Civil Legal Services

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL DOES NOT SUPPORT, ENDORSE, OR PROVIDE OFFICIAL REFERRALS TO ANY OF THESE GROUPS OR WEBSITES. THEY ARE PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

National

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, LEGAL SERVICES
www.abanet.org/legalservices/public.html
Consumer Guide to Legal Help found on their website

LAWHELP
www.lawhelp.org/

LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
www.lsc.gov/
3333 K Street, NW, 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20007-3522
(202) 295-1500

PINE TREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE
www.ptla.org/links
Legal Service organizations listed by state can be found at their website

Massachusetts

Harvard Clinics/Student Practice Organizations

WILMERHALE LEGAL SERVICES CENTER
www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/lsc
122 Boylston Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 522-3003
The Center is a general practice law office and a clinical practice learning facility for Harvard Law School students. Each student practices under the supervision of a clinical instructor to offer civil legal assistance in the following units: community enterprise, housing, family and children, and general practice.

HARVARD LEGAL AID BUREAU
www.law.harvard.edu/studorgs/hlab
Baker House
Cambridge, MA 0213
(617) 495-4408
Provides free legal services to low-income people in Middlesex and Suffolk counties with landlord/tenant, consumer, domestic relations, and public benefits law.

HARVARD MEDIATION PROGRAM
www.law.harvard.edu/studorgs/hmp
Austin Hall, Room 002, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-1854
Serves the greater Boston community. Provides volunteer mediators in six area district courts. Small claims, landlord-tenant, criminal, civil and parent-child cases.

TENANT ADVOCACY PROJECT
www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/tap
Austin Hall, Room 009, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-4394
Represent residents of publicly subsidized housing before local housing authorities, provides assistance to low- and moderate-income tenants facing eviction or who have been denied admission to public housing or a subsidy program. Also provides advice on general landlord-tenant questions.

TRANSACTIONAL LAW CLINICS
www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/tlc/index.html
Pound Hall 5011563 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 998-0101
The Transactional Law Clinics consist of the Business and Non-Profit Clinic, Real Estate Clinic, and Entertainment Law Clinic. The Transactional Law Clinics collaborate with and provide legal assistance to individual and corporate clients, business assistance providers, non-profit organizations, community development corporations and other community based organizations engaged in commercial or economic development activities.

Lawyer Referral Services:

LEGAL ADVOCACY RESOURCE CENTER (LARC)
www.larcma.org
(617) 603-1700
(800) 342-LAWS

MASS. BAR ASSOCIATION LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE
www.massbar.org
20 West Street
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 654-0400
(866) 627-7577

MASSLEGALHELP
www.masslegalhelp.org

Legal Service Centers:

COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES COUNSELING CENTER
http://www.clsacc.org/
One West Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 661-1010

GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES
www.gbls.org
197 Friend Street
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 371-1234
(800) 323-3205
Provides free civil (noncriminal) legal assistance to low-income people in Greater Boston in the areas of: Asian outreach, elderly, employment, family, health and disabilities, medicare, housing, immigration, welfare.

CAMBRIDGE AND SOMERVILLE LEGAL SERVICES
(a satellite office of Greater Boston Legal Services)
60 Gore Street, Suite 3
Cambridge, MA 02141
(617) 603-2700

NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES
www.neighborhoodlaw.org
Find legal services programs throughout Massachusetts on this website.

VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROJECT
www.vlpnet.org
29 Temple Place, Suite 300
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 423-0648

Immigration Law Services

CATHOLIC CHARITIES IMMIGRATION SERVICES
http://www.cirsorl.org/
75 Kneeland Street, 8th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 451-7979
Represents aliens in Asylum proceedings. Nominal fees charged for representation. Phone-in legal clinic. No representation of criminal aliens. Family visa and battered immigrant spouse petitions.

CATHOLIC LEGAL IMMIGRANT NETWORK
BOSTON COLLEGE IMMIGRATION ASYLUM PROJECT
http://www.cliniclegal.org/
885 Centre Street
Newton, MA 02159
(617) 552-0593
Representation limited to aliens in DHS custody or incarcerated. Must meet income guidelines.

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BOSTON
http://www.iiboston.org/
One Milk Street
Boston, MA 02109-5413
(617) 695-9990
Clinic hours: Thursdays, starting at 8:30 a.m. One Saturday per month, starting at 8:30 a.m.
Represents aliens in Asylum proceedings. Must meet income guidelines. Will represent criminal aliens. No detained cases. Consular processing.

