Justia Legal Services & Lawyers Directory

Counties Served:
Bradford, Lackawanna, Wayne, Wyoming

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

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:
Lehigh, Northampton

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

Case Restrictions:
Case priorities.

Counties Served:
Broome and Chenango

Case Types:
Adoption, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Housing, Wills and Estates

Counties Served:
Passaic

Case Types:
AIDS/HIV, Bankruptcy, CED, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Employment, Health, Housing, Public Benefits, Termination of Parental Rights, Wills and Estates

By dialing a toll-free number, 1-888-LSNJ-LAW (1-888-576-5529), clients can access our statewide legal hotline which provides legal information, advice and referral to low-income residents of New Jersey with civil legal problems (criminal cases are referred). This service is provided at no charge but applicants must be financially eligible to qualify. The hotline handles all cases over the telephone and does not provide ongoing legal representation. All callers are screened for income eligibility prior to receiving services. All calls are strictly confidential.

Counties Served:
Hunterdon

Case Types:
AIDS/HIV, Adoption, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Elder Law, Employment, Health, Housing, Individual Rights, Public Benefits, Wills and Estates

Case Types:
Domestic Violence

Notes:
Will be expanding case acceptance to include other areas

By dialing a toll-free number, 1-888-LSNJ-LAW (1-888-576-5529), clients can access our statewide legal hotline which provides legal information, advice and referral to low-income residents of New Jersey with civil legal problems (criminal cases are referred). This service is provided at no charge but applicants must be financially eligible to qualify. The hotline handles all cases over the telephone and does not provide ongoing legal representation. All callers are screened for income eligibility prior to receiving services. All calls are strictly confidential.

Counties Served:
Essex

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, CED, Consumer, Custody, Domestic Violence, Education, Elder Law, Housing, Public Benefits, Termination of Parental Rights, Wills and Estates

VLJ was founded in 2001 by a group of attorneys in New Jersey concerned about the limited availability of free legal resources to the poor. VLJ is a comprehensive pro bono program meeting the needs of the poor solely through the efforts of volunteer attorneys throughout New Jersey. To date, VLJ volunteers have assisted thousands of indigent persons in the community with critical legal matters such as divorce, domestic violence, special education issues, bankruptcy, evictions and more.

Counties Served:
Essex

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Education, Housing, Juvenile, Torts

Case Restrictions:
Applicants must reside in Essex county or have a matter being heard in Essex. We will only consider accepting fee-generating cases for referral if there are no private attorneys willing to accept the case. Two of three attorneys whose names have been provided to the client by either Lawyer Referral or Reduced Fee Panel must have rejected the case. Contingency fee cases are not accepted for referral by the program. There must be sufficient time implicated in the eligible client's situation to permit referral out to a private attorney. Seriousness of the problem and consequences to applicant if assistance is denied; availability of pro bono counsel for the particular legal problem for which assistance is sought; and amount of program resources required to provide assistance in relation to total resources available.

Counties Served:
Union

Case Types:
AIDS/HIV, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Housing, Public Benefits, Wills and Estates