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Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

School System Advocacy
Certificates/Forms Assistance
General Legal Aid
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Debt Management
Legal Information Services
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Will Preparation Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Representation
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

School System Advocacy
Certificates/Forms Assistance
General Legal Aid
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Debt Management
Legal Information Services
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Will Preparation Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Representation
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services
Provides legal assistance in Elderly Law, Civil Law, and Children's Rights Law. Can only take a limited number of cases. No bankruptcies or personal injury cases.

Categories

Legal Representation
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Elder Law
General Legal Aid
Legal Counseling
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

School System Advocacy
Certificates/Forms Assistance
General Legal Aid
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Debt Management
Legal Information Services
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Will Preparation Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Representation
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services

Monthly program offering free legal advice for low-income residents, as well as other legal resources and self-help forms. Available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Civil law questions only; no criminal law, no appeals.

Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

School System Advocacy
Certificates/Forms Assistance
General Legal Aid
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Debt Management
Legal Information Services
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Will Preparation Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Representation
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services
Provides legal assistance for domestic violence, family and elder law, housing, labor and workplace issues, consumer issues, and human trafficking. Specific services may vary by location, contact for more information.

Helps increase access to education and employment, among other supports. Services include:

-- Seeking expungements and sealing criminal records, restoring driver's licenses, and removing other barriers to employment, education and housing.

-- SNAP and TANF denials, calculations, overpayments and sanctions.

-- Special education, school discipline, and school enrollment issues.

-- Community Care Program and Home Services Program issues.

-- Tax disputes with IRS, including innocent spouse relief, identity theft, and collections.

Categories

General Benefits and Services Assistance
General Legal Aid
Tax Appeals/Audit Assistance

Provides free legal information and court forms so that people who cannot afford a lawyer can resolve their own legal issues and go to court on their own.

Self-help legal resources help people understand and enforce their legal rights and understand how to represent themselves in court, if necessary.

People who wish to apply for free legal aid may be able to get a local legal aid referral or apply online for legal aid help through the website.

A third-year law student, under supervision of a licensed attorney, will represent clients in a variety of non-fee generating cases. Civil law cases only, no criminal matters.
Accessline provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

Categories

Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Will Preparation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Welfare Rights Assistance
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
Legal Counseling
Debt Management
Labor and Employment Law
Tax Information
Legal Representation
Offers a legal aid office for students currently enrolled at Iowa State University and registered Iowa State University student groups. It is staffed by two attorneys who advise and often represent students in a variety of cases and are available for consultation with respect to most legal concerns.
Accessline provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

Categories

Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Will Preparation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Welfare Rights Assistance
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
Legal Counseling
Debt Management
Labor and Employment Law
Tax Information
Legal Representation
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

School System Advocacy
Certificates/Forms Assistance
General Legal Aid
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Labor and Employment Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Patient Rights Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Debt Management
Legal Information Services
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Advance Medical Directives
Will Preparation Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Legal Representation
Protective/Restraining Orders
Consumer Law
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services
Accessline provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

Categories

Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Will Preparation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Welfare Rights Assistance
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
Legal Counseling
Debt Management
Labor and Employment Law
Tax Information
Legal Representation
Provides legal assistance to individuals with legal issues such as federal criminal defense, basic estate planning, limited immigration advocacy, community empowerment, as well as civil and employment litigation.
Accessline provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

Categories

Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Will Preparation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Welfare Rights Assistance
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
Legal Counseling
Debt Management
Labor and Employment Law
Tax Information
Legal Representation

Free legal aid for low income veterans, active military, reserve, and National Guard members, and their spouses and dependents who meet income guidelines. Assists with civil legal cases such as family, housing, and consumer law issues as well as military specific issues such as VA benefits appeals and Discharge Upgrades.

Legal issue needs to be resolved in Illinois, but the person can reside or be stationed anywhere. For VA issues, the VA facility that is providing treatment or is part of the dispute should be in Illinois or the client should reside in Illinois.

Categories

General Legal Aid
Self-help center providing legal guidance and resources to people who are representing themselves in court.

Legal advice and brief services provided by attorneys and paralegals. Attorneys do not provide court representation.

One on one assistance, information on what to expect during court proceedings, and review of completed court forms to ensure accuracy before entering court.

