Justia Legal Services & Lawyers Directory

Counties Served:
Allegan, Ionia, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mesota, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Ottawa

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Employment, Health, Housing, Individual Rights, Real Estate, Torts, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions:
Civil only; non-fee generating

For more than 30 years, Legal Services Corporation funded agencies in Western Michigan have provided free legal assistance to low income persons and Seniors in non-criminal, non-fee generating matters. Legal Aid of Western Michigan currently serves people in 17 counties in the lower Western part of Michigan.

Counties Served:
Arenac, Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Midland,Saginaw

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

Case Restrictions:
None

Legal Services of Eastern Michigan (LSEM) has its roots in local bar associations providing voluntary services to the poor. Flint established a legal aid society in 1951. With the advent of the War on Poverty in 1965, the federal government funded separate legal aid organizations in Genesee, Saginaw, and Bay-Midland counties. To provide the most efficient and cost effective service to clients, these organizations merged with LSEM. With the formation of the federal Legal Services Corporation and access to expansion grants in the late 1970's, LSEM expanded to include six new counties. The agency's current service area includes: Arenac, Bay, Clare, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Isabella, Lapeer, Midland and Saginaw counties.

Counties Served:
Antrim, Grand Traverse, Leelaman

Case Types:
Consumer, Dissolution of Marriage, Employment, Public Benefits, Advice for all areas, pro bono for checked areas

Case Restrictions:
No Divorce cases without custody disputes.

The Legal Services Program is another cooperative effort between Third Level and the Bar Association. The program provides legal services to individuals needing representation but who are unable to afford it.

The Free Legal Aid Clinic is held every Tuesday evening beginning at 7:00 PM at Third Level Crisis Intervention Center, Inc. located at 1022 E. Front Street in Traverse City. It is an opportunity for individuals to receive private, free and confidential legal advice and problem clarification from attorneys from the Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association. Over 100 attorneys from the bar volunteer their time to the program and answer legal questions of all types. Services are provided on a first-come, first-served basis to the first 15 people who arrive.

Counties Served:
Barry, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Shiawassee

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

Counties Served:
Statewide

Case Types:
AIDS/HIV, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Health, Housing, Immigration, Individual Rights, Juvenile, Public Benefits, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions:
Serve persons with disabilities when the legal issue relates to their disability.

Our goal is to advance the dignity, equality, self-determination, and expressed choices of individuals. Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc. (MPAS) promotes, expands and protects the human and legal rights of people by providing them with information and advocacy.

Counties Served:
Arenac, Bay Clare, Gratiot, Gladwin, Isabella, Lapeer, Midland, Saginaw

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

Counties Served:
Barry Aqing, St. Joseph Aginq, Branch, Hillsdale,

Case Types:
Adoption, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Dissolutionof Marriage, Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Employment, Health, Housing, Individual Rights, Public Benefits, Real Estate, Termination of Parental Rights, Torts, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions:
Program priorities and merit

Legal Services of South Central Michigan (LSSCM) is a private non-profit organization that provides free legal advice and representation to low-income persons and senior citizens (regardless of income) in certain civil legal cases.We provide general civil legal services to low-income and senior citizens of Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Shiawassee, and Washtenaw counties. We also provide legal services to senior citizens of St. Joseph County.

We also operate two statewide programs - Farmworker Legal Services (FLS), which provides services to migrant and seasonal farm workers and the Michigan Poverty Law Program (MPLP), which provides case consultation, training, technology and other support to local legal services programs throughout the state.

LSSCM is committed to treating all applicants for service with respect. LSSCM policies prohibit discrimination in any aspect of the program or its services. LSSCM is staffed by attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, law students, and community volunteers.