The East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) will help provide legal assistance to children and families in five Oakland public middle schools in partnership with “Elev8 Oakland,” a national program offering educational, health, and family support services. EBCLC has hired a full-time staff attorney to supervise Berkeley Law students involved. More than 85 percent of students at the Elev8 Oakland schools live in poverty and face challenges such as violence, safety concerns, drugs, health problems, and parents with low levels of education and high levels of unemployment. All five schools have Academic Performance Indexes well below California’s target of 800.