Work With Us
Join our mission to provide quality legal services for low-income residents, children, and disadvantaged groups while discovering remote-friendly opportunities to do so.
Application Process: Submit a resume, a one-page description of litigation experience, three professional references, a writing sample, and a cover letter detailing your interest in the position to Executive Assistant Mandy Silvestris at [email protected]. We are an equal-opportunity employer.
Volunteer Opportunity
2026 Summer Volunteer Opportunity
The Legal Aid Society of the OCBA, Inc. is currently seeking law student volunteers for its Summer 2026 Self-Help Center Forms Assistance Project. This opportunity allows students to gain hands-on legal experience by assisting self-represented litigants with family law court forms while working alongside Legal Aid attorneys and staff. Volunteers will gain real client interaction, practical skills, and valuable public interest experience. No experience is required and training will be provided. Applications are open through May 25, 2026.
Available Job Positions
LAS-OCBA Pro Bono Fellowship
The Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, Inc. (LAS) and the Orange County Bar Association, Inc. (OCBA) invite private law firms to partner with us in a unique law student fellowship program. In the true traditions of the LAS and the OCBA, this initiative bridges public service and private practice, allowing law students to gain valuable experience in both sectors while fostering collaboration amongst law schools, LAS, and private firm communities.
Participating firms will host a talented law student fellow throughout the semester. The student will help the attorney in their private practice cases while also supporting the supervising attorney in their LAS pro bono efforts. This partnership enriches the legal profession, greatly increases law student skills, and supports the development of future attorneys committed to both professionalism and justice. The fellow’s stipend will be paid by LAS. LAS will also cover the fellow under LAS’s liability insurance for pro bono work performed during that time.
Fall and Spring Semester Options:
- Duration: 16 continuous weeks during the Spring or Fall semester
- Hours: Minimum of 10 hours per week for 16 continuous weeks; schedule determined by private firm placement. At least some of the hours over the course of the fellowship must be spent exclusively on LAS pro bono work.
- Compensation: Compensation depends on the number of hours worked over the course of the fellowship (Minimum $3,000 for 160 hours)
Summer Semester Length and Compensation:
- Duration: 10 continuous weeks during the Summer semester
- Hours: Minimum of 20 hours per week for 10 continuous weeks; schedule determined by private firm placement. At least some of the hours over the course of the fellowship must be spent exclusively on LAS pro bono work.
- Compensation: $Compensation depends on the number of hours worked over the course of the fellowship (Minimum $3,750 for 200 hours).
