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- Alabama Center for Justice
Providing legal assistance for disadvantaged individuals who are unable to afford quality representation, and are being denied access to effective and unrestricted legal assistance.
- Arizona Bar Foundation
Arizona
- Center for Arkansas Legal Services
Non-profit law firm providing free legal representation in civil matters to low income persons in central and southern Arkansas.
- First Amendment Project
First Amendment non-profit law firm, working to preserve, protect and defend everyone's right to learn about, participate in and comment on their government and public affairs.
- Equal Rights Advocates
Public interest, nonprofit women's law center in San Francisco that fights for the economic, social and political equality of women and girls.
- Pacific Legal Foundation
California-based legal libertarian legal foundation .
- Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Providing legal advice and representation for low income seniors in Los Angeles, focusing on prevention of elder abuse. Also offering online guides to nursing homes, Medicare and Social Security.
- Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County
The oldest and largest legal office serving the low income Santa Clara county residents.
- Legal Aid Society of Orange County, California
Free legal services for Orange County's poor and elderly, for housing, health, education and consumer problems.
- Public Counsel's Pro Bono Online
The public interest law firm of the Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Bar Associations, and the Southern California affiliate of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Attorneys, volunteers lawyers, law students and legal professionals assist low income families and individuals, as well as eligible community organizations.
- Orange County Public Defender
Provides legal representation to those unable to afford a lawyer in criminal, juvenile, mental health and dependency cases. Located in Orange County.
- Appellate Defenders, Inc.
A not-for-profit law firm in San Diego that administers the indigent representation system for criminal and selected civil appeals for the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Apppellate District.
- Colorado Springs Legal Assistance Project
Helping people of limited means afford an attorney for divorce, child custody case, bankrutpcy, and minor legal matters.
- Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Representing Atlanta's poor in civil legal cases.
- Southeastern Legal Foundation
An Atlanta-based public interest law firm which advocates limited government, individual economic freedom, and the free enterprise system in the courts of law an public opinion.
- Legal Aid in Georgia
Legal services and information for low income families in the State of Georgia.
- Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
Dedicated to providing representation for low-income individuals.
- Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii
Services for low-income families and individuals throughout the state.
- Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc.
Information regarding the organization, its office locations, and available services, as well as providing legal information.
- Illinois Legal Aid Organizations
This web site provides information to Illinois residents about available legal services for non-criminal problems and provides client educational materials.
- Chicago Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
A non-profit legal advocacy and services organization working on issues that affect poor and minority communities.
- AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
A non-profit providing a full spectrum of sensitive, quality legal services to financially needy people affected by HIV.
- Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for Legal Services | CARPLS
Provides prompt referrals by telephone to appropriate legal, government and social service organizations in the metropolitan Chicago area and limited legal counsel and advice.
- Prairie State Legal Services
A legal aid society providing free legal services in civil legal cases to low-income and elderly persons in 30 northern Illinois counties.
- Leadership Council
Striving to eliminate discrimination and segregation in housing in Metropolitan Chicago.
- Community Law Project, Inc.
A legal aid society which through volunteer African American lawyers provides to low-income African Americans free legal services in civil cases in the areas of Landlord-Tenant Law, Consumer Law, Umemployment Compensation Law and Family Law.
- AIDSLaw of Louisiana
Providing direct legal services to those suffering from AIDS and HIV disease.
- New Orleans Pro Bono Project
Through volunteer efforts of the private bar, providing free, quality, civil legal services to indigent persons in the Jefferson, Orleans, and St. Bernard parishes.
- Pine Tree Legal Assistance
Free legal services for low income residents of Maine, for non-criminal matters.
- Women's Law Center of Maryland
Non-profit established to meet the legal needs of women, especially in the area of family law and in the workplace.
- Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.
Provides free civil legal assistance to low-income residents of Maryland in areas of family, consumer, housing, public benefits and other civil matters.
- Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
Legal rights organization for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and people living with HIV. Serving New England from headquarters in Boston.
- Suffolk Lawyers For Justice, Inc.
Non-profit organization, based in Boston, delivering criminal defense services to indigent persons accused of crimes in Suffolk County.
- Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service, Inc.
