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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…

3 min readDec 8, 2022

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Who gets the right to choose?

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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…

2 min readOct 3, 2022

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Equitable Outcomes & Public Affairs

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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…

2 min readAug 23, 2022

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Attorneys as Social Justice Workers

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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.

2 min readFeb 3, 2022

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How to Fight Gentrification: Estate Planning

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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…

4 min readNov 3, 2021

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A Housing Attorney during a Global Pandemic

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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…

5 min readAug 17, 2021

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Reflections from the Frontline: Western Addition

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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…

4 min readJul 7, 2021

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Pride & Legal Aid

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Standing with Our Asian and Asian American Community

Open Door Legal’s ongoing commitments to justice

2 min readMar 23, 2021

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Standing with Our Asian and Asian American Community

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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…

6 min readJan 25, 2021

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

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#GiveBackToBayview

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

4 min readJul 22, 2020

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#GiveBackToBayview

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Open Door Legal

Open Door Legal

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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