Legal Directory
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
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East Bay Sanctuary Covenant (EBSC) provides legal services, community organizing, and transformative education to support low-income immigrants and people fleeing violence and persecution.
Counties served: | Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Marin, Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus |
Services Provided
Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
Types of immigration legal services provided: | Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews) |
Other areas of legal assistance: | Community Development, Education |
Non-legal services: | Citizenship / Civics classes, Employment services, ESL, Health services, Housing referrals, Language services, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Psychological or psychiatric services, Referrals to other services, Social services |
Populations served: | Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
Languages spoken: | English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Signers for the deaf: ASL, Spanish, Mayan Mam |
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | No |
Nominal fee charged? | Yes |
Other information: | Can provide services in indigenous languages from Central and South America. |
Staffing Information
Number of attorneys on staff: | 5 |
Is organization BIA recognized? | Yes |
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 3 |
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 11 |
Additional Details
Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
Network affiliations: | American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Central American Resource Center, East Bay Naturalization Collaborative |
Administrative Information
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Last contact date: | December 11, 2017 |
Administrator comments: | 11/28/12: changes suggested by Christopher McNary chris@eastbaysanctuary.org, updated. 12/4/12: MB reviewed by phone 3/13/14: tickler 1/13/15: tickler 4/3/16: tickler' 12/11/17: tickler 26 Oct 2021: Tickler 15 Mar 2022: Secondary tickler 18 Apr 2022: Updated from tickler responses |
IAN Members? | No |