Justia Legal Services & Lawyers Directory

Counties Served:
Essex

Case Types:
AIDS/HIV, Bankruptcy, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Education, Elder Law

Case Restrictions:
Family law cases must have element of abuse

Neighborhood Legal Services is a free provider of civil legal assistance for low income residents of Essex County, Massachusetts. Part of a larger national network of legal services providers, NLS helps our area's low income residents with legal problems involving access to housing, access to public assistance, employment rights, discrimination, elder law, domestic violence and family law, and economic development of our area's low income communities.

Case Types:
Education, Health, Juvenile, Public Benefits, Termination of Parental Rights

Case Restrictions:
Only represent children.

Founded in 1977, The Children's Law Center Of Massachusetts is a private, non-profit, legal advocacy and resource center providing direct representation to low income children in Eastern Massachusetts, and technical assistance and training to lay and professional communities throughout New England on issues affecting children's education, civil rights, custody, health and welfare.

Counties Served:
Statewide

Case Types:
Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Disability Law

but is not part of the state or federal government. Our mission is to provide legal advocacy on disability issues that promote the fundamental rights of all people with disabilities to participate fully and equally in the social and economic life of Massachusetts.

Counties Served:
Statewide

Case Types:
Education, Employment, Housing, Individual Rights, Civil Rights and Discrimination

The Lawyers' Committee is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan legal organization that provides pro bono legal representation to victims of discrimination based on race or national origin. The Lawyers' Committee’s mission is to provide a safeguard for the civil, social and economic rights of residents in Greater Boston and throughout Massachusetts. We handle major law reform cases as well as legal actions on behalf of individuals. We also engage in public policy advocacy, community legal education, community economic development, and other forms of service by lawyers to the cause of civil rights.

Counties Served:
Middlesex, Plymouth, Suffolk And Parts Of Norfolk

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

Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association was established in 1977 to provide legal representation in civil matters to the indigent of Boston through the pro bono services of private attorneys and paralegals. It is among the oldest organized pro bono efforts in the country. In 1996, VLP broadened its scope when it became the grantee of the federal Legal Services Corporation for the Greater Boston area. VLP also supports the Legal Advocacy and Resource Center (LARC) to operate a hotline to screen and refer clients to appropriate legal and social services and/or advise clients when services are not available or necessary. All efforts are augmented by a modest in-house case handling capacity.

Counties Served:
Middlesex, Norfolk

Case Types:
Adoption, Bankruptcy, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Education, Housing, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions:
Geographic limits of legal services office, LSC restrictions

The mission of South Middlesex Legal Services is to provide legal advocacy to protect and advance the rights of the poor, elderly, disabled and other disenfranchised people in our service area (listed below) in obtaining legal, social and economic justice. SMLS will assist client eligible persons in securing access to basic needs and in challenging institutional barriers in order to achieve equal justice for all.

Counties Served:
Statewide

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

Case Restrictions:
No fee generating matters. No criminal matters.

Counties Served:
Bristol, Plymouth and a portion of Norfork

Case Types:
AIDS/HIV, Bankruptcy, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Education, Elder Law, Housing, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions:
Resident of NCLA service area

We provide free legal representation to income-eligible residents of Southeastern Massachusetts. Our offices are located in historic downtown New Bedford, Massachusetts.