FindLaw : Lawyers & Law Firms Index: Legal Aid and Legal Services Resources
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ABA Legal Help Center
Includes lawyer referral service and information on how to get a lawyer if you can't afford one.
- Directory of Pro Bono Programs One way to find a lawyer to provide free legal representation in civil cases is by contacting a pro bono program - also known as volunteer lawyer programs.
- Legal Help for People of Modest Means Lists programs that the ABA believes are creative initiatives in the delivery of legal services to people who do not qualify for subsidized legal services and yet lack the income to retain traditional legal representation.
- Legal Services Now Newsletter From the ABA.
- How to Find A Lawyer Includes information on locating legal services and low cost options.
- Legal Services Corporation A private, non-profit corporation established by Congress to assure equal access to justice under the law for all Americans.
- National Clearinghouse for Legal Services Offers support services for legal aid attorneys and others working on behalf of the poor. Includes a comprehensive collection of poverty law documents.
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Law Help
Directory of nonprofit legal aid websites. Includes listings for all 50 states.
- AIDSLaw of Louisiana, Inc. Non-profit legal service organization for persons with AIDS and HIV disease.
- Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation Arranges pro bono representation in civil matters for financially eligible clients who are residents of Fulton County, Georgia, or who have a case pending in Fulton County.
- Atlanta Legal Aid Society Includes news, information on their activities, and community education.
- Center for Arkansas Legal Services Serving low-income persons in 32 Central and Southern Arkansas Counties by providing free legal representation in civil matters.
- Central California Legal Services Free legal assistance in California's Central Valley. Serving Fresno, Merced, Visalia, Handford, Coalinga, Sonora, Parlier, Orange Cove, and many other communities.
- Community Legal Services, Inc. Free legal services for low income residents of Santa Clara County, California.
- Cook County Bar Association Community Law Project, Inc. Pro bono community based legal service.
- Criminal Practice Clinic A program of Franklin Pierce Law Center, the Clinic represents indigent criminal defendants at the trial level in New Hampshire's state courts.
- D.C. Workers' Rights Project Free legal services to low-wage workers in Washington D.C. on employment law matters such as unpaid wages, initial EEO filings, unemployment compensation appeals, workers compensation.
- Harvard Legal Aid Bureau Practicing under the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:03, student attorneys at the Bureau provide free legal services to low-income people in Middlesex and Suffolk counties.
- Hawaii Lawyers Care Provides pro bono legal services to individuals and families throughout the State of Hawaii with the help of volunteer attorneys, paralegals, and law students.
- Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission Created so that eligible children and adults, who have a disability, could obtain legal advice and representation to protect and enforce their rights guaranteed by Illinois' mental health laws.
- Illinois Pro Bono Center Contact information for legal services programs in Illinois.
- The Impact Fund Provides funding and technical assistance for class action and impact poverty, civil rights and environmental justice litigation.
- Indian Law Clinic Established at the University of Colorado School of Law to address the legal needs of Native Americans dealing with issues that have a uniquely Indian Law dimension. Cases are handled by student attorneys, under the supervision of a licensed attorney.
- Job22 Gives free legal advice to all citizens of Bosnia - Herzegovin.
- Knoxville Legal Aid Society Provides free legal help to people who cannot afford to pay a lawyer. Serves four counties in East Tennessee: Knox, Blount, Loudon, and Sevier.
- Legal Aid Around the World information about legal aid and legal services for the poor around the world from Pine Tree Legal Assistance.
- Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. Legal services program serving low income people in Maryland.
- Legal Aid Offices in Virginia Contact information from the Virginia Law Resource Center.
- Legal Aid Services in Texas. Contact info for various legal aid programs provided by Underwood Law Library at SMU.
- Legal Aid Society of Hawaii Statewide legal service program that provides legal services in civil matters to eligible, low-income people at no charge.
- Legal Aid Society of New York City Provider of legal services to the indigent in New York City.
- Legal Assistance Society University of Virginia School of Law. A student-run, not-for-profit corporation dedicated to helping underprivileged people in Charlottesville and the surrounding area through a variety of projects.
- Legal Information Network for Cancer an organization of volunteers committed to helping cancer patients resolve non-medical issues arising from the diagnosis or treatment of cancer. Located in the greater Richmond, Virginia area.
- Legal Services of Central New York, Inc. Site includes community education materials.
- Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Mission is to provide high-quality legal assistance and equal access to justice for low-income people.
- Legal Services of North Texas Provides free legal assistance to low income persons in the Texas counties of Dallas, Ellis, Collin, Grayson, Kaufman and Rockwall.
- Legal Services Society of British Columbia Contains contact info on legal aid offices in British Columbia, Canada.
- Maricopa Self Service Center Program to help people help themselves in court. Includes court info, forms, and listings of lawyers and mediators who will help people help themselves with their cases by providing expert advice.
- National Center on Poverty Law Formerly called National Clearinghouse for Legal Services.
- National Senior Citizens Law Center Serves Legal Aid Offices and private lawyers who offer legal assistance to low-income older people. It does not accept individual clients.
- Neighborhood Legal Services - Buffalo Provides free legal services to persons with low-income and persons with disabilities. While the majority of its services are provided within Erie County, New York, NLS also provides disability-related services for all of Western New York.
- Neighborhood Legal Services - Massachusetts Provides free civil legal help to low income residents of northeastern Massachusetts. Site contains legal education materials on family law, housing law, divorce, eviction, housing conditions, landlord tenant, fair housing, discrimination, poverty law, domestic abuse protection, subsidized housing, welfare, public benefits, public assistance.
- North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services Non-profit, public service organization that serves prisoners and pre-trial detainees.
- Northwest Justice Project Free legal assistance in Washington state for low-income people. Site include legal self-help publications and links to related materials.
- Ohio State Legal Services Association Acts as general counsel to Ohio's poor. Includes Ohio legal aid directory.
- Palmetto Legal Services Free civil legal services for low income residents of South Carolina.
- Pine Tree Legal Assistance Maine's state wide provider of legal services to the poor. Site includes links to other legal service providers in the United States and Around the World .
- Pro Bono Students of America National network of law schools that fosters law student community service and encourages all future lawyers to incorporate public service into their careers.
- Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. Divided into three advocacy units: housing, public benefits and family law.
- SC Legal Services Programs Free legal services (non criminal) for low income residents of South Carolina.
- Seattle Legal Services Trained senior volunteers provide information, education and advocacy services to other seniors in the Seattle/King County area.
- Student Legal Services at Auraria Free legal services for students in Denver, Colorado.
- Utah State Bar Pro Bono Volunteer Resource Guide Lists information regarding specific pro bono projects within Utah to inform attorneys about the work and support involved in each project.
- Volunteer Lawyers Project Maine.
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