California ChangeLawyers

08/06/2022

This week California ChangeLawyers, Equal Justice Society (EJS), and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard. Endorsed by 23 other organizations, the brief asks the Court to uphold more than four decades of precedent allowing the consideration of race as one of many factors in admissions to higher education.

“Institutions of higher learning lose legitimacy in the eyes of the people when they do not reflect the diversity of the communities they exist to serve. Preserving race-conscious admissions policies helps to build trust that our American education can be more fair and equitable,” said Christopher Punongbayan, Executive Director of California ChangeLawyers.

https://changelawyers.org/amicus/

California ChangeLawyers, Equal Justice Society, Wilson Sonsini File Amicus Brief in Support of College Admissions Policies That Foster Diversity

07/15/2021

What does it take to build a better justice system? -

07/08/2021

Emmanuel Garcia is NextGen - https://mailchi.mp/bb8fbd09d3e1/news-brief-by-california-changelawyers-463066

10/30/2020

2020 Vote Guide.

10/28/2020

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Immigration Law
Two-year Legal Fellowship
License preferred; J.D. and law school students encouraged to apply as well.
~$65-70,000 p/year

California ChangeLawyers has partnered with the California Department of Social Services, immigrant rights organizations, including Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC), to provide two-year fellowships to up to 9 attorneys or law graduates committed to providing immigration legal services in either California’s Central Coast or Central Valley.

The Immigration Legal Fellowship is the first-ever state funded legal fellowship program. The Fellowship aims to develop the organizational capacity of legal service providers and increase the number of qualified immigration attorneys able to provide legal services in underserved areas of the state such as the Central Coast and Central Valley.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. The deadline to apply is November 4th, 2020.

To learn more about this opportunity, including position requirements and preferences, and to apply, see below.

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IMMIGRATION LEGAL FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT The Immigration Legal Fellowship is the first-ever state funded legal fellowship program.  The Fellowship aims to develop the organizational capacity of legal service providers and increase the number of qualified immigration attorneys able to provide legal...

10/21/2020

And we're live!

Featuring Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the first Black woman US Attorney General appointed by President Barack Obama in 2015. She will be joined in a virt...

10/20/2020

Join us tomorrow as we celebrate our 30th anniversary with a fireside chat between former AG Loretta Lynch and our ChangeLawyer fellow hosted at UnCommon Law, Maddie Flood.

In the face of so much adversity, how can we keep resisting?

08/12/2020

***rLivesMatter

A remarkable new opinion connects a doctrine protecting abusive police officers to America's racist history.

08/09/2020

How can you show up for trans and q***r folks? Join us August 11 for an allyship training. Link in bio

08/07/2020

How can you show up for trans and q***r folks? Join us on Tuesday August 11 to find out!

In the age of , how can lawyers and activists show up for trans and q***r folks?

08/05/2020

“The law industry, like any other industry, is a microcosm of the real world. It needs acceptance, inclusion, and diversity, but it needs to be more than empty lip-service and to be done in a meaningful way,”

Jeff Badu, a former gang member from Chicago, is now making millions as an entrepreneur, tax practitioner, and owner of his own accounting firm