Acacia Center For Justice

The legal access & orientation programs (lao) deliver legal orientations and self-help workshops about immigration court procedures to adults, adult caregivers of children, and families in dhs custody and in removal proceedings to help them better understand what to expect in court. These programs are comprised of:- legal orientation program, delivering legal orientations and self-help workshops about immigration court procedures to adult individuals in dhs custody to help them prepare to represent themselves in immigration court;- legal orientation program for custodians of unaccompanied children, providing legal orientation presentations to adult caregivers (custodians/sponsors) of non-detained unaccompanied children in eoir removal proceedings;- immigration court helpdesk, delivering legal orientations and self-help workshops to non-detained individuals in removal proceedings to help them better understand what to expect in immigration court and prepare to represent themselves; and- family group legal orientation program, providing legal orientation presentations and self-help workshops to family groups in removal proceedings to help them better understand what to expect in court and prepare to represent themselves.

Through capacity building programs, acacia works with partners to expand organizational resources to meet demand for legal services throughout the u.s. The programs are comprised of: -attorney recruitment project places experienced and new attorneys in legal service providers to bolster the capacity of these critical services.- policy and outreach encompass policy analysis, research, lobbying, and government relations to advance and grow public support for acacia's work.