A CALL TO
CONCERNED
LEGAL
PROFESSIONALS
CCLP members provide leadership in our united efforts to deliver on the ethics of the legal profession.
As an immigration attorney deeply involved in community-centered legal advocacy, I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with the Coalition of Concerned Legal Professionals (CCLP) on a number of immigration-related projects over the years. Their commitment to grassroots justice, solidarity with working-class communities, and unshakable belief in the power of collective legal advocacy is something truly rare and deeply necessary.
CCLP consistently shows up where it matters most: educating, organizing and fighting alongside immigrant communities facing systemic oppression. From partnering on providing case analysis to co-hosting Know-Your-Law workshops, I’ve witnessed their unwavering dedication to ensuring that legal resources are not only accessible, but also empowering.
In a moment where the legal landscape is increasingly hostile to vulnerable communities, CCLP continues do the hard, unglamorous work of legal support in ways that prioritize humanity and justice. I’m proud to stand in partnership with them.
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— Raemi Neils, Immigration & Human Rights Attorney,
San Francisco Bay Area
Why Join CCLP
Do you find yourself each day being moved further and further away from the principles and purpose that inspired your pursuit of a career in the legal profession in the first place?
CCLP volunteers engage in the hard work for social change to demonstrate a practicing voice for constitutional and civil rights. CCLP’s priorities and positions are determined by the local grassroots groupings and organizations of low-paid workers and not by exterior funding sources. CCLP accepts no government funding.
CCLP enables legal professionals to promote legal representation as a right rather than a luxury few can afford, through an ethical framework of pro bono assistance to low-income workers. CCLP’s efforts are unique because we unite legal professionals and resources with grassroots organizing drives that deal with everyday problems affecting those workers.
Who are members
CCLP members are attorneys, both civil and criminal in all legal specialties, as well as judges, paralegals, legal assistants, court reporters, court interpreters, process servers and others in the legal profession.
How to Join
Volunteer attorneys often begin their association with CCLP by agreeing to donate a certain number of hours per day, week or month in non-paying legal work among some of the nation’s most consistently under-represented people. It takes strong organization to make change. Membership is your chance to be part of making it happen. To sign as a member call our office at (415) 614-0978 and arrange a time to meet.
IT MAY BE THE BEST DECISION YOU EVER MAKE
Benefits of membership
You will be part of an organization promoting legal representation as a right rather than a luxury, through an ethical framework of pro bono assistance to low-income workers.
You will be part of building a network of like-minded attorneys.
You can acquire experience that cannot be found in any classroom.
You can participate and build an organization of lasting benefit to those the legal profession is pledged to serve.
You will get subscriptions to CCLP’s national magazine Verdict and CCLP’s local publication The Gavel.
You will be included in CCLP’s Sponsors Guide and “Shop Our Sponsors” campaign.
You will receive invitations to special membership events and other CCLP functions.
You can propose and be a part of plans to attack patterns of practice with collective action impacting the majority of workers in the nation.
You can acquire organizing skills to bring in new members as the rule of law is under attack and CCLP must expand its ranks.