Justia Legal Services & Lawyers Directory

Counties Served:
Statewide

Case Types:
CED, Employment, Real Estate, Wills and Estates, Provide legalservices to nonprofit organizations

Case Restrictions:
Must be members of Maryland non-profits

Counties Served:
Baltimore City

Case Types:
Housing, Nuisance Abatement, Code Enforcement, Incorporation

Case Restrictions:
Participation in completion of training required; a community association must be willing and able to serve as plaintiff.

The Pro Bono Project is a joint project of the Delaware County Bar Association and the Delaware County Legal Assistance Association. The project teams volunteer lawyers with low income clients to help them in non-emergency cases. Over four hundred of the members of the Bar Association have agreed to participate in this program.

Counties Served:
Delaware

Case Types:
Bankruptcy, CED, Consumer, Custody, Domestic Violence, Education, Housing, Individual Rights, Public Benefits, Real Estate, Torts, Wills and Estates

The Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) exists to meet the legal and advocacy needs of homeless individuals and families in Philadelphia. With a legal staff of six and a corps of 300 volunteer lawyers, paralegals, and law students, HAP engages in direct outreach to homeless individuals in need of legal services. HAP's goals are to: provide direct civil legal services to homeless families and individuals; connect homeless clients with needed social services; advocate for the needs of Philadelphia’s homeless population and promote positive policy changes to address those needs.

Counties Served:
Philadelphia

Case Types:
Community Economic Development, Housing

VIP provides free civil legal services to low income clients by recruiting and training volunteer lawyers to handle pro bono cases. We also assist non-profit organizations and small businesses that serve the needs of low income people through our LawWorks project.

Counties Served:
Philadelphia

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

Case Restrictions:
Geographic or jurisdictional presence in Phila. No feegenerating cases, no cases where there is a right to court-appointed counsel, independent merit assessment at VLP.

Counties Served:
Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem

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

Case Restrictions:
In most family matters other than domestic violence, we can only provide assistance when the opposing party is represented by counsel.

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).

RHLS' program mission is to provide legal and technical assistance to clients in a manner which enables such clients to develop affordable housing, create economic opportunities, and revitalize communities.

Counties Served:
Philadelphia

Case Types:
Community Economic Development, Housing

Counties Served:
District of Columbia

Case Types:
AIDS/HIV, Adoption, Bankruptcy, CED, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Housing, Public Benefits, Torts

Case Restrictions:
By appointment only

Counties Served:
Washington DC, Montgomery County MD, Arlington & Fairfax Counties, VA

Case Types:
CED, Employment, Housing, Immigration, Individual Rights, Real Estate, Wills and Estates, Intellectual Property, Arts and Entertainment Law

Case Restrictions:
Legal issue must be arts related.