Bay Area Legal Aid
Odilla Sidime currently serves as the Interim Supervising Attorney at Bay Area Legal Aid, advocating for the legal needs of youth while assisting in the supervision and support of attorneys. Previous experience includes roles as Senior Attorney and Conflict Management Specialist at RESOLVE Conflict Management Services, alongside significant mediation and facilitation work with the Bar Association of San Francisco. Notable past positions encompass managing special education cases as Special Counsel at Dannis Woliver Kelley, Staff Attorney at East Bay Children's Law Offices, and Program Coordinator for Oakland Unified School District. Odilla Sidime also has experience as a solo practitioner and as the Founder/CEO of Pretty Practical Productions LLC. Odilla Sidime holds a Juris Doctor degree from Santa Clara University School of Law, certificates in mediation from Community Boards of San Francisco and Sacramento Mediation Center, and a Bachelor’s degree in English Writing from the University of San Francisco.
Bay Area Legal Aid
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Bay Area Legal Aid (BayLegal) ensures fairness in the civil justice system for the most vulnerable members of our community. From Silicon Valley to Napa Valley, we help clients protect their livelihoods, their health, and their families. Our clients include the working poor, families with children, foster youth, seniors, immigrants, veterans, and persons with disabilities. Through our regional county offices, our mobile advocacy clinics, and our nationally-recognized Legal Advice Line, BayLegal prevents domestic violence and sexual assault, increases economic stability, protects consumers, expands access to healthcare, and prevents homelessness. For our clients, BayLegal makes the difference between staying in poverty and thriving toward a brighter future. We provide low-income clients with free civil legal assistance, including legal advice and counsel, effective referrals, and legal representation. We are the largest civil legal aid provider serving seven Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara. BayLegal thrives on our diversity and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culturally diverse workplace and strongly encourage women, persons of color, LGBTQ individuals, veterans, persons with disabilities, and persons from other underrepresented groups to apply. Join us: https://baylegal.org/get-involved/employment-opportunities/