Founded in 1983 as the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California serves more than 15,000 individuals and organizations every year. Through direct services, impact litigation, policy advocacy, leadership development, and capacity building, Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California focuses on the most vulnerable members of Asian American and AANHPI communities while also building a strong voice for civil rights and social justice.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Los Angeles
Area of law
Details
Qulification (if any)
Discrimination or hate crime
Consultation with attorney
Victims of anti-Asian discrimination
Housing
Eviction, landlord-tenant disputes, lease disputes, habitability, security deposit, foreclosure, and more
A focus on those who are immigrants or have limited proficiency in English
Immigration
Family-based immigration including adjustment of status (I-485), petition for alien relative (I-130), and more; DACA, asylum, removal defense, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T-Visa, U-Visa, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and Temporary Protected Status (TPS). DACA, asylum, removal defense, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T-Visa, U-Visa, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), and Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Citizenship application workshops
Family law & domestic violence
Divorce, restraining order, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) self-petitions
Government benefits
Medicare, health coverage
WHO DO THEY HELP
All. Has programs for Asian American, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
Contact
(213) 977-7500
Website link
Address
1145 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90017