A private,non-profit organization designated by the Governor to protect and promote the human and legal rights of people with disabilities in Michigan.
- Legal Services of Eastern Michigan
Information about poverty law
- Michigan Legal Assistance Network
MLAN is a guide to free civil legal services for low-income persons and seniors in Michigan. MLAN contains information on all of the free legal aid programs in Michigan including basic eligibility and contact information and legal education documents.
- Legal Aid and Defender Association Inc
A non profit organization, providing free legal services to people of low and moderate income in Wayne and Metropolitan Detroit.
- Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota
Providing free legal advice and representation to low income people who live in Northeastern Minnesota.
- Education Law Center, Inc.
Public interest law firm specializing in the reform of elementary and secondary school systems in New Jersey. Provides free legal representation to low-income parents who encounter problems in areas such as special education, school discipline, school residency, and bilingual education.
- Legal Services of New Jersey
Independent, non-profit organization, coordinating the statewide Legal Services system, to provide free legal assistance to low-income people in civil matters.
- Legal Action Center
Fighting discrimination against people with AIDS, criminal records, and histories of addiction, from our New York City office.
- Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
Not-for-profit agency located in Buffalo, providing free legal services to persons with low-income and persons with disabilities.
- Lawyers Alliance for New York
LANY provides business legal services to nonprofits in New York City.
- Nassau Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc.
Non-profit, community based poverty law program providing legal assistance in civil (non-criminal) matters to low income people throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties in New York State.
- inMotion Inc.
A non-profit organization providing free legal services to economically disadvantaged women.
- North Central Legal Assistance Program
Providing free legal assistance in civil matters to low-income residents of north central North Carolina.
- Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Non-profit organization, providing free legal services to low-income people in the counties of Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain, Ashtabula, and Geauga. Based in Cleveland.
- Advocates for Basic Legal Equality
Non-profit law firm serving Northwest Ohio which provides legal assistance in civil matters to help eligible low income individuals and groups.
- Lane County Legal Services Programs
Legal aid, advocacy, and senior law service, located in Eugene, providing civil legal assistance to low-income persons and senior citizens.
- Center for Disability Law & Policy
A non-profit law center that provides advocacy and legal services to individuals with disabilities throughout Pennsylvania and represents individuals with claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
- Juvenile Law Center
Non-profit organization that advocates for the rights of children in Pennsylvania, primarily in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems.
- Community Legal Services, Inc.
Providing legal advice and representation for civil matters, to low-income residents of Philadelphia.
- South Carolina Environmental Law Project
Nonprofit organization, working to protect the natural environment of South Carolina by providing legal services and advice to environmental groups and concerned citizens, and by improving the state's system of environmental regulation.
- Palmetto Legal Services
Free legal services to the qualified poor on non-criminal matters, in the South Carolina Midlands.
- Knoxville Legal Aid Society
Publicly funded law office providing free legal services to low income people living in one of four counties in east Tennessee: Knox, Blount, Loudon, and Sevier.
- Texas Justice Foundation
TJF provides free legal representation in landmark cases in protect individual rights, limit government to its appropriate role, and promote a better business climate for job growth in Texas.
- Center for Individual Rights
Non-profit law firm defending of individual rights, with particular emphasis on civil rights, freedom of speech, the free exercise of religion, and sexual harassment law.
- Virginia Legal Aid Society
Provides legal assistance to low income individuals in civil cases throughout the Central, Southside, and Western Tidewater areas. Based in Lynchburg.
- Society of Counsel Representing Accused Persons
Providing legal representation to indigent residents of King County.
- D.C. Employment Justice Center
Advocates for low-wage workers in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, providing online information including the D.C. Workers' Rights Manual and links on subjects including employment law, job training, and welfare to work.
- The Children's Law Center
Nonprofit corporation providing free legal services to children, families and foster caregivers in the District of Columbia.
- First Judicial Circuit Public Defender Corporation
Providing indigent criminal defense services for the First Judicial Circuit of West Virginia, and offering a listing of public defenders, judges, law, articles on justice, local legal history.
- Wisconsin Judicare, Inc.
Non-profit law firm, providing free legal services in civil matters to qualified low income persons in northern Wisconsin.
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