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The California Lawyers Foundation (CLF) invites you to make a difference by participating in our inaugural Billable Hour Campaign. Donate the monetary equivalent of one billable hour to help us create opportunities for aspiring legal professionals and ensure access to justice for underserved communities.

For 2025, CLF plans to create two scholarship tracks:

1. Directly fund scholarships to high school students participating in law academies across the state. The twenty law academies in our CLPC system enrolls between 2,500 – 3,000 high school students annually.
2. Fund scholarships to meritorious law students.

“… I encountered my school’s law academy during my freshman year, and I knew that this was the path for me… Through connections gained from the El Dorado Law Academy, I gained chances to shadow a federal magistrate judge, watch real trials, intern for a personal injury lawyer, and much more. I had the opportunity to discover different legal programs…”
Alison Hwang

“At many moments in my High School career, … [the] Law Academy was my main source of inspiration and support. I grew very connected to and protective of the Law Academy, I went on as many field trips and took as many opportunities to learn as possible. Through Law Academy, I met many compassionate professionals who I continue to look up to.”
Angellina Querol

“… we are young people making a change; a chance the government was not doing or helping. It showed me how the law comes into play and how I can make changes myself. I learned to step up in responsibility and persevere not only by myself but also with those around me.”
Princess Leon

“I began my law and government career path with my enrollment in Richmond High School’s Law Academy, where I cultivated my passion for the intricacies and study of legal frameworks.”
Pedro Ruiz