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Equal Justice Center

  • Location:
    510 South Congress Avenue
    Suite 206
    Austin, TX 78704
  • Phone:
    (888) 670-6854
  • Contact methods:
    Drop-in, Email, Phone calls
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

The Equal Justice Center is a nonprofit law office that prepares DACA applications for low-income immigrants for free. Our attorney meets with clients individually in Austin and organizes free DACA clinics across 120 counties of North, West, and Northwest Texas.

Counties served: Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Bandera, Bastrop, Baylor, Bell, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Brazos, Briscoe, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Callahan, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Coleman, Collingsworth, Comanche, Coryell, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Eastland, Erath, Falls, Fayette, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Gaines, Garza, Gillespie, Gonzales, Gray, Grayson, Guadalupe, Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hays, Hemphill, Hill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Jack, Jones, Kendall, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Knox, Lamb, Lampasas, Lee, Limestone, Lipscomb, Llano, Lubbock, Lynn, Mason, McCulloch, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Mitchell, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Palo Pinto, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Real, Roberts, Robertson, San Saba, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Stephens, Swisher, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Travis, Washington, Wheeler, Wilbarger, Williamson, Yoakum, Young

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS
Other areas of legal assistance: Civil Rights, Employment, Nonprofit Organizations
Non-legal services: Legislative advocacy (state or national)
Populations served: Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Juveniles
Languages spoken: English, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: Free legal assistance for DACA applicants under 200% of poverty.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 2
Is organization BIA recognized? No
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 2

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes

Administrative Information

Contact Person:
Johana De Leon
(512) 474-0008 ext. 102
Executive Director:
Bill Beardall
(512) 474-0007 ext. 101
Types of contact/attempt: Email
Last contact date: February 9, 2018
Administrator comments: 1/5/15: tickler 5/18/16: tickler 09 Feb 2018: tickler
IAN Members? No
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