PRESENTERS: Rocio Avila, Workers' Rights Co-Coordinator, La Raza Centro Legal, Maria Echaveste, Lecturer in Residence, University of California Berkeley School of Law, Vilma Serralta, Worker Organizer and Plaintiff in Serralta v. Kahn, Jill Shenkar, Lead Organizer, National Domestic Workers' Alliance

More than a million and a half domestic workers labor in United States households. Many have limited English skills and are not aware of employment laws designed to protect them. Come hear from workers, advocates, and a former senior White House and Department of Labor official about the importance of valuing domestic workers, conditions under which domestic workers are forced to labor, recent lawsuits to vindicate the rights of domestic workers, and the movement underway to secure fuller rights for domestic workers at the state, federal and international level.

Bring your lunch and join the 28th season of talks on current legal and social issues. The Elizabeth J. Cabraser Summer Brown Bag Series, named in honor of a distinguished attorney and friend of the Society, strives to present a wide spectrum of topics and views. Opinions expressed by the speakers do not necessarily reflect those of the Society's Board and staff or its underwriters.

The Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center is a California MCLE approved provider. All sessions are approved for 1.5 hours of MCLE credit and are free and open to the public.

For further information about Brown Bag Lectures, please call (415) 864-8848. Interpretive services can be provided with 72 hours notice.

All lectures take place on Tuesdays from 12:00 to 1:30 pm at the offices at 600 Harrison Street (@ 2nd Street), Suite 120, San Francisco, California 94107.