Assists walk-in clients with divorce, durable power of attorney, enforcement of child support, enforcement of visitation, child support modification, name change, conviction set aside, and protection orders.

Self-help clinics offered on a variety of legal subjects. Visit website to see if a clinic will be held soon related to a specific legal problem.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Certificates/Forms Assistance
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Information Services
Legal Counseling

Assists people with little to no income in obtaining pro bono legal assistance from area lawyers and attorneys in specialized fields while also providing compassion, empathy, and a listening ear to all who come seeking help. Through the CCLS program, the program director matches a client's legal case with an area lawyer who has agreed to represent him/her in the court of law.

CCLS provides assistance in these areas:

-- Adoption.

-- Bankruptcy.

-- Child custody and support.

-- Debt elimination.

-- Employment.

-- Environmental issues.

-- Family Law.

-- Guardianship.

-- Immigration.

-- Landlord-tenant disputes.

-- Real estate transactions.

-- Social security benefits.

-- Traffic accidents.

-- Wills and probate.

Accessline provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

Categories

Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Will Preparation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Welfare Rights Assistance
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
Legal Counseling
Debt Management
Labor and Employment Law
Tax Information
Legal Representation
Self-help center providing legal guidance and resources to people who are representing themselves in court.

Legal advice and brief services provided by attorneys and paralegals. Attorneys do not provide court representation.

One on one assistance, information on what to expect during court proceedings, and review of completed court forms to ensure accuracy before entering court.

Assists walk-in clients with divorce, durable power of attorney, enforcement of child support, enforcement of visitation, child support modification, name change, conviction set aside, and protection orders.

Self-help clinics offered on a variety of legal subjects. Visit website to see if a clinic will be held soon related to a specific legal problem.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Certificates/Forms Assistance
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Information Services
Legal Counseling

Helps those with limited income who are facing civil legal issues. Legal advice, legal coaching, and legal document assistance are available. Assists with the following cases:

-Family Law (divorce, paternity, child support, custody, guardianship).
-Housing (foreclosure & landlord/tenant disputes).
-Consumer law (fraud, contract disputes, identity theft, debt collection).
-Employment law (unlawful termination, discrimination, wage disputes).
-Probate issues (asset distribution after death).
-Expungement/Sealing of prior criminal records.
-Human Trafficking and Immigrant victims of abuse of violent crime.

Offers referrals when unable to assist with a case.

Self-help center providing legal guidance and resources to people who are representing themselves in court.

Legal advice and brief services provided by attorneys and paralegals. Attorneys do not provide court representation.

One on one assistance, information on what to expect during court proceedings, and review of completed court forms to ensure accuracy before entering court.

Assists walk-in clients with divorce, durable power of attorney, enforcement of child support, enforcement of visitation, child support modification, name change, conviction set aside, and protection orders.

Self-help clinics offered on a variety of legal subjects. Visit website to see if a clinic will be held soon related to a specific legal problem.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Certificates/Forms Assistance
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Legal Information Services
Legal Counseling
Accessline provides free legal advice, brief service and representation to low-income people on areas such as: consumer law, family law, housing law, public benefits, disability benefits, employment/unemployment, public benefits, clearing a criminal history and educational rights.

After contacting one of the hotlines, cases may be referred to Legal Aid local offices for extended representation.

Private Attorney Involvement Program links clients to attorneys in their local area for free legal services in family law matters.

Taxpayer clinics educate low-income taxpayers about their tax rights and responsibilities and how to file for low-income tax credit.

Homeless Assistance Project (Douglas and Lancaster Counties) provides assistance with family law, child support modification, bankruptcy, license revocation, and disability claims.

Migrant Worker program provides civil legal services to migrant farm workers.

Housing counseling assists people who are homeless by making referrals and assessing their legal needs. Assists renters who are having problems getting things fixed, need help with landlord issues, or are facing eviction; work with HUD issues; assist home buyers or home owners with questions, etc.

Assists in the following areas, in addition to the programs already noted: Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Landlord-Tenant, Utility Shutoffs, Public Benefits, Unemployment, Family Law (including Divorce, Custody/Visitation, Child Support, Domestic Abuse).

Categories

Housing Counseling
General Legal Aid
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Will Preparation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Welfare Rights Assistance
Elder Law
Legal Information Services
Legal Counseling
Debt Management
Labor and Employment Law
Tax Information
Legal Representation