Public Interest Partnerships

Through UCI Law's Pro Bono, Externship and Clinical programs, students develop ties with local public interest organizations and the skills to work in such groups once they graduate.

The following is a list of cutting-edge public interest law organizations located throughout Southern California who have supported UCI Law by providing our students with experiential learning opportunities and employment.

• Access California
• ACLU Drug Policy Litigation Project
• ACLU of Colorado
• ACLU of Hawaii
• ACLU of Southern California – Los Angeles
• ACLU of Southern California – Orange County
• ACLU of San Diego
• ACLU Voting Rights Project
• Affordable Housing Advocates
• Alaska Public Defender’s Office
• Alliance for Children’s Rights
• Animal Legal Defense Fund
• Anti-Defamation League, Los Angeles
• Asian Pacific American Legal Center
• Bet Tzedek Legal Services
• California Appellate Project
• California Attorney General's Office
• California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
• California Innocence Project
• California Rural Legal Assistance
• California Women’s Law Center
• Camp Pendleton Legal Assistance Office
• Carbon Conservation
• Casa Cornelia Law Center
• Center for Health Care Rights
• Central American Resource Center/CARECEN Legal Services
• Central California Legal Services
• Child Care Law Center
• Children's Law Center of Los Angeles
• Children's Law Center of Connecticut
• Colorado Lawyers for the Arts
• Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
• Communities for a Better Environment
• Consumer Watchdog
• County Counsel, Orange County and Riverside County
• Disability Rights California
• Disability Rights Legal Center
• East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
• Elder Law & Advocacy
• Esperanza Immigrants’ Rights Project
• Fair Housing Council of Orange County
• Federal Public Defender, Santa Ana
• Inland Counties Legal Services
• Inland Empire Latino Lawyers Association
• Inner City Law Center
• Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti
• International Bridges to Justice
• Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project
• Kids in Need of Defense
• LAMBDA Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
• L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center
• Latino Justice/PRLDEF
• Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
• Learning Rights Law Center
• Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
• Legal Aid Society of Orange County
• Legal Aid Society of New York
• Legal Aid Society—Employment Law Center
• Legal Services of Northern California
• Legislative Counsel Bureau
• Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice
• Los Angeles County Public Defender
• Mental Health Advocates
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
• Mississippi Center for Justice
• National Day Laborers Association
• National Lawyers Guild
• National Senior Citizens Law Center
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
• Neighborhood Legal Services
• New York University, Brennan Center for Justice
• Northwest Justice Project
• Orange County Coastkeeper
• Orange County Alternate Public Defender's Office
• Orange County District Attorney's Office
• Orange County Public Defender’s Office
• Orange County Superior Court Self-Help Center
• Prison Law Office
• Public Counsel
• Public Law Center
• Riverside District Attorney's Office
• Riverside Public Defender's Office
• San Diego Legal Aid Society
• San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program
• San Francisco District Attorney's office
• South Asian Network
• Southeastern Louisiana Legal Services
• Southern California Air Quality Management District
• Southern Environmental Law Center
• Surfrider
• The City Project
• Texas Defender Service
• UCLA Downtown Labor Center
• U.S. Attorney's Office
• Western Center for Law and Policy
• Western Center on Law and Poverty

Students Stefanie Wilson (center) and Anna Bennett (right) gather information from a client at Californa Rural Legal Assistance.

Student Lucy Lin confers with a client seeking assistance at the Legal Aid Society of Orange County.

Students Tom Wilson (center) and Adam Barry (right) discuss a case with Capt. Jake Warren at the U.S. Marine Corps Joint Legal Assistance Office at Camp Pendleton.