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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.

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

Counties Served:
Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Somerset

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

North Penn Legal Services provides free legal aid services on civil cases to low-income families, individuals, and groups in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Services include individual representation (ranging from document preparation to litigation), information, referral and advice through a telephone helpline, community legal education, and support for those clients who will be taking responsibility for handling some or all aspects of their own problem.

Counties Served:
Monroe

Case Types:
Custody, Domestic Violence

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.

Counties Served:
Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence

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

The Allegheny County Bar Association has more than 60 active committees working on and discussing legal issues that affect the general public. Those committees have produced several successful on-going programs that are free to the public.

Counties Served:
Allegheny

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Housing, Individual Rights, Real Estate, Termination of Parental Rights, Guardianship; Unemployment Compensation

In 1966, with the encouragement of the Allegheny County Bar Association, NLSA was chartered as a private non-profit Pennsylvania corporation. (NLSA Incorporators) Its primary goal was to provide legal assistance to the poor in the Pittsburgh area. In 1974, NLSA expanded its service area to include Beaver, Butler, and Lawrence Counties and has since established a 30 year tradition or providing equal access to the law in all 4 counties. In 1997, NLSA became part ot the Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Consortium along with Laurel Legal Services and Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Aid. The co-operative efforts of this group have led to greater awareness of the needs of the entire area and the rise of new programs to meet those needs.

Counties Served:
Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, Custody, Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Housing, Public Benefits

Case Restrictions:
The case must have some legal merit and local venue.

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