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Who is actually hiring new graduates, and where.

Every profile says whether the organization hires before bar results, hosts fellowship projects, and when its hiring window opens.

Organization profiles are compiled from each organization's public website. Hiring practices, including pre-bar hiring and fellowship hosting, are indicative and are being confirmed with each organization.

A small legal services office on the main street of a rural California town

12 organizations match.

Pre-bar hiring
Rural
Fellowship host

California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA)

Oakland (24 offices statewide) · Central Valley

The statewide rural legal services program, serving farmworkers and rural communities from more than twenty regional offices. Long-standing host for project fellowships and a well-known summer law clerk program.

Large (75+)Spanish, Mixteco, Triqui, Hmong

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Pre-bar hiring
Fellowship host

Bay Area Legal Aid

Oakland · Bay Area

Serves seven Bay Area counties with housing, domestic violence, health, and consumer practices. Regular host organization for Equal Justice Works and Skadden project fellows.

Large (75+)Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese

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Pre-bar hiring
Fellowship host

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)

Los Angeles · Los Angeles

One of the largest legal aid providers in the country, with neighborhood offices and self-help centers across Los Angeles County and a deep fellowship-hosting history.

Large (75+)Spanish, Korean, Armenian

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Pre-bar hiring
Fellowship host

Public Counsel

Los Angeles · Los Angeles

The nation's largest pro bono law firm, combining direct services, impact litigation, and policy advocacy. Frequent host for project-based fellowships across many practice groups.

Large (75+)Spanish

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Pre-bar hiring
Fellowship host

Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County (NLSLA)

Pacoima · Los Angeles

Serves the San Fernando Valley, Antelope Valley, and East LA with benefits, housing, health, and disability practices, plus court-based self-help centers.

Large (75+)Spanish, Armenian

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Pre-bar hiring
Rural
Fellowship host

Legal Services of Northern California (LSNC)

Sacramento (regional offices across 23 counties) · Northern & Rural

Covers twenty-three counties from Sacramento to the Oregon border, including some of the most rural parts of the state. Regional offices hire small numbers of new attorneys each year.

Large (75+)Spanish, Hmong, Russian

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Pre-bar hiring
Rural
Fellowship host

Central California Legal Services (CCLS)

Fresno · Central Valley

Serves five San Joaquin Valley counties from Fresno, Merced, and Visalia, in a region with one of the widest attorney-to-resident gaps in California.

Medium (20-75)Spanish, Hmong, Punjabi

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Pre-bar hiring
Rural
Fellowship host

Inland Counties Legal Services (ICLS)

Riverside · Inland Empire

Covers Riverside and San Bernardino counties, an area larger than several states, including desert communities with almost no private bar.

Medium (20-75)Spanish

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Pre-bar hiring
Fellowship host

Legal Aid Society of San Diego (LASSD)

San Diego · San Diego / Imperial

Full-service civil legal aid for San Diego and Imperial counties, with tax, consumer, health, and housing practices and a large intake operation.

Large (75+)Spanish, Tagalog, Arabic

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Pre-bar hiring
Fellowship host

Community Legal Aid SoCal

Santa Ana · Los Angeles

Serves Orange and Los Angeles counties with one of the most multilingual staffs in California legal aid, including a large Vietnamese-language practice.

Large (75+)Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Farsi

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Pre-bar hiring
Fellowship host

Legal Aid at Work

San Francisco · Bay Area

Statewide workers' rights organization combining clinics, litigation, and policy work on wage theft, disability accommodation, and workplace discrimination.

Medium (20-75)Spanish, Chinese

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Pre-bar hiring
Fellowship host

Disability Rights California

Sacramento · Sacramento

California's federally mandated protection and advocacy agency for people with disabilities, with offices in Sacramento, Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Fresno.

Large (75+)Spanish, ASL interpretation

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