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California Immigration Legal Fellowship

California Changelawyers

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Overview

California Immigration Legal Fellowship

Status: Application closed

Geographic Scope: Central Valley and Central Coast regions of California

Program Description: This is a two-year capacity building and professional development program for recent law graduates to become deportation defense practitioners.

Target Participants: Recent law graduates

Program Structure:

  • Two-year fellowship

  • Current cohort of ten fellows

  • Fellows placed across 7 host organizations

  • Most host organizations had never provided deportation defense services to their communities prior to the fellowship

    • Focus Areas:

  • Deportation defense

  • Immigration legal services

  • Capacity building at host organizations

  • Professional development

    • Contact Information:

  • Phone: 415-856-0780

  • Address: 1 Embarcadero Center Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94111

  • Website: changelawyers.org

    • What California Changelawyers actually gave

    Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024

    Grants in 2024
    24
    Total given
    $692K
    Median grant
    $30K
    Range
    $10K–$80K
    • By dollars: California 82%, District of Columbia 12%, Illinois 6%. Top recipient cities: Oakland, CA; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA.
    • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
    • 29% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

    Example grants

    • For the People · Oakland, CA

      Legal fellowship

      $80K

    • Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area · San Francisco, CA

      Legal fellowship

      $80K

    • Equal Justice Works · Washington, DC

      Legal fellowship

      $42K

    • American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education · Chicago, IL

      Legal empowerment fund

      $40K

    • California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice · Oakland, CA

      Legal empowerment fund

      $40K

    IRS Form 990-PF, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    immigrationprofessional-developmentcapacity-building

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