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Free Legal Help for the Poor
For a
range of legal needs
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Everyone's entitled to
legal help, all the way to the Supreme Court for special cases
Nationwide
LawHelp
Website:
www.lawhelp.org
''As the largest source
of nationwide services, this website helps people with low and moderate
incomes to find legal resources."
A very useful, easy to understand
website. Choose from a wide range of legal needs including consumer,
domestic violence, health, housing and immigration. It also helps
immigrants by informing them of their basic legal rights in many
different languages. -MA
Legal
Services Corporation
(LSC)
3333 K Street, NW, 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20007-3522
Phone:
1-202-295-1500
Fax: 1-202-337-6797
Email:
info@lsc.gov
Website:
www.lsc.gov
"We
promote equal access to the courts by making grants for high-quality
civil legal assistance to those who otherwise could not afford it."
Although this site does not provide
direct legal aid, it guides you in your search for free legal programs
near you. You can go to "Map of LSC Programs" and click on your state.
You can also go to "Get Legal Assistance" and enter your state and
county. -MA
Citywide
The Legal Aid Society
199 Water Street
New York, NY 10038
Phone:
1-212-577-3300
Website:
www.legal-aid.org
"Provides a wide range of
legal services for people who cannot afford a lawyer. Our clients pay
nothing for the services they receive. Represents most of the juveniles
appearing in Family Court as legal guardian. Also has one of the most
diverse civil legal practices of any public interest legal organization
in the country."
Has units specializing in AIDS, immigration, housing and many
other important issues. In addition to legal services, it also works to
improve neighborhoods and communities. -LLL I agree. -MA
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When seeking legal help, doing your research is essential
can be very helpful.
Legal Services of New York
(LSNY)
350 Broadway (bet. Franklin and
Leonard Streets), 6th floor
New York, NY 10013
Phone:
1-212-431-7200
Fax:
1-212- 431-7232
Email:
communications@lsny.org
Website:
www.lsny.org
"Provides meaningful access to justice for low-income New
Yorkers. Offers legal help in civil matters such as family, housing,
benefits, consumer, and education law. Has innovative projects for
clients with HIV, elderly homeowners facing foreclosure, victims of
domestic violence, people moving off welfare, and low-income victims of
the September 11th attack."
The "Illustrative
Cases" under the "About LSNY" section show this group's hard work solving problems faced by the communities of New York.
-MA
New York Civil Liberties Union
(NYCLU)
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
Phone:
1-212-344-3005
Fax:
1-212-344-3318
Website:
www.nyclu.org
"A
not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization. Also one of the nation's
foremost defenders of civil liberties and civil rights. We represent
ordinary people who have experienced injustice and have decided to fight
back.”
Fights for the rights of people facing
injustice regardless of gender, age, race, income, religion, sexual
orientation, disability or citizenship/immigrant status. -MA
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The
judicial system is there to bring justice and equality for all
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc.
(NYLPI)
151 West 30th Street, 11th Floor
New York, New York 10001-4007
Phone:
1-212-244-4664, TDD/TYY:1-212-244-3642
Fax: 1-212-244-4570
Website:
www.nylpi.org
"A
nonprofit, civil rights law firm that strives for social justice. In
partnership with member law firms, corporate law departments and other
organizations, we help underrepresented and low-income people develop
legal strategies to serve their vision for themselves and their
communities."
Look under "About Us," and you can
easily find free legal programs, such as the Disability Law Center and
the Access to Health Care Program, that may benefit you and your
community. -MA
New York Legal Assistance Group
(NYLAG)
130 E. 59th Street bet. Park and
Lexington
New York, NY 10025
Phone:
1-212-613-5000
E-mail:
mklein@nylag.org
Website:
www.nylag.org
"A not-for-profit law firm that provides free civil legal
assistance to New York's most at-risk, low income populations, including
seniors, immigrants, victims of domestic violence, children with special
needs, people with AIDS, and others in need of legal help. Focuses on
direct legal services, advocacy through impact litigation, consultation
for social workers and their clients, community legal education, and
volunteer programs. For general legal services or immigration issues
please call on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. NYLAG attorneys are
available Monday through Friday from 9:00 A.M until 3:00 P.M."
The NYLAG is devoted to serve its clients, especially those who cannot
pay for legal help. It also deals with sensitive and important issues
such as Holocaust survivors and victims of the World Trade Center
attack. -MA