Each year Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County (NLSLA) provides free assistance to more than 100,000 individuals and families into innovative projects that expand access to equity and address the most critical needs of Los Angeles’ poverty areas. Founded in 1965 as part of the nation’s War on Poverty, NLSLA is now one of the largest and most prominent public interest law offices in California. NLSLA lawyers, based in offices, courthouses, and clinics throughout Los Angeles County, specialize in areas of the law that disproportionately impact the poor, including housing, public benefits and healthcare. Our Advocates work with doctors to improve individual and community health, help families maintain income safety during tough economic periods, save homes and protect our neighborhoods, help survivors of domestic violence and victims of special crimes, and engage in high-impact legal support that leads to systemic reform. Through a combination of direct representation, policy advocacy and impact litigation, NLSLA attorneys work to reduce the effects of poverty in Los Angeles’ low-income districts, support the development of moments for individuals and families to move out of poverty, and protect and enforce the legal rights of poor people by ensuring access to our justice system.