Areas of Law

Community Legal Aid SoCal provides support and services to help people who are struggling with civil legal issues. Our representatives can address a wide variety of legal challenges, but not all of them. Sometimes we connect individuals to additional legal services needed to ensure their safety and security.

Our workshops and clinics have helped thousands of residents with difficult situations.

Family

Housing

Consumer Defense

Public Benefits

Health

Immigration

Seniors

Systemic Impact

Domestic Violence

Expungement

Sandy Skahen

“I am thrilled to have the opportunity to assist so many seniors by helping them with restraining orders that have given them respite, relief, and peace by removing the abusers from their homes or lives.”

– Sandy Skahen,
Staff Attorney,
Seniors Unit

Seniors

Our Seniors Unit provides a full range of free legal services for Orange County seniors aged 60+ to protect the safety and dignity of older adults in Orange County. Individuals receiving services from our Seniors Unit may voluntarily contribute to the cost of the service, but there is no obligation to do so.

We provide legal assistance in the following areas:

  • Elder Abuse

  • Government Benefits

  • Health

  • Consumer Issues

  • Bankruptcy

  • Small Claims

  • Powers of Attorney

  • Conservatorships

  • Family Law

The materials or product were a result of a project funded by a contract with the California Department of Aging and administered by the Orange County Office on Aging. The conclusions and opinions expressed may not be those of the California Department of Aging and that the publication may not be based upon or inclusive of all raw data.

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