There are over 3.2 million people living in San Diego County, many of whom cannot afford legal representation and need assistance when trying to navigate through complicated court proceedings. As they do in the Bay Area and in Los Angeles, JusticeCorps members in San Diego make an impact by providing information, referrals, and assistance with forms completion.
Since it began in 2007, the San Diego JusticeCorps program has served more than 100,000 self-represented litigants, and graduated 400 JusticeCorps alumni.
JusticeCorps members will be trained to provide legal information to self–represented litigants to assist them with resolving important legal matters. JusticeCorps members assist litigants by helping litigants prepare court paperwork, by making referrals, or through assistance at a legal information workshop. Members will receive training in a variety of areas to support and enhance the member’s service to the public as well as training that will support the member’s individual development. Members will be placed at one of a number service locations located throughout the County of San Diego.
JusticeCorps Graduate Fellowship (1700-hr AmeriCorps Member) Program
JusticeCorps Fellows are college graduates who serve with the courts full-time for one year. The program will begin in August 2024, and hours must be completed by August 2025.
JusticeCorps Legal Access Intern (300-hr AmeriCorps Member) Program
This program is open to students enrolled at any of our participating campuses, University of California, San Diego, San Diego State University or California State University, San Marcos.
JusticeCorps College Student members provide 300 hours of service. The program will begin in September 2024 and hours will be completed by the end of the student's academic year (May or June, 2025).
San Diego JusticeCorps recruits the majority of its members from students attending JusticeCorps’ partner universities. Students can meet JusticeCorps program staff at campus job fairs, and can also learn about the program through their campus service learning center:
Each partner also has a campus-based university representative who works on outreach and recruitment and supports members throughout their service year. Our university reps—all of whom are enrolled students and most of whom are JusticeCorps alumni—provide support to the program staff throughout the service year while also acting as peer mentors for the cohort of members from their university.
