Justia Legal Services & Lawyers Directory

The By-Laws of the Dauphin County Bar Association include a commitment "to encourage the fulfillment of the obligations of the profession among its members to the courts and to society, [and] to promote programs to provide effective, affordable legal services to all segments of society . . ." In keeping with this responsibility, all members of the Bar Association are expected to participate, personally or financially, in the Pro Bono Program, which is administered in conjunction with MidPenn Legal Services.

Counties Served:
Dauphin

Case Types:
Adoption, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Housing, Real Estate, Termination of Parental Rights

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:
Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Domestic Violence, Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Public Benefits

Case Restrictions:
Our cases are restricted to emergency cases only in eacharea of the law. However, we provide brief telephone service in some of the areas of law.

Counties Served:
Luzerne, Carbon, Monroe, Pike

Case Types:
Bankruptcy

Case Restrictions:
4 counties

Counties Served:
Bradford, Lackawanna, Wayne, Wyoming

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Housing

Counties Served:
Lehigh, Northampton

Case Types:
AIDS/HIV, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Domestic Violence, ElderLaw, Employment, Housing, Juvenile, Public Benefits, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions:
Case priorities.

Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania ("LASP") is a non-profit Pennsylvania corporation committed to deliveringhigh quality civil legal services to low income people, victims of domestic abuse and the elderly living in Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware Counties. LASP provides legal services typically in the areas of landlord/tenant disputes, public housing, utilities, consumer problems including foreclosures and sheriffs'' sales, bankruptcy, denial or termination of government benefits such as welfare, Social Security and unemployment compensation, protection from abuse, custody, child dependency, divorce, license suspension (not in all counties) and elder law issues. While most of these kinds of cases are handled in all locations, there are currently some differences between counties in the kinds of services provided.

The services rendered in these areas can consist of information and advice, drafting of legal documents, negotiation and representation in administrative and judicial proceedings. LASP also engages in community legal education through the compilation and distribution of brochures and other written materials on a wide variety of civil legal issues and talks and presentation to client and social service staff groups.

Counties Served:
Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Public Benefits, Termination of Parental Rights