CSL Kicks-off Justice Corps Program...

California is experiencing an explosion in the number of individuals appearing in court without legal representation on a variety of matters from family law to housing issues. The majority of these individuals are not obtaining professional help because they cannot afford it. Resources available to meet the needs of these “self-represented” individuals are sorely lacking. In fact, the ratio of people to legal aid attorneys in California is 10,000 to one.

What is JusticeCorps?
Funded through an AmeriCorps grant, JusticeCorps is a collaborative project of the California Administrative Office of the Courts; the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles; California State University at Northridge; California State University at Dominguez Hills; University of California at Los Angeles; and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Approximately 100 JusticeCorps members will be recruited from these local universities to provide assistance in ten Los Angeles area Self-Help Legal Access Centers and with the LA County Department of Consumer Affairs Small Claims Advisor. Members will be trained to provide legal assistance through one-on-one direct contact with litigants, legal workshops, and computer terminals designed to assist litigants in completing forms.

How Do You Sign Up?
Recruitment for the 2006-2007 academic year is going on NOW! Contact Maureen Rubin in the Center for Community Service-Learning at (818) 677-7395 for more information.

Applications are being accepted
throughout the summer!

CSUN News Release (August 9, 2004)

Download and print an application:
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Please return to the completed application to Sierra Hall room 435, or fax to (818) 677-5935, attention JusticeCorps.

Download Justice Corps Flyer (PDF)