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For Law Students
APPLICATION OPENS JANUARY 28
California ChangeLawyers is proud to launch the Next Gen Scholars Program, a reimagined investment for the future of California.
For Non Profit Organizations
INVITATION ONLY IN 2026
Legal Empowerment Fund
The Legal Empowerment Fund is a new funding opportunity launched by California ChangeLawyers. The Fund was created as a response to the deepening public consciousness about the importance of law on social justice issues and the need for lawyers of all backgrounds to rise to the challenges posed by the ongoing racial reckoning and the lack of equal justice under the law.
APPLICATION CLOSED
Immigration Legal Fellowship
This Legal Fellowship is a two year capacity building and professional development program for recent law graduates to become deportation defense practitioners in the Central Valley and Central Coast regions. The current cohort of ten fellows are placed across 7 Host Organizations, most of which have never provided deportation defense services to their communities.
BY STATUTE
Legal Aid Fund
According to California statute, ChangeLawyers distributes approximately $500K annually in grants to legal aid organizations across California to increase access to justice. There is no open RFP for these funds. ChangeLawyers is mandated to grant awards to the organizations deemed eligible by the State Bar of California’s Legal Services Trust Fund Commission.
