Centro Legal De La Raza

Centro Legal de la Raza is a legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income, immigrant, Black, and Latinx communities through bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy. By combining quality legal services with know-your-rights education and youth development, Centro Legal de la Raza ensures access to justice for thousands of individuals throughout Northern and Central California. The key components of Centro Legal's work include creating leadership, empowerment, and equity in our community. Through their Youth Law Academy and Diversity Legal Pipeline program, they provide guidance and mentorship to the next generation of attorneys and judges of color. Centro Legal also incubates community empowerment by advocating for positive change in local and state governments, creating meaningful dialogue on issues through our communications and media strategies, and by engaging in true, collaborative-based, community lawyering. Centro Legal de la Raza’s Litigation team works with all their legal programs to represent low-income and immigrant workers, tenants, and other clients and communities in affirmative and impact lawsuits to protect their rights and improve conditions more broadly.