street, NW, Suite 1400
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 638-2535
Fax: (202) 628-2737
Website: www.nlchp.org
The mission of the Law Center is to advocate effectively to protect the rights of homeless people and to implement solutions to end homelessness in America. To achieve its mission, the Law Center pursues three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education. To amplify the work of its small staff, the Law Center relies on interns, volunteers, and the pro bono assistance of the private bar.
Native American Rights Fund (NARF)
1506 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80302
Phone: (303) 447-8760
Website: www.narf.org
NARF is the nonprofit legal organization devoted to defending and promoting the legal rights of the Indian people. NARF attorneys, most of whom are Native Americans, defend tribes who otherwise cannot bear the financial burden of seeking justice in the courts of the United States of America. It focuses on guaranteeing that national and state governments live up to their legal obligations, mainly through work in the courtroom.
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ)
1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 797-8600
Fax: (202) 232-7203
Website: www.tlpj.org
TLPJ is a national public interest law firm that marshals the skills and resources of trial lawyers to create a more just society. TLPJ uses creative litigation to protect people and the environment, hold accountable those who abuse power, and inspire lawyers to serve the public interest.
