The LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA is D.C.'s oldest and largest civil legal services organization. Since 1932, Legal Aid lawyers have been MAKING JUSTICE REAL — in individual and systemic ways — for persons living in poverty in the District.
Legal Aid is currently hiring for a Staff Attorney in our Domestic Violence/Family Unit, an Immigrants’ Rights Project Director, and a Skadden and/or Equal Justice Works Fellow . Please go to our Employment page for more information.
The latest from Legal Aid’s blog, www.MakingJusticeReal.org
District passes emergency legislation to protect workers from COVID-19
By Drake Hagner, posted on Jul 31, 2020
Public charge rule blocked during public health emergency
By Julia Ward, posted on Jul 31, 2020
Sealing Criminal Records Is Harder Than Ever
By Mel Zahnd, posted on Jul 27, 2020
Legal Aid Submits Objection to Trump Administration’s Proposed Asylum Rule
By June Lee and Julia Ward, posted on Jul 17, 2020
Chemonics International Announces $100,000 Donation to Legal Aid
By Robert Pergament, posted on Jul 15, 2020
New Immigration Policy On International Students Is Unnecessarily Strict
By Rucha Tandel, posted on Jul 13, 2020
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