PLC Advocacy Featured in Oscar-shortlisted Documentary
An Oscar-shortlisted documentary titled “The Facility,” uses footage from pay-per-minute video calls—including ones between PLC Directing Attorney Monica Glicken and her client—from a now shuttered ICE Detention Center to provide a glimpse of the... Read More
Congrats to our very own ‘Michael Jordan’ of legal services advocacy
Reflecting On Our Impact All of us at Public Law Center wish you a joyful and safe holiday season. You have been an integral part in providing life-changing legal aid to our vulnerable neighbors... Read More
PLC’s Elizabeth Gonzalez Testifies in U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Student Loan Bankruptcy Reform
Earlier today, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Public Law Center’s Consumer Law Unit Directing Attorney, appeared before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to give voice to PLC clients and other low-income debtors. Informed by both the over... Read More
PLC Client Kennedy Commission Awarded $3.5 Million in Attorneys’ Fees for Advocacy in Huntington Beach Low-Income Housing Case
Huntington Beach, July 22, 2021 – In a major victory, Public Law Center client and partner organization, Kennedy Commission was awarded over $3.5 million in attorneys’ fees for its advocacy in its years-long legal battle... Read More
Remembering 2007 Attorney of the Year John Hurlbut
Remembering John Hurlbut(June 14, 1939 - June 15, 2021)Yesterday morning John B. Hurlbut, Jr. of Rutan & Tucker passed away after a long and courageous battle with cancer.John began his career with Rutan in 1964... Read More
PLC Statement on Tragedy in Georgia and Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Incidents
Public Law Center’s staff and board of directors are heartbroken by the murders of eight people, including six Asian American women, in Georgia on March 16. These horrific crimes marks over a year of increased... Read More