Grants to California Organizations for Programs that
Promote Education and Diversity in Labor Law

Description: Request a Grant Writer

Grants of up to $5,000 to California nonprofits and organizations for programs, projects, and events that promote diversity in the field of employment or labor law, as well as provide education to the general public or practitioners of all backgrounds in the practice of labor and employment law.

Specifically, the Labor and Employment Law Section provides grants that:

To obtain funding for a particular project or event, the requesting organization must ensure that the project or event has at least one of the following goals:

- To educate practitioners of all backgrounds in the practice of labor and employment law;
- To promote persons of diverse backgrounds in the population of practitioners in the area of employment or labor law; or
- To educate the general public about labor and employment law.

The Grant Subcommittee of the Labor and Employment Section will evaluate requests for funding based on the following criteria:

- The extent to which the proposed program or event will advance the goals set forth above;
- The extent to which the proposed program or event will increase membership in the Labor and Employment Law Section;
- The extent to which the proposed program or event will publicize the projects undertaken by the Labor and Employment Law Section;
- The extent to which the proposed program or event provides a service that is not currently being offered by other organizations;
- Whether the proposed program or event will result in Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit to attendees; and
- If the requesting organization has previously received grants from the Labor & Employment Law Section, the extent to which the goals of the Grant Program have been satisfied in the past.