Volunteer Guide

Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto

  • Location:
    1861 Bay Road
    East Palo Alto, CA 94303
  • Phone:
    (650) 326-6440
  • Fax:
    (866) 688-5204

Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) provides direct representation to individual clients in a variety of affirmative and defensive applications for immigration relief, including representation of detained individuals.  CLSEPA also does extensive community outreach, including presentations and group processing workshops.

Counties served: San Mateo, Santa Clara
Detention Facilities Served: Contra Costa County Jail (CA), Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center (CA), Sacramento County Jail (CA), Yuba County Detention Center (CA)

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes