Asian Outreach Unit

The Asian Outreach Unit provides outreach, community legal education, and direct services to Asian immigrants in GBLS' service area in order to overcome linguistics and cultural barriers.  AOU conducts intake, advice and referrals for all substantive law areas handled by GBLS, and represents eligible clients in the following areas:

1. housing

2. domestic violence and family

3. employment

4. benefits

5. immigration.

Program staff speak Cantonese, Mandarin, and Vietnamese, and are assisted by student interns funded by the Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund. Interpreters for other Asian languages may be hired as needed.