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 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, fundraising, 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 volunteer [at] 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 info [at] 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

United Way Donor Option
Designate API Legal Outreach (agency code 3645) as the recipient of your campaign gift.

Stock Donations
Get two tax breaks by donating stock: avoid capital gains plus offer a market value charitable deduction. Call for details.

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: