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Who gets the right to choose?

During law school, I spent my first summer answering prison mail and interviewing people who were incarcerated in a women’s prison. I soon…

Dec 8, 2022

Who gets the right to choose?

Dec 8, 2022

Equitable Outcomes & Public Affairs

“The main reason I studied public administration was because during the the time, the movement of Me Too was kicking in in Ethiopia. We’ve…

Oct 3, 2022

Equitable Outcomes & Public Affairs

Oct 3, 2022

Attorneys as Social Justice Workers

I moved to the Bay Area to go to law school later in life, because I always had this calling to do something meaningful, not out of the…

Aug 23, 2022

Attorneys as Social Justice Workers

Aug 23, 2022

How to Fight Gentrification: Estate Planning

Legal representation is a resource needed regardless of the background you come from. But often only those who can afford it go after it.

Feb 3, 2022

How to Fight Gentrification: Estate Planning

Feb 3, 2022

A Housing Attorney during a Global Pandemic

Here’s the perfect storm of low-income living in San Francisco: it’s a desirable, albeit pricey city to live in. Inventory of housing space…

Nov 3, 2021

A Housing Attorney during a Global Pandemic

Nov 3, 2021

Reflections from the Frontline: Western Addition

Hakika Drisker grew up in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco and now works at the Open Door Legal office there. He’s…

Aug 17, 2021

Reflections from the Frontline: Western Addition

Aug 17, 2021

Pride & Legal Aid

As June and Pride Month close, I’ve been ruminating on the emotions brought up for me lately as a queer woman. Seeing rainbows plastered…

Jul 7, 2021

Pride & Legal Aid

Jul 7, 2021

Standing with Our Asian and Asian American Community

Open Door Legal’s ongoing commitments to justice

Mar 23, 2021

Standing with Our Asian and Asian American Community

Mar 23, 2021

What does an immigration attorney hope to see from the Biden Administration?

This inauguration day heralds the beginning of a new era — one in which immigration professionals hope signals a return to stability and…

Jan 25, 2021

What does an immigration attorney hope to see from the Biden Administration?

Jan 25, 2021

#GiveBackToBayview

In the words of author James Baldwin, Bayview is “the San Francisco America pretends does not exist.” In 2020, recognition is long overdue.

Jul 22, 2020

#GiveBackToBayview

Jul 22, 2020

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We are a San Francisco-based non-profit pioneering the country’s first system of universal access to legal help. Learn more about our work at opendoorlegal.org

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