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JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Staff Attorney [download position announcement]
Staff Attorney [download position announcement]
Youth Coordinator [download position announcement]
Development Coordinator [download position announcement]
Fellowship
APILO invites project proposals from third-year law students and recent law graduates for Skadden, Equal Justice Works (NAPIL), Berkeley Law Foundation, Echoing Green, New Voices, Soros or other fellowships to begin in the Fall of the following year.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
General Volunteers
API Legal Outreach's Anniversary Celebration: College and law students are especially encouraged to get involved as the event is a great opportunity to meet lawyers, judges, social justice advocates and community leaders. The ticket price includes a substantial meal prepared by various guest chefs, including Dominic Ainza of Mercury Lounge, and will be waived for volunteers in exchange for a minimum commitment of 5 hours of service on the day of the event. Areas for volunteer service include: dining setup; decorations; silent auction; children's activities; ushering; post-event duties; other assistance as needed. For more information or to sign up, please contact us at info@apilegaloutreach.org.
Development and Administrative Volunteers
Social Justice organizations like API Legal Outreach cannot thrive without the help of volunteers and so we are constantly looking for volunteers who have various office skills as well as a spirit of helping and giving. We highly encourage those with the time and ability to come help to please contact us as we have several areas of responsibility that we could use your help. Current areas include: Social media , Web 2.0 marketing, Event coordination, Community Building, Administrative services, fund raising, and grant research. Those with experience with or interest in Salesforce.com, Quickbooks and other database clients, as well as design software for web and print are invited to apply. Please email your CV to Ed Yu, our program developer at eyu@apilegaloutreach.org.
Volunteer Attorneys
Are you an attorney between jobs? Want to get some solid family law, immigration, or elder law experience? Volunteer with API Legal Outreach. Our volunteers have a solid track record for finding employment in the public interest community. For more information, please contact Heidi Li [hli[delete]@apilegaloutreach.org].
Pro Bono Attorneys from Law Firms
In addition to in-house volunteer placements, we also work with private law forms on pro bono cases in a variety of areas, including domestic violence, elder abuse, and anti-trafficking. Our largest project focuses on obtaining immigration relief for immigrant domestic violence survivors through the Violence Against Women Act and other immigration laws. For more information, please contact Christine Hoang [choang@apilegaloutreach.org].
DONATIONS
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United Way Donor Option
Designate API Legal Outreach (agency code 3645) as the recipient of your campaign gift.
Stock Donations
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Cy Pres Awards
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach welcomes your nominations for cy pres awards. Cy pres awards are funds awarded in class action cases that cannot be distributed to the members of the class. Under the cy pres doctrine, the court may distribute the funds to appropriate charitable organizations.
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach has served the San Francisco Bay Area since 1975 with a broad range of public interest legal and social service programs aimed at promoting equal access to justice among low-income, immigrant, monolingual, and other underserved individuals and families. Areas of service include:
- Immigration
- Domestic Violence/Family Law
- Human Trafficking
- Senior Law & Elder Abuse
- Youth Leadership Development & Violence Prevention Education
- Housing
- Case Management
As an established community agency, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach has the capacity, experience, and network to implement cy pres awards to immediate and broad effect. For more information about Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach and whether it might be an appropriate recipient for your case, please contact Dean Ito Taylor, executive director, at (415) 567-6255 or by e-mail at dit@apilegaloutreach.org.
API WISH LIST
Requesting donations of: PCs P4 or better, Flat Screen/Flat Panel monitors, Wooden desks (3x5), Lateral filing cabinets.
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