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Welcome to Asian Law Alliance (ALA).

Since a group of law students from Santa Clara University founded the Asian Law Alliance to provide legal assistance to the Asian Pacific Islander communities over three decades ago, the Asian Law Alliance, a non-profit organization, has become the cornerstone legal services provider for the Asian/ Pacific Islander community within Santa Clara County.

We hope that you find our web site useful. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

Legal Services

ALA programs are designed to make legal services accessible to Asian/Pacific Islanders and low-income people.

  • Delivering services in Asian/Pacific Islander languages.
  • Providing consultation and legal representation on a free or low-cost basis.

Community Education Program

The major goal of the Community Education (CE) program is to prevent legal crisis through awareness. Through the CE Program of educational presentations and pamphlets, members of the community gain a working knowledge of their legal rights and responsibilities.

Community Organizing and Impact Work

In the past 32 years, ALA has addressed a number of significant issues through its community organizing and educational programs, including:

  • In 1988, ALA helped to successfully contest a ten minute voting rule as a violation of the constitutional and federal voting rights laws due to the rule's discriminatory impact on language minorities.
  • Participating in the redress campaign for Japanese Americans incarcerated by the U.S. Government during World War II.

ALA 30th Anniversary Video

Experience highlights of its history, struggle, and celebrations chronicled in this 8 minute film, narrated by Donald Tamaki (an ALA founder) and created by Verna Lim (of Vida Studios Productions).
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What's New

ALA's 33rd Anniversary Dinner

Asian Law Alliance 33rd Anniversary Dinner 2010 

 

Asian Law Alliance is Co-Presenting Two Films at the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival

ALA is co-presenting two films with the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival:

 

The Message, in San Jose on Sunday 3/21 at the Camera 9 Cinema

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Price of Tears, in San Jose on Saturday 3/20 at the Camera 9 Cinema

 

 

 

ALA New York Mixer / Reception on Thursday, January 7

2010 New Year Mixer/Reception

Details/Flyer at: http://www.asianlawalliance.org/images/ala-2010-mixer.pdf

 

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Needed to Apply for California’s New Redistricting Commission

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Needed to Apply for California’s New Redistricting Commission

Details at: http://asianlawalliance.org/images/asian-americans-redistricting.pdf

Amazon non-profit affiliate

Asian Law Alliance is now participating as a non-profit affiliate at Amazon.com. Help ALA the next time you make a purchase on Amazon.com by visiting their site using this referral link:

Amazon.com

You need to add items to your basket and check out within the same session for ALA to get credit for the referral.

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Success Stories

Housing

Protected low-income senior from losing her housing

Public Benefits

Advocated for safety net services for a recently arrived refugee

Citizenship

Provided help to an immigrant with her citizenship application

Immigration/Domestic Violence

Assisted battered immigrant women with an immigration problem

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Articles

Peak Your Interest: Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA)

Asian Law Alliance has received funding from the State Bar IOLTA program since 1984. What follows is based on a brochure produced by the State Bar of California – Legal Services Trust Fund Program.

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