Bet Tzedek Legal Services

Description

Bet Tzedek Legal Services is a non-profit organization that provides free, expert legal advice and representation to low-income residents of Los Angeles County in the following areas:

• Conservatorship
• Elder Abuse Restraining Orders
• Senior Center Outreach
• Medical-Legal Partnership
• Family Caregiver Rights
• Holocaust Survivors' Services
• Employment Rights
• Low-Income Tax Advocacy
• Real Estate Fraud
• Statutory Wills
• Advance Health Care Directives
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
• Impact Litigation and Advocacy
• Guardianship
• Housing

Bet Tzedek sets the standard for innovation in public interest law. Our pioneering projects combine direct legal representation with powerful outreach, education, and legislative advocacy. The result is a vital lifeline: equal access to justice for over 15,000 low-income Angelenos every year. In partnership with the public, private, and non-profit sectors, we are innovators in addressing the root causes of poverty and exploitation. Our legal expertise and capacity to effect positive, sustainable social change continues to garner national attention.

In addition to having a staff of over 60 individuals, Bet Tzedek makes extensive use of volunteers in a variety of capacities.