Category: News Releases
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Bet Tzedek Stands Ready to Protect the Rights of DREAMers
Posted on September 5, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Allison Lee, Vice President External Affairs, alee@bettzedek.org Direct: 323-549-5813, Cell 310-991-0373 LOS ANGELES — Today the Trump administration announced the rescission of the transformative DACA program, […]
Bet Tzedek Joins Organizations Launching Los Angeles Worker Network as July 1st Wage Increases Approach
Posted on June 23, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – ADVISORY FOR JUNE 28, 2017 What: Low-wage workers across multiple sectors will gather to launch the Los Angeles Worker Center Network. The network is committed to informing […]
Westwood Seniors Win Eviction Fight: City Finding Protects 200 Rent-Controlled Units at Westwood Watermark
Posted on June 21, 2017
June 20, 2017 (Los Angeles) – Ending a 7-month fight, seniors in Westwood have beaten back the threat of eviction after the City of Los Angeles found that the Watermark […]
Gus May appointed to a judgeship in the Los Angeles Superior Court
Posted on May 22, 2017
Bet Tzedek applauds Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr’s appointment of Gus May, Bet Tzedek Vice President of Legal Services, to a judgeship in the Los Angeles Superior Court. “In ascending to […]
Bet Tzedek Selected to Provide Legal Services to the Transgender Community of Los Angeles as part of Newly Launched Communities Against Hate National Initiative
Posted on March 13, 2017
LOS ANGELES (March 13, 2017) Bet Tzedek, one of the nation’s premiere public interest law firms, has been selected to provide free legal services to transgender individuals in Los Angeles […]
Bet Tzedek, the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST) and CA State Controller Betty Yee Sponsor First of Its Kind Legislation to Ensure Human Trafficking Survivors Are Compensated for the Value of Their Forced Labor
Posted on February 16, 2017
LOS ANGELES (February 16, 2017) Bet Tzedek, one of the nation’s premiere public interest law firms, the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST), one of the nation’s premiere legal […]
Bet Tzedek Receives Groundbreaking Holocaust Survivor Care Grant from JFNA
Posted on January 27, 2017
LOS ANGELES (January 27, 2017) Bet Tzedek, one of the nation’s premiere public interest law firms, is proud to announce it was selected to receive a grant from the Jewish […]
Bet Tzedek to Honor Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Other Champions in the Fight for Justice on Jan. 26, 2016
Posted on December 23, 2015
LOS ANGELES (Dec. 23, 2015)—Eric H. Holder, Jr., 82nd U.S. Attorney General and partner at Covington & Burling, LLP, will receive Bet Tzedek’s Luis Lainer Founder’s Award at the non-profit […]
Skadden Fellow to Join Bet Tzedek’s Employment Rights Project
Posted on December 17, 2015
LOS ANGELES (Dec. 17, 2015) Casey Raymond will join Bet Tzedek’s Employment Rights Project as a Skadden Fellow in the fall of 2016. The Skadden Fellowships are awarded to exceptional […]
Join us for Bet Tzedek’s Annual Dinner Gala!
Posted on November 18, 2015
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 To Honor Eric Holder 82nd Attorney General of the United States with the Luis Lainer Founder’s Award UCLA School of Law with the Rose L. Schiff Commitment […]
Bet Tzedek Applauds L.A. City Council Vote to Raise Minimum Wage, Add Enforcement
Posted on June 3, 2015
LOS ANGELES, CA – Bet Tzedek Legal Services, a leading provider of free legal services for low-wage workers in Los Angeles, applauded the City Council today for voting to increase […]
Commission Announces Grantes to Expand Access to Legal Services
Posted on January 12, 2015
Bet Tzedek is a member of the Los Angeles Incubator Consortium, one of the four grantees selected