Originally formed as an all-volunteer organization in 1998, the APALRC grew out of a unique collaborative effort by students from D.C. area law schools and attorneys associated with the Asian Pacific American Bar Association (APABA) and the South Asian Bar Association (SABA). The APALRC was founded in response to the lack of linguistically and culturally appropriate legal services for the growing number of Asian Americans. Since its founding, the APALRC has flourished from an all-volunteer organization to an organization with 16 board members, 10 full-time staff, over 20 bilingual law student volunteers, and over 30 trained/qualified legal interpreters.
Within the eight years since it was founded, the APALRC has launched and established several direct service projects, including a multi-lingual legal referral hotline and legal interpreter project, a worker representation project, and a legal assistance project for victims of domestic violence. In 2002, the APALRC expanded into civil rights advocacy with its involvement on the issue of language access.
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Bowling for Justice 2007 Sponsors
We would also like to acknowledge the ongoing support of our individual donors and event sponsors.
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