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Live-in Domestic Worker Wins Settlement in Federal Lawsuit Against Wealthy Peninsula Couple
For four years Vilma Serralta, a 71-year old immigrant from El Salvador, worked more than 80 hours a week as a live-in housekeeper and nanny in the nearly 10,000-square foot Atherton home of Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sakhawat Khan and his wife Roomy, a private investor. Read more
LAS–ELC Senior Staff Attorney Claudia Center Receives the ABA’s 2009 Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights
The American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law awarded the 2009 Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights to Claudia B. Center, Senior Staff Attorney for the Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center and head of its Disability Rights program.
The Hearne Award for Disability Rights is presented each year to an individual or organization that has performed exemplary service in furthering the rights, dignity and access to justice for some 54 million Americans with disabilities. Read more
LAS–ELC Bayview / Fillmore Employment Law Clinic To Open
The LAS–ELC is establishing a new employment law clinic for residents of San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point and Western Addition neighborhoods. The clinics will be housed in community centers in each location where attorneys and experts in employment law will conduct outreach in the community to target the most pressing needs of residents and will work with community partners to develop responsive educational programs such as workshops, trainings, and self-help guides. Read more