Welcome to our web site, and thank you for taking the time to learn
more about our Center. The Organization for the Legal Advancement
of Raza, Inc. Is best known in the community as OLA RAZA.
The organization was founded in 1974 at U.C. Hastings College of the Law in
San Francisco by a group of Chicano Law Students, including
Porterville's Roberto and Teresa de la Rosa.
OLA Raza's Mission: is to provide legal information, education and
services to disadvantaged students and poor communities.
OLA Raza's Immigrants Rights Centers in Porterville, Visalia and
Bakersfield have assisted tens of thousands of families attain the
American dream of becoming eligible for United States citizenship. The
organization has established a Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Project and Children's Defense and Education Fund, a Migrant/Rural
Leadership Project and a Social Justice Institute that operate from
Porterville.
more about our Center. The Organization for the Legal Advancement
of Raza, Inc. Is best known in the community as OLA RAZA.
The organization was founded in 1974 at U.C. Hastings College of the Law in
San Francisco by a group of Chicano Law Students, including
Porterville's Roberto and Teresa de la Rosa.
OLA Raza's Mission: is to provide legal information, education and
services to disadvantaged students and poor communities.
OLA Raza's Immigrants Rights Centers in Porterville, Visalia and
Bakersfield have assisted tens of thousands of families attain the
American dream of becoming eligible for United States citizenship. The
organization has established a Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
Project and Children's Defense and Education Fund, a Migrant/Rural
Leadership Project and a Social Justice Institute that operate from
Porterville.
Areas of Expertise
During the first decade of service, OLA Raza increased the number of Public
Interest Law Attorneys by assisting thousands of Law School applicants in
California, Arizona, New Mexico, Washington and Colorado gain admission
to law schools by preparing them for the Law School Admission Test and by
providing them with a Summer Legal Studies Institute. OLA Raza Law
Graduates participated in its Bar Exam Preparation and New Attorney
Placement Project.
In 1978 OLA Raza launched its Community Preventive Legal Education
Program as a grantee of the Legal Services Corporation, Washington, D.C. It
has provided consultant services for LSC programs in California, New
Mexico, Colorado, Georgia, and New York.
In response to the need for reliable information, OLA Raza began
broadcasting immigration information under its Legal Services Corporation
grant in 1978. Today, its weekly radio program Foro Sin Fronteras on
Radio Campesina is broadcast by satellite to large audiences in California,
Arizona, Sonora, Mexico and the State of Washington.
Interest Law Attorneys by assisting thousands of Law School applicants in
California, Arizona, New Mexico, Washington and Colorado gain admission
to law schools by preparing them for the Law School Admission Test and by
providing them with a Summer Legal Studies Institute. OLA Raza Law
Graduates participated in its Bar Exam Preparation and New Attorney
Placement Project.
In 1978 OLA Raza launched its Community Preventive Legal Education
Program as a grantee of the Legal Services Corporation, Washington, D.C. It
has provided consultant services for LSC programs in California, New
Mexico, Colorado, Georgia, and New York.
In response to the need for reliable information, OLA Raza began
broadcasting immigration information under its Legal Services Corporation
grant in 1978. Today, its weekly radio program Foro Sin Fronteras on
Radio Campesina is broadcast by satellite to large audiences in California,
Arizona, Sonora, Mexico and the State of Washington.
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| Employment Based Visas |
| Adjustment of Status | |
| VAWA Cases |
| Citizenship |
| Work Permits | |
O.L.A. RAZA, INC.
Organization for the Legal Advancement of Raza
Organization for the Legal Advancement of Raza
IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS CENTER
Centro De Derechos De Inmigrantes
Centro De Derechos De Inmigrantes
About the Center
Making the Legal
System Accessible
to the Spanish
Speaking and New
Immigrants.
System Accessible
to the Spanish
Speaking and New
Immigrants.
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Serving The Community Since 1974
