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On October 16, 2026, civil rights advocates will hold a press conference in San Francisco about the California Judicial Council's plan to outsource language translation services to private companies using error-prone Voice to Text Translation (VTT) technology.

Management Information Exchange (MIE) article by Alena Uliasz, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., Joann H. Lee, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, and Cristina Llop, Law Within Reach PC
 

Oliver A. Rosales, Professor of History at Bakersfield College, spoke with CRLA President and CEO Jessica Manriquez Jewell during a special session for alumni and current staff at UC Merced in June 2026. Excerpts from his remarks are included below along with the full video.

CRLA will continue to offer civil legal services remotely for Imperial Valley communities. Call (760)353-0220.

As one of the first attorneys hired in our Salinas office, Mo was instrumental in planting CRLA's strong roots in rural justice, including landmark cases that banned the crippling El Cortito and stopped discriminatory IQ tests that denied children equal education.

Comments flag use of public resources for error-prone AI translation.

Sold-out event hosted by CRLA in Fresno offers specialized training for agricultural worker advocates.  

The CJW model has the potential to revolutionize legal services by tapping into the lived experience of community members who would become advocates. 

New findings show widespread contamination across Central Valley, disproportionate impact on Latine communities.

Legal advocates and community leaders call for required language access measures and suspension of automated translation in California courts, warn judicial policy makers of worsening inequality across the state.