Volunteer Guide

Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center

  • Location:
    1627 K Street, NW
    Suite 610
    Washington, DC 20006
  • Phone:
    (202) 393-3572
  • Fax:
    (202) 315-0375

The Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (APALRC) provides legal assistance on a range of legal issues including abuse prevention, family, immigration, employment, housing, disability and public assistance to low-income Asian Americans who have limited English proficiency residing in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia. We prioritize immigration matters involving victims of domestic violence, crime or trafficking.

Counties served: District of Columbia

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Populations served: 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: Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, English, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Urdu, Vietnamese

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes