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FREE LEGAL HELP TO RESIDENTS OF SAN MATEO COUNTY

On
July 24, 2013 a free legal clinic will be held in San Mateo County. Pro bono
attorneys and volunteers will provide legal advice and referrals on legal
issues including advanced healthcare directives, simple wills, trusts, housing,
government benefits, debt, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or any
other civil legal matters. The date and location of the clinic is as follows:



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Wednesday, July 24, 2013, from 1:00 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m., at the Parish of Saint Peter,   700 Oddstad Boulevard, Pacifica, California
94044.



 

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To
schedule an appointment please call (650) 359-6313 and ask for Ellen.
Preference will be given to scheduled
appointments; however, some walk-ins will be accepted.



 

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The legal clinic will be held in partnership
by the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, OneJustice, and Fenwick &
West LLP. The clinic is part of OneJustice’s award-winning Justice Bus®
Project. By connecting urban law student and attorney volunteers with rural,
isolated, and underserved communities that need their help, the Justice Bus
Project supports and expands the capacity of legal services organizations like the
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County; and in doing so, the Justice Bus Project
inspires its volunteers to do pro bono work throughout their careers



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OneJustice brings life-changing legal help to Californians in
need.  Millions of low-income veterans, seniors, families, and others face
legal barriers to basic life necessities such as food, clean water, safe
housing, freedom from violence, and access to medical care, education, and
jobs.  OneJustice supports a statewide network of nonprofit legal
organizations, law firms, law schools, and businesses that work together to
provide free legal assistance to hundreds of thousands of Californians every
year.  The OneJustice network works together to end needless suffering
from solvable legal problems.  Find out more about OneJustice and its
programs at
www.one-justice.org.



 



Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County provides
free, quality civil legal services to San Mateo County’s low-income residents.
Their advocacy has evolved with the times; they fought for civil rights in the
1960s and fair wages for farmworkers in the 1980s. Today, Legal Aid’s work
encompasses nine broad areas, which include legal services for low-income seniors,
children and a variety of civil legal issues.



 







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