PJLC and UCI Law Team Up to Provide Free Legal Services
To help start the PJLC, the Criminal Justice Clinic at UC Irvine School of Law has bestowed on the PJLC’s Executive Director, Sean Garcia-Leys, a one-year position as a visiting scholar. This position gives the PJLC access to such legal necessities as legal research materials, professional liability protection, and a community of peers. In return, Mr. Garcia-Leys will work with Professor Katie Tinto to oversee law students providing direct services to people leaving gangs or wrongly accused of gang membership.
Additionally, the PJLC and the Criminal Justice Clinic will also support the grassroots organization Chicanxs Unidxs as they assist families targeted by the Santa Ana Police Department. Police repeatedly serve search warrants on the homes of families that include alleged gang members where police trash the homes and break valuables.
Lastly, the PJLC is also providing direct legal services to undocumented immigrants by providing expert testimony to the immigration court. Our first client is a father seeking the renewal of his U-Visa.
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