Legal Empowerment Fund
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Overview
Legal Empowerment Fund
Status: Invitation only in 2026
Geographic Scope: California
Background: The Legal Empowerment Fund is a grant opportunity launched by California ChangeLawyers in 2021. The fund was created as a response to the deepening public consciousness about the importance of law on social justice issues and the need for lawyers of all backgrounds to rise to the challenges posed by the ongoing racial reckoning and the lack of equal justice under the law.
Mission & Focus Areas: The fund adopts a broad-based approach to harnessing the power of lawyers for good. Specifically, it seeks to:
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Eligible Organization Types: Legal organizations, including nonprofit legal services organizations
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