Please join the Unemployment Law Project for a virtual night of music, featuring performances from artists Chuck Jacot (Cello), Jennifer Hammill (Piano), and Tom & Virginia Dziekonski (Violin & Cello). The ULP will be raising funds to meet the surge in need for unemployment legal assistance in the wake of… Continue reading
Webinar Recording Please join us for this free webinar as we discuss how COVID-19 has affected unemployment benefits in Seattle and King County. The program includes an update on new unemployment rules, followed by a live Q&A with the audience. Sponsored by Seattle King County NAACP and the Unemployment Law… Continue reading
The free webinar will include updates on TANF, food assistance, Social Security, and unemployment insurance. Featuring Madeleine Harnois (Benefits Law Center), Grete Schultz (Solid Ground), and John Tirpak (Unemployment Law Project). It is open to the general public. There will be a live Q&A following brief statements. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMucuqvqTIpH9Ci8xul8H495xnPPMjWzgZc Continue reading
코로나-19 실업수당 관련 궁금증이 있습니까? Unemployment Law Project에서 4월 21일(화) 오후 2시에 진행하는 한국어 웨비나에 참여하신다면, 원하시는 답변을 얻을 수 있습니다. 웨비나는 모든 분들이 입장가능하며, 아래 링크로 참여해 주세요. 4월21일 화요일 오후 2시 아래 링크를 통하여 참여 하실 수 있습니다: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82583676122 Have questions about COVID-19 and unemployment benefits? The Unemployment… Continue reading
¿Tiene preguntas sobre el COVID-19 y los beneficios de desempleo? ¡El Proyecto de la Ley de Desempleo está organizando un seminario web con video en Español el martes, 19 de mayo a las 5 de la tarde! Por favor, venga y aprenda con nosotros mientras hablamos con Danielle Alvarado, Legal… Continue reading
Please join us as we answer questions about how the Coronavirus is affecting unemployment benefits. This webinar is open to the general public. We will be taking questions from participants. Mondays at 12:00 PM PDT at https://bit.ly/webinar-ulp Recordings of previous webinars: Continue reading
Listen to the webinar recording here! Please view our webinar where we answered questions about how the Coronavirus is affecting unemployment benefits. This webinar was open to the general public. Continue reading
Let’s have a [virtual] get together! Join us for a virtual happy hour as we raise money to advocate for those left unemployed by COVID-19. Featuring a live musical performance by Whitney Mongé! STREAM LIVE at bit.ly/ulp-virtual. Continue reading
Filing weekly claims but not yet receiving benefits? Spending hours on hold with ESD? Contact your legislators to tell them about your experiences. Help our politicians make changes to our unemployment system. TAKE ACTION – CLICK HERE!
The Unemployment Law Project provides low-cost representation and free advice and counsel to people in Washington State who have been denied unemployment benefits or whose award of benefits is being challenged.
With offices in Seattle and Spokane, Washington, we offer our services to anyone with a Washington State claim. Learn More »
Donations make up about one-third of our annual budget. We absolutely rely on the generosity of individuals like you who support our work. Please consider making a donation today.
We rely on the assistance of volunteers for an array of tasks, from clerical tasks to representation of claimants at administrative hearings. We provide training and on-going supervision.
Since its founding, ULP has advocated not only for individual clients, but for protecting and strengthening the employment security rights of the more than four million current and future workers now living in Washington State. Rocky economic conditions, recessions, budget battles, and anti-worker politics can undercut or chip away at those rights. In addition, just ahead lie nationwide structural changes in employment—because of globalization, robotics, and the gig economy—that will pose even greater challenges to employment security. Continue reading
We Need Volunteer Attorneys!
Help ULP handle the surge in appeals by representing a claimant at a hearing pro bono. Send name and contact info to apaxton@ulproject.org
