Justia Legal Services & Lawyers Directory

Counties Served:
Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Van Buren

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

Case Restrictions:
Program priorties set annually.

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:
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.

Counties Served:
Berrien, Cass, Van Buren

Case Types:
Custody, Elder Law, Housing, Public Benefits, Termination of Parental Rights, Wills and Estates

Legal Services provides lawyers and legal advice for those that can't afford it themselves. You are eligible for help if you are a low income resident of Berrien County or a senior (age 60+) in either Berrien, Cass, or Van Buren Counties.

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:
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:
Jackson

Case Types:
Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Elder Law, Housing, Public Benefits, Wills and Estates