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Project First Step

Project First Step Workshop For Unrepresented DV Survivors How To Request A Restraining Order Every Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. B. F. Fisk Courthouse Call 559-457-4952 TO REGISTER You can request a Domestic Violence Restraining Order or Elder Abuse Protective Order from the court if you need: Protection from...

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Legal Clinic Veterans 2023

Legal Clinic Veterans 2023 SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH TIME 2:00 P.M. TO 5:00 P.M. American Legion Fresno Federal Post 509 3509 N. First Street Fresno, CA 93726 Veterans, Active Duty Military, and spouses are invited to receive legal information from attorneys and advocates in: January/June: Estate Planning and Advanced...

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Veterans Clinic

Veterans Clinic Tuesday, November 8, 2022 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Tuesday, December 13, 2022 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM American Legion Fresno Federal Post 509 3509 N. First Street Fresno, CA 93726 Veterans, Active Duty Military, and spouses are invited to CCLS's Know Your Rights Veterans Clinic Legal information...

How to Help Survivors Prepare Restraining Order Applications, Declarations, & Present Evidence

How to Help Survivors Prepare Restraining Order Applications, Declarations, & Present Evidence Project First Step Online MCLE Training Thursday, October 20, 2022 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Moderator: Victoria Bernhardt, Partner at McCormick Barstow, LLP Presenters: Nancy Stegall, Attorney at Borton Petrini, LLP Cherilynn Wortham, Staff Attorney at Central California...

Criminal Record Expungement Clinic

Criminal Record Expungement Clinic Every last Thursday of the month Time: 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you have a criminal conviction in Fresno, Tulare, Kings, Madera, Merced, Mariposa, or Tuolumne County, you may receive free legal information from volunteer advocates on how to request expungement of your criminal record....

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California Desk-Based Opportunity to Assist Disaster Survivors

California Desk-Based Opportunity to Assist Disaster Survivors   COVID-19 | Natural Disasters | Environment | Families | Health The Disaster Legal Assistance Collaborative (DLAC) is seeking CA-admitted attorney volunteers for two desk-based pro bono opportunities: 1) California Free Legal Answers:  a statewide online legal assistance program where attorneys answer COVID-19...

Two Stressed Women Crying on a Couch

Project First Step

Project First Step Central California Legal Services - probono@centralcallegal.org justice for families project at the Fresno County Superior Court rmcdougallsmith@fresno.courts.ca.gov Saturday, January 22, 2022 9:00am to 1:00pm - via ZOOM Register HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvf-6srzMrGt0Vghk2o4ifd_g2ak8JSiVK ATTORNEYS AND LEGAL PROFESSIONALS: Join us on zoom for a 4-hour training on domestic violence and limited...

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Free MCLE Coercive Control

Project First Step Training Free MCLE Coercive Control Attorneys and legal professionals: Join us for a 1-hour presentation. Learn about the need and services through Marjaree Mason Center and how to use SB 1141 to help Elder Abuse and Domestic Violence victims become survivors through Project First Step. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER...

Unbound

The first thing you may notice if you saw me on the street; my wheelchair.  Crippled, confined, and dependent—common adjectives to identify who I am—before I even say a word. As members of a community, we instinctually seek to help others in need. I have learned that sometimes help is found in unexpected places. Fortunately, my community is largely willing...