POLITICAL ASYLUM/IMMIGRATION REPRESENTATION PROJECT (PAIR)
http://www.pairproject.org/
14 Beacon Street, #804A
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 742-9296
Represents aliens in Asylum proceedings. Referral service and counseling. Referrals for DHS detainees.

SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF LAW
http://www.snesl.edu/
Immigration Law Clinic
333 Faunce Corner Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
(508) 998-9600
Eligibility is based on income. Interpreters are provided upon request. August-May. Limited representation is available during the summer months of May-August.

Legal Services for Businesses/Nonprofits

BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CLINIC AT THE WILMERHALE LEGAL SERVICES CENTER
http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/lsc/clinics/business.htm
122 Boylston Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 522-3003

LAWYERS CLEARINGHOUSE/BUSINESS PRO BONO SECTION OF THE BOSTON BAR ASSOCIATION
http://www.bostonbar.org/sc/bl/prb/index.htm
(617) 778-1954

Florida

FLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES, INC
http://www.floridalegal.org/
Miami Advocacy Office
3000 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 450
Miami, FL 33137
Phone: (305) 573-0092
3000 Biscayne Blvd.
Ste. 500
Miami, FL 33137
(305) 576-0080
TDD (305) 573-1578
Clients must have a household income below 125% of the federal poverty income guidelines. However, individual provider programs often have special grants that enable them to serve certain populations, such as the elderly, victims of domestic violence and others, with incomes which exceed the general eligibility standard. Therefore it is important to contact the provider program directly to determine possible eligibility for assistance.

FLORIDA RURAL LEGAL SERVICES
http://www.frls.org/
Provides free civil legal assistance to indigents and low-income elderly persons in thirteen counties in South Central Florida. FRLS also provides legal assistance to migrant farm-workers throughout the state of Florida.

Maryland

MARYLAND LEGAL AID BUREAU
http://www.mdlab.org/
500 East Lexington Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 951-7777

MARYLAND LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
http://www.mlsc.org/
15 Charles Plaza
Suite 102
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 576-9494

Michigan

LEGAL AID OF WESTERN MICHIGAN
http://www.legalaidwestmich.org/index_html
89 Ionia NW Suite 400
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 774-0672

LEGAL SERVICES OF EASTERN MICHIGAN
http://www.lsem-mi.org/
436 S. Saginaw Street
Flint, Michigan 48502
(810) 234-2621

LEGAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN
http://www.lsnm.org/
112 W. Washington Street
Suite 1
Marquette, MI 49855
(906) 228-5620

New York/New Jersey

LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
http://www.legal-aid.org/en/findus/locations/manhattan/legalaidsocietyheadquarters.aspx
199 Water Street
New York, NY 10038
(212) 577-3300
Clients with incomes at or below 125% of the federal poverty level, which is adjusted annually, are financially eligible.  Clients with incomes at or below 200% of the poverty level may be represented if they fall within one of the exceptions listed below, and if a supervising attorney authorizes assistance by signing a Financial Eligibility Exception form.

LEGAL ASSISTANCE OF WESTERN NEW YORK
http://www.lawny.org/lawny/index.php
P.O. Box 487
Geneva, NY 14456
(315) 781-1465

NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP
http://www.nylag.org/
450 W 33rd St
New York, NY 10001
(212) 613-5000, ext. 3

North Carolina

LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA
http://www.legalaidnc.org
224 South Dawson Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 856-2564

Ohio

OHIO LEGAL SERVICES
http://www.ohiolegalservices.org/
555 Buttles Avenue
Columbus, OH 43215-1137
(614) 221-7201

Pennsylvania

MIDPENN LEGAL SERVICES
http://www.midpenn.org/index.htm
213-A N. Front St.
Harrisburg, PA 17101-2240
(717) 232-0581

PENNSYLVANIA LEGAL AID NETWORK
http://www.palegalservices.org/
The Louise Brookins Building
118 Locust Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101-1414
(717) 236-9486

Virginia

LEGAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
http://www.lsnv.org/contact.htm
6066 Leesburg Pike, Suite 500
Falls Church, Virginia 22041
(703) 778-6800

VIRGINIA LEGAL AID SOCIETY
http://www.vlas.org/
P.O. Box 6200
513 Church Street
Lynchburg, VA 24505
(434) 528-4722

Washington, DC

LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
http://www.legalaiddc.org/
1331 H Street, N.W., Suite 350
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 628-1161