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

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

The Pro Bono Project is a joint project of the Delaware County Bar Association and the Delaware County Legal Assistance Association. The project teams volunteer lawyers with low income clients to help them in non-emergency cases. Over four hundred of the members of the Bar Association have agreed to participate in this program.

Counties Served:
Delaware

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, CED, Consumer, Custody, Domestic Violence, Education, Housing, Individual Rights, Public Benefits, Real Estate, Torts, Wills and Estates

Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (PVLA) is a nonprofit legal services organization, founded in 1978 to provide pro-bono legal assistance, educational programs and business counseling to artists and cultural organizations.

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, Consumer, Employment, Individual Rights, Real Estate, Wills and Estates, Not for Profit Incorporation

Case Restrictions:
Arts related legal or business issue; non profit organizations requesting service must be a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization that has some aspect of arts or cultural programming.

Counties Served:
Philadelphia

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, Debt counselling

Case Restrictions:
CBAP only accepts clients with consumer debt problems and provides representation in CH. 7 bankruptcies.

VIP provides free civil legal services to low income clients by recruiting and training volunteer lawyers to handle pro bono cases. We also assist non-profit organizations and small businesses that serve the needs of low income people through our LawWorks project.

Counties Served:
Philadelphia

Case Types:
AIDS/HIV, Adoption, CED, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Health, Housing, Immigration, Public Benefits, Real Estate, Torts, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions:
Geographic or jurisdictional presence in Phila. No feegenerating cases, no cases where there is a right to court-appointed counsel, independent merit assessment at VLP.

Founded in 1988, the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania is a non-profit, public interest law firm providing free legal assistance to its home office in Philadelphia. The AIDS Law Project also educates the public about AIDS-related legal issues, and works at local, state and national levels to achieve fair laws and policies.

Case Types:
AIDS/HIV, Adoption, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Employment, Health, Housing, Immigration, Public Benefits, Real Estate, Termination of Parental Rights, Torts, Wills and Estates, Landlord/Tenant, Insurance, Prison Issues

Case Restrictions:
Clients must be living with HIV/AIDS.