O.L.A. RAZA, INC.

The organization was founded in 1974 at U.C. Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco by a group of Chicano Law Students, including Porterville's Roberto and Teresa de la Rosa.
OLA Raza's Mission: is to provide legal information, education and services to disadvantaged students and poor communities.

During the first decade of service, OLA Raza increased the number of Public Interest Law Attorneys by assisting thousands of Law School applicants in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Washington and Colorado gain admission to law schools by preparing them for the Law School Admission Test and by providing them with a Summer Legal Studies Institute. OLA Raza Law Graduates participated in its Bar Exam Preparation and New Attorney Placement Project.

In 1978 OLA Raza launched its Community Preventive Legal Education Program as a grantee of the Legal Services Corporation, Washington, D.C. It has provided consultant services for LSC programs in California, New Mexico, Colorado, Georgia, and New York.

Our Business

Who We Are

In response to the need for reliable information, OLA Raza began broadcasting immigration information under its Legal Services Corporation grant in 1978.  Today, its weekly radio program Foro Sin Fronteras on
Radio Campesina is broadcast by satellite to large audiences in California, Arizona, Sonora, Mexico and the State of Washington.