2026-08-25T08:49:58-00:00 2025-12-31 203988624 ERIC HA CPA 691 Ulloa SAN FRANCISCO CA 94127 990 2025-01-01 454716513 LAWYERS FOR AMERICA LAWY 4155654676 UCLAW-SF 200 McALLISTER ST SAN FRANCISCO CA 94102 Marsha Cohen Board Secretary and Executive Direc 4155654676 2026-08-25 false ERIC HA P00933262 4153704700 2026-08-25 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Marsha Cohen 200 McAllister Street San Francisco CA 94102 184297 false X lawyersforamerica.org X 2012 CA To improve the lawyering skills of new lawyers, while expanding the availability of legal services by providing two-year work experiences fellowships in the public and nonprofit sectors. 5 5 5 5 0 0 118097 184297 0 0 118097 184297 0 0 111210 97212 0 0 4970 3220 116180 100432 1917 83865 151202 244674 9607 151202 235067 To improve the lawyering skills of new lawyers, while expanding the availability of legal services by providing two-year work experiences fellowships in the public and nonprofit sectors. false false 98760 During 2025, 9 fellows were serving either in the training or service year of their two-year fellowship experience four as student externs, five as paid employees. They worked for government law offices Solano CA Public Defender and Contra Costa CA Superior Court and legal nonprofits Center for Biological Diversity, If/When/How, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles, and Veterans Legal Institute. To date, almost 80 percent of the fellows who have completed this program remain employed with government agencies or legal nonprofits several of those who work for private law firms do work consistent with that which they did for nonprofits and government e.g., environmental and municipal law. 98760 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 5 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 5 5 true false false false false false false true true true false true true true true false false false false false CA X Marsha N Cohen 4155654676 200 McAllister Street San Francisco CA 94102 X David Faigman Board Chair 001.00 X X 0 0 0 Sandra Thompson Board Treasurer 001.00 X X 0 0 0 Marsha Cohen Secretary and Executive Director 015.00 X X 0 0 0 Jonathan Laba Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Maffei Board Member 001.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 1 Payments for Fellows 184297 184297 184297 0 0 0 0 0 0 84438 84438 0 2206 2206 10568 10568 0 0 750 750 0 0 0 0 0 319 284 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1086 976 110 CA Charitable Registry fee/Franchise tax board 95 95 Payroll processing fees 681 681 Program expenses 288 288 Rounding difference 1 1 0 100432 98760 1672 0 150702 244174 500 500 151202 244674 9607 0 9607 X 151202 235067 151202 235067 151202 244674 83865 X false false false false X 50 210 260 70716 185629 150199 118097 184297 708938 70766 185839 150199 118097 184297 709198 709198 0 0 0 0 70766 185839 150199 118097 184297 709198 1.00000 1.00000 0.00000 X Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 9 All board members can be reached at the organizations mailing address except MICHAEL MAFFEI Google, Law Enforcement and Information Security Group, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 JONATHAN LABA Contra Costa County Public Defenders Office, 2020 N. Broadway, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 SANDRA THOMPSON 580 Manzanita Way, Woodside, CA 94062. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11B A copy of the completed Form 990 was emailed to all Board members all of whom are attorneys, and they were asked to look it over and provide any comments and questions. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12b Board President - David Faigman Chancellor and Dean of UCLawSF, Board Secretary Executive Director - Marsha Cohen Professor at UCLawSF. They are both employees of UCLawSF formerly known as UC Hastings Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The board is regularly attentive to the potential for conflicts of interest. Because of the nature of our mission, the potential for such conflicts is low. When one board members employer was also a beneficiary of the program, he did not participate in determinations about, for example, changing the cost structure for hosting a fellow.