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DESCRIPTION:Open Door Legal (ODL), is an award-winning nonprofit pioneering the 
 country’s first system of universal access to legal care right here in 
 San Francisco. Over the last decade we’ve been growing across the city, 
 included here in the Western Addition, and have achieved some remarkable 
 outcomes. We believe that injustice is the heart of poverty, and we like to 
 imagine a more just society is possible.\n\nWhat would our city be like if 
 we substantially ended domestic violence, wage theft, wrongful 
 foreclosures, and all forms of illegal expropriation? The United States 
 ranks as the absolute worst high-income country in access to civil justice. 
 As a result, it is incredibly difficult for low-income people to enforce 
 their family, contract, property, and other civil rights. This leads to 
 many billions of dollars in value and earnings potentially illegally 
 expropriated from our most vulnerable neighbors every year. The most 
 cost-effective way to deter these bad actors is through the creation of a 
 system of universal access to civil legal representation. In fact, 
 universal access is the most cost-effective way overall to address poverty 
 and can save the city up to $4 dollars on emergency services for every $1 
 dollar spent on its implementation. We imagine that Open Door Legal 
 operates as an entity akin to a ‘general hospital’ in such a system, 
 focusing on building a layer of triage and general practice.\n\nAdrian 
 Tirtanadi was inspired from an early age to think systemically about 
 poverty and was moved to find solutions. This calling eventually led him to 
 conclude that universal access to legal help was the most effective way of 
 addressing poverty in America and brought him to law school. Immediately 
 after graduating, he founded Open Door Legal, which has grown almost 200x 
 in 10 years. In that time, ODL has secured over 50 million of dollars in 
 assets for low-income communities of color, and has done it with employee 
 satisfaction rates in the top 5% of all US workplaces. Adrian is a summa 
 cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland.\n\nJoin Zoom 
 Meeting\nhttps://zoom.us/j/93632449750?pwd=Zmc0TnFhbDI0b0U5RkJONjV3cUlkdz09\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/02/27/18863531.php
SUMMARY:Adrian Tirtanadi on Open Door Legal
LOCATION:1187 Franklin Street, SF, CA 94109
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/02/27/18863531.php
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