Community Legal Education & Outreach Provider of the Year – Mercedes, 2026
TRLA’s mission is to provide exceptional legal advice and representation to impoverished people. Founded in 1970 to represent Texas farmworkers, TRLA is one of the nation’s largest legal aid providers. TRLA provides free civil legal services to residents in 68 Southwest Texas counties and represents migrant and seasonal farm workers throughout and in six other southern states. TRLA serves about 23,000 clients each year. However, more than 2.6 million Southwest Texas residents are eligible for TRLA services, a ratio of almost 21,000 potential clients per legal aid lawyer. As a result, thousands of low-income Texans still lack access to civil legal representation.
