Free Legal Workshops and Clinics
We provide free workshops and clinics on a variety of civil legal topics relevant to the communities we serve.
At the clinics, an attorney will evaluate the client’s legal issue. Clients will receive assistance preparing their legal paperwork and are given advice, counsel, and detailed information about the legal process related to their specific legal problem.
At the workshops, attendees will receive information about their particular legal issue.
For a comprehensive list of our workshop and clinic offerings and information about registering, see the details for each below.
Family Law Assistance
Compton Courthouse Domestic Violence Clinic
Whittier Courthouse Domestic Violence Clinic
Note: To make appointments for remote assistance with Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, call the Hotline number 800-834-5001.
Housing
Remote Eviction Defense Clinic
Advice and help with an eviction for qualifying clients.
Consumer Defense
Consumer Debt Defense Workshop (Orange County)
Community Legal Aid SoCal and Public Law Center co-host a weekly hybrid workshop that provides consumers with an overview of the debt collection process, your rights as a consumer debtor, legal options, how to answer a collections complaint, how to file, the litigation process, trial preparation, and common settlement strategies.
Consumer Debt Defense Workshop (Los Angeles County)
Community Legal Aid SoCal hosts a weekly hybrid (online and in-person) workshop that provides consumers with an overview of the debt collection process, your rights as a consumer debtor, legal options, how to answer a collections complaint, how to file, the litigation process, trial preparation, and common settlement strategies.
Bankruptcy Clinic
Public Benefits
Social Security Clinic
Expungement
Expungement Clinic
At this clinic we can help Orange and Los Angeles County residents with eligible criminal records in California and non-Orange County or non-Los Angeles residents if they have eligible criminal records in Orange or Los Angeles County.
Small Claims
Small Claims Advisory Workshops
These workshops are free and open to the public. Registration is required.
To register, please call us at 714-571-5277 or 800-963-7717 or email smallclaimsworkshop@clsocal.org.