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Happy Retirement, Deb!
Having devoted her entire career to the legal services community and the lower income clients it serves, Managing Attorney, Deborah Collins steps down. Her tenacious advocacy, incomparable knowledge, outstanding litigation skills and devotion to her clients are unparalleled. We will miss her, and we will do our best to honor her legacy. Learn More Here.
Who We Are
The Public Interest Law Project (PILP) provides crucial litigation and advocacy support to local legal services and public interest law programs throughout California. Our work brings affordable housing to lower income families and homeless people, provides access to services and public benefits for lower income persons and persons with disabilities, and protects neglected and abused children and persons displaced by major disasters and government action. Learn more
News and Updates
Mountain View, CA – May 18, 2017 – The Public Interest Law Project along with Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Stanford Community Law Clinic, and Fenwick & West (Counsel team) secured an important victory for renter protection and … Read more
Los Angeles, CA – May 17, 2017 – A developer may not convert a Costa Mesa residential motel to a luxury apartment complex by circumventing planning and zoning requirements for affordable housing, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled last
Mountain View, CA — On April 5, 2017, Mountain View tenants, proponents of Measure V and advocacy groups won a major victory when the Santa Clara County Superior Court denied the California Apartment Association’s (CAA) request for a preliminary … Read more
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Experienced Litigation Attorney
The Public Interest Law Project has a rare opening for an experienced litigator and advocate at an absolutely critical time for lower income people and communities.
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