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The Legal Clinic

  • Location:
    1020 S. Beretania St.
    Honolulu, HI 96814
  • Phone:
    (808) 777-7071
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Mission: To restore hope, dignity, and justice for low-income immigrants in Hawai'i, through high-quality immigration legal services, education and advocacy.

State served: Hawaii

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant petitions, Humanitarian Parole, U visas
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals
Non-legal services: Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Filipino, French, German, Ilocano, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, We use language interpreters to assist clients from any language group
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: Based on financial eligibility (for low income clients in Hawaii)

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 2
Is organization BIA recognized? No
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 1

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Justice for our Neighbors/United Methodist Committee on Relief, National Partnership for New Americans

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Bettina Mok
(808) 777-7071
Other Information thelegalclinichawaii.org/volunteer-application