Public Counsel is the largest pro bono law firm in the nation. Public Counsel works with over 5,000 volunteer lawyers, law students and legal professionals that assist over 30,000 children, youth, families, and community organizations every year. Founded in 1970, Public Counsel is the public interest law firm of the Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations as well as the Southern California affiliate of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The substantive areas in which Public Counsel works include: veterans advocacy, appellate law, federal pro se, community development, child care, education, homelessness prevention, children’s rights, adoption, consumer protection, bankruptcy, immigration, domestic violence, human trafficking, and equal access to the law.