Justia Legal Services & Lawyers Directory

Counties Served:
Venango

Case Types:
Adoption, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Domestic Violence, ElderLaw, Employment, Health, Housing, Individual Rights, Termination of Parental Rights, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions:
Financial guidelines; compelling in discretion of program administrator.

Northwestern Legal Services (NWLS) is a private non-profit corporation dedicated to providing free legal representation to low income people with civil legal problems. We provide service to eligible clients throughout ten counties in northwestern Pennsylvania. Client eligibility is based on the type of case involved and financial and asset Eligibility Guidelines established by the federal and state governments . We provide service in a wide range of matters including public benefits, family law, housing, health care, education, and employment.

Northwestern Legal Services assists low income individuals and families by guiding them through the legal system using advocacy and education to obtain justice with the goal of improving their quality of life and strengthening our community.

Counties Served:
Erie

Case Types:
Adoption, Bankruptcy, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Wills and Estates, Emancipation, Unemployment Compensation

Case Restrictions:
Adoption (if natural parents consent), bankruptcies (noassets), non-emergency custody and visitation, defense of ejectment, landlord/tenant(private disputes), defense of motor vehicle license suspensions.

Counties Served:
Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, Custody, Domestic Violence, Employment, Health, Housing, Public Benefits, Social security, Mortgage Foreclosure

MidPenn Legal Services is a private, non-profit, public-interest law firm dedicated to providing equal access to justice and high quality legal services to low income persons and survivors of domestic violence in central Pennsylvania. MidPenn was created in 2000 through the merger of three similar programs that have been in existence since the 1970’s, each of which has a long history of working for these same goals. MidPenn has a highly qualified and dedicated staff and a governing board committed to serving our client community.

Counties Served:
Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin

Case Types:
AIDS/HIV, Adoption, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Housing, Individual Rights, Public Benefits, Real Estate, Termination of Parental Rights, Torts, Wills and Estates

Counties Served:
Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Housing, Public Benefits