Justia Legal Services & Lawyers Directory

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.

Counties Served:
Barstable, Dukes, Eastern Plymouth, Nantucket

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

Case Restrictions:
No personal injury or fee generating cases; no criminal lawcases.

Counties Served:
Suffolk

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

Counties Served:
Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk

Case Types:
AIDS/HIV, Bankruptcy, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions:
Clients must be HIV positive.

AIDS Action has a twenty-year history of serving people living with HIV and AIDS in the state of Massachusetts. Our programs and services fall into three major categories, Client Services--which provides direct services to people living with HIV in Massachusetts; Prevention--which seeks to educate individuals about the spread of the virus; and Public Policy--which advocates on the state and national level for a broad range of policy issues around HIV and AIDS. For more information about the programs and services of AIDS Action click on the links to the right or read below.

Counties Served:
Statewide

Case Types:
Individual Rights, Wills and Estates

Each year, ACLU of Massachusetts lawyers provide representation in approximately 70 cases in the courts. In addition, we lobby for and against hundreds of bills filed in the state legislature that would have either a positive or negative impact of civil liberties in the Commonwealth. Our public education and organizing work mobilizes activists and students to fight for the rights and protections that are the hallmarks of our constitutional system.

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.