Legal Directory
Centro Legal de La Raza
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Centro Legal de la Raza, founded in 1969, provides free or low-cost, bilingual, culturally-sensitive legal aid, community education, and advocacy for low-income residents of the Bay Area, including monolingual Spanish-speaking immigrants. Founded by Latino law students from Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley and located in the Fruitvale / San Antonio District of Oakland, Centro Legal has been a cornerstone for justice for the Latino, immigrant, and low-income communities of the Bay Area for over 50 years. Centro Legal's Immigration Project represents immigrants in detained and non-detained removal proceedings before the San Francisco Immigration Court and Board of Immigration Appeals, at the San Francisco Asylum Office, and in applications before United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. Centro is currently offering remote services during the shelter-in-place.
| Counties served: | Alameda, Contra Costa, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma |
| Detention Facilities Served: | Contra Costa County Jail (CA), Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center (CA), Sacramento County Jail (CA), San Francisco Detention Facility (CA), Yuba County Detention Center (CA) |
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Habeas Corpus, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, 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), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals |
| Other areas of legal assistance: | Employment, Housing |
| Non-legal services: | Administrative advocacy (CIS/ICE/CBP), Department of Justice (DOJ)/Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded services for trafficking victims, Housing referrals, Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services |
| Populations served: | Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, 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, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
| Nominal fee charged? | No |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: | 18 |
| Is organization BIA recognized? | Yes |
| Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 1 |
| Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 14 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
| Network affiliations: | American Immigration Lawyers Association, Asista, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Central American Resource Center, Detention Watch Network, Immigration Advocates Network, International Rescue Committee, Kids In Need of Defense, National Immigration Project |
Volunteering
| Volunteer Coordinator |
Julie
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Administrative Information
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| Last contact date: | November 21, 2017 |
| Administrator comments: | 11/14/12: tickler 2/13/14: tickler 12/12/14: tickler 4/27/16: tickler IAN: Cassandra Lopez caslopez@centrolegal.org Laura laurapolstein@centrolegal.org 11/21/17: tickler |
| IAN Members? | No |
