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Equal Access To Justice For All Washingtonians You can help support this web site and other legal assistance that NJP provides through your online contribution to Legal Aid For Washington Fund (LAW Fund) or designate your donation to specifically support the Laurel Rubin Farmworker Justice Internship. phone in a donation - (206) 623-5261 Printer-Friendly Donation Form [mail in a donation] Legal Aid for Washington Fund (LAW Fund) exists solely to ensure the promise of equal justice for all in Washington State, regardless of financial standing or position. By raising private charitable dollars to create a stable base of financial support for civil legal aid programs statewide, LAW Fund defends the commitment and conviction to this fundamental ideal of democracy. In every community in Washington, low-income people face urgent civil legal problems. Inadequate resources make it impossible for more than 85 percent to receive legal assistance. This can mean the difference between shelter and homelessness, employment and unemployment, food stamps and hunger, financial stability and bankruptcy -- situations few higher-income people would have to accept. Sadly, justice for those who can afford a lawyer often looks different than justice for those who can't. The Laurel Rubin Farmworker Justice Internship Fund : LAW Fund's solitary
restricted, annually-supported fund, honors the memory of Laurel Rubin,
a Northwest Justice Project attorney who died tragically while traveling
to meet with farmworker clients in 1998. The Fund supports a ten to twelve
week summer internship providing a law student the opportunity to work
for farmworkers' rights in Washington State. The law student works under
the supervision of Columbia Legal Services attorneys (www.columbialegal.org). The financial support that LAW Fund receives from individuals, law firms, foundations, corporations and organizations is the backbone of private funding for civil legal services for the poor in Washington state. Financial contributions to LAW Fund enable the programs, which serve people in need, to continue building a structure and network of service providers working together toward the common goal: Equal Access To Justice For All Washingtonians LAW Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Contributions to LAW Fund are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law. The Older Americans Act requires us to advise clients over age 60 that they may make a voluntary donation to support legal services if they choose to do so. Donations may be made out to "LAW Fund". Donations may be sent to: LAW Fund and the Campaign for Equal Justice Your decision about whether to donate or not to donate will have no bearing
on whether you receive help from the Northwest Justice Project. Thank
you.
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