Legal/Financial

What do you need? What do you want? Learn creative, thrifty ways to set a budget and bridge the gap between what your needs and wants in this free personal finance workshop with Ashwini Vaidya.

Ashwini Vaidya (Ash) is a neighborhood mom, coach, actuary, and dabbler with lots of interests. She adults the best way she can while still taking a childlike joy and fascination with people, places, and things like crafts. Getting what she wants (and sometimes what she needs) in a way that is creative whenever possible by making more things possible with her available resources.

Legal Access Alameda has ended this program

All remaining Lawyers in the Library appointments are filled until the program concludes as of July 2024. 

For legal help, resources, and referrals, please view the information below.  

*** Starting July 2024, Legal Access Alameda will no longer offer the Lawyers in the Library program at Berkeley Public Library or other Alameda County-based library systems.

Finding Scholarships that Fit.

This is part 2 of 2 Scholarship Workshops with Becca Lippman. The first session will be at Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch on Thursday, April 4 on the topic College Scholarship Basics.

For part 2 of 2 Scholarship Workshops with Becca Lippman, we'll meet at Claremont Branch on Thursday, April 11 for:  Finding Scholarships that Fit.

In this introductory workshop, Becca Lippman demystifies the complex networks and application processes related to scholarships. She will break-down the complex landscape of scholarships for college and introduce an approach towards navigating merit and community-based scholarships. Participants will gain a clear understanding of where scholarships come from, why they often feel difficult to find, and what the realistic timeline is when it comes to seeking and winning scholarships for college.

HERA (Housing & Economic Rights Advocates) staff attorney Irene Zhu explains key estate planning concerns and documents that will help you address handling your belongings and your health the way you want to.

Those documents include:

Legal Access Alameda has ended this program

All remaining Lawyers in the Library appointments are filled until the program concludes as of July 2024. 

For legal help, resources, and referrals, please view the information below.  

*** Starting July 2024, Legal Access Alameda will no longer offer the Lawyers in the Library program at Berkeley Public Library or other Alameda County-based library systems.

The Lawyers in the Library program is a free information and referral program staffed by volunteer lawyers and hosted by libraries throughout Alameda County. If legal help is required, people are referred to  other agencies. The program is co-sponsored by Alameda County Bar Association, Legal Access Alameda.

This program does not take place onsite at the library. We are able to offer a limited number of phone appointments, on three Thursday evenings a month. Appointments usually run for about 10-15 minutes.

The Lawyers in the Library program is a free information and referral program staffed by volunteer lawyers and hosted by libraries throughout Alameda County. If legal help is required, people are referred to  other agencies. The program is co-sponsored by Alameda County Bar Association, Legal Access Alameda.

This program does not take place onsite at the library. We are able to offer a limited number of phone appointments, on three Thursday evenings a month. Appointments usually run for about 10-15 minutes.

The Lawyers in the Library program is a free information and referral program staffed by volunteer lawyers and hosted by libraries throughout Alameda County. If legal help is required, people are referred to  other agencies. The program is co-sponsored by Alameda County Bar Association, Legal Access Alameda.

This program does not take place onsite at the library. We are able to offer a limited number of phone appointments, on three Thursday evenings a month. Appointments usually run for about 10-15 minutes.