CCLP enables legal professionals to promote legal representation as a right rather than a luxury few can afford, through an ethical framework of pro bono assistance to the membership of organization with whom CCLP partners.  CCLP’s efforts are unique because we unite legal professionals, resources and advice with grass-roots organizing drives that address the everyday problems affecting these workers.

The program provides neither acts of charity nor isolated acts of good will, but rather aids people in obtaining what is rightfully theirs in a context that promotes their best interests on all levels. CCLP does not seek tax exempt 501(c)(3) or (4) status, leaving the membership free to decide if and when it will take action to change existing government policies harmful to its constituents’ interests.

CCLP recognizes the law as a tool for social change, but our experience has shown that this alone is not enough and that we must combine fights through the courts, boards and administrative bureaus with vigorous community organizing based on the needs identified in the low-income community itself.

We at CCLP do not pursue legal cases as the sole source of possible redress; our approach combines organizing and legal work. We believe our actions will formulate a true example of how the distance between due process as written and the reality for those without means can be bridged. Join us in this fight.