The Alameda County Bar Association Volunteer Legal Services Corporation (VLSC) is launching a new monthly clinic: CLASP (Community Legal Assistance Saturday Program) that will give anyone who walks in a chance to receive a 15-20 minute consultation with an attorney in the relevant legal field.
We are looking for volunteers for the following roles:
- Intake (interviewing clients to determine what brings them to the clinic)
- Reception (welcoming clients to the clinic, responding to issues as they arise)
- Interpreters in Mandarin, Cantonese and Spanish (you don’t need to know legal terminology – but you must be fluent in the language)
- Social workers (offering clients resources and referrals to social services in the community)
This clinic is based on one that Tiela Chalmers, our CEO, ran successfully for many years in San Francisco, and that was able to provide real help, particularly for those who were not sure where to turn, or what their next step might be. (Tiela will be running this clinic, as well.)
The clinic will take place on the first Saturday of each month, beginning on February 4th, 2017, and will be held at the Alameda County Law Library, 125 12th Street in Oakland (across from the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse, and three blocks from the Lake Merritt BART station). Street parking is usually available. Volunteers arrive at 9:30 am. Intake and reception volunteers will be finished by 1 pm; others will be done by 2:30 pm. We provide coffee and bagels.
This is an excellent opportunity to make an outsized difference. You can sign up to volunteer every month, or just on Saturdays that work for you. If you are interested in volunteering with the clinic or would like more information, please contact Christina Wiellette at (510) 302-2216, or christina@acbanet.org. We hope you will consider volunteering with us.
