Community Legal Aid SoCal

Community Legal Aid SoCal is a family lawyer in Compton, CA. The organization provides civil legal services to low-income residents throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties, with an emphasis on innovation, language access, and a holistic approach to client care. Its practice areas include family law, housing, consumer defense, public benefits, health, immigration, seniors, domestic violence, and expungement. The expungement team helps clients remove past criminal records and provides reentry services. The organization also offers free legal workshops and clinics on a variety of civil legal topics. At the clinics, an attorney evaluates the client's legal issue, and clients receive assistance preparing legal paperwork along with advice, counsel, and detailed information about the legal process related to their specific problem. At the workshops, attendees receive information about their particular legal issue. Staff provide information packets, form preparation assistance, and legal information on a variety of legal topics, review completed court forms for completeness and accuracy, and describe filing and court processes to litigants. On-site and remote services are offered. The Compton Courthouse Domestic Violence Clinic is open every morning, Monday through Friday, from 9 AM to 12 PM, and is a walk-in clinic with no appointments required. The organization holds a rating of 3.70.