Systemic Advocacy and Reform
Legal Aid DC’s Systemic Advocacy & Law Reform Program works to challenge the unjust systems that marginalize and oppress low-income, primarily Black and brown District residents. Our program strategically uses multiple advocacy tools in partnership with community-based organizations and members of the client-eligible community to ensure a community-centered approach to advocacy.
Policy Advocacy
Community Engagement
The Community Engagement team works to expand the accessibility of legal services, provide community legal education, and ensure that all of Legal Aid DC’s work is informed by the needs of the communities it serves.
Community Engagement
Appellate Advocacy
Established in 2004, Legal Aid DC’s Appellate Project has become a “model of excellence” that the National Legal Aid and Defender Association has urged other legal services programs to emulate.
Appellate Advocacy
