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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. 

Learn what it's like to be an Undergraduate Summer Intern at CRLA and how you can bring more interns and fellows to rural California. 

Learn what it's like to be a Law Student Summer Intern at CRLA and how you can bring more law interns and fellows to rural California. 

Legal advocates point to challenges, solutions for California workers owed millions of dollars. 

CRLA President and CEO Jessica Manriquez Jewell shared the following letter with staff statewide to emphasize that West Virginia v. B.P.J. does not change California law and to affirm our commitment to transgender and gender diverse individuals, youth, and their families.

From local city councils to the Supreme Court of the United States, Pride 2026 brought joyful highs and disheartening lows. But even in difficult moments, we continue to see what’s possible.

Salinas, CA — Recently, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (“CRLA”) and a coalition of environmental justice leaders and advocates (“the Coalition”) delivered a scientific literature review to the State Water Resources Control Board (“State Water Board”) on the health and economic risks of nitrate-contaminated drinking water for communities across California. The groups are urging the State Water Board to act quickly and require Regional Water Boards to adopt enforceable limits on fertilizer to address the growing public health crisis.

Deborah was a brilliant and fierce litigator who focused her advocacy on education equity and language rights of public-school students and families. Rest in Power, Deborah. We honor your life committed to justice and continue to build on your legacy of opportunity for children and communities.