Links: Legal Services

National Support Centers
Fundraising Sources
Hotlines
Interesting Foreign Programs

Legal Services Programs
Legal Services Jobs
Law School Legal Aid Programs
Pro Bono Organizations
Pro Se Assistance Sites
Related Organizations
Training Links

 

National Support Centers

Alliance for Justice
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Center for Law and Education

Center for Law and Social Policy
The Center for Social Gerontology
Children's Defense Fund
Children's Legal Protection Center
Children With Disabilities
Farmer's Legal Action Group, Inc.

The Farmworker Justice Fund, Inc.
National Consumer Law Center

National Economic Development and Law Center
National Center on Poverty Law  
National Health Law Program
National Housing Law Project

National Immigration Law Center
National Senior Citizens Law Center Home Page
National Veterans Legal Services Program
Native American Rights Fund
National Center for Youth Law
Southern Poverty Law Center
Welfare Law Center


Fundraising Sources

Foundation Center
The Fundraising Project of the Management Information Exchange
The Fundraising School at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy
The Impact Fund
Independent Sector
National Center for Nonprofit Boards


Hotlines

LSC: Basic Elements of Effective Centralized Telephone Intake and Delivery Systems

LSC Intake Systems Report: Innovative Uses of Centralized Telephone Intake and Deliversy in Five Programs

LSC: Uses of Technology in Centralized Telephone Intake and Delivery Systems

 

Interesting Foreign Programs

Australasian Legal Information Institute
International Legal Services Network
Legal Information Access Center of New South Wales

Legal Aid Around The World

 

Legal Services Programs

Alaska

Alaska Legal Services Corporation


Arizona

Arizona Bar Foundation
Arizona Justice Center
(includes statewide directory of legal services programs)


Arkansas

Center for Arkansas Legal Services


California

Bay Area Legal Aid (formerly SFNLAF)
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
(L.A.)
California Indian Legal Services
 
California Rural Legal Assistance

Central California Legal Services
Community Legal Aid Society of Alameda County

Community Legal Services
(San Jose) 
East Bay Community Law Center
Legal Aid for Seniors
Legal Aid Foundation of Long Beach

Legal Aid of San Mateo County

Legal Aid Society of Orange County
Legal Aid Society of San Francisco Employment Law Center  
Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County
Legal Services Program for Pasadena
Legal Services of Northern California


Connecticut

Connecticut Legal Services
CTElderLaw.org
 
Greater Hartford Legal Assistance
 
New Haven Legal Assistance
 
Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut
 


Delaware

Community Legal Aid Society


District of Columbia

Bread for the City
The Children's Law Center

Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
 


Florida

Florida Legal Services, Inc.
Florida Rural Legal Services

Gulf Coast Legal Services
Legal Services of North Florida
Three Rivers Legal Services
Seminole County Bar Association  Legal Aid Society
Renter's Resource List
Florida Bar Consumer Pamphlet on Legal Aid


Georgia

Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Georgia Legal Services Program
 


Idaho

Idaho Legal Aid Services
Legal Services Directory


Illinois

CARPLS  
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 
Community Law Project, Inc.
AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
Directory of Legal Aid and Pro Bono Programs in Illinois
Illinois Legal Aid

Prairie State Legal Services

Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago

West Central Illinois Legal Assistance


Indiana

Indiana Justice Center


Kansas

United Way of Greater Topeka
Kansas Legal Services, Inc.


Kentucky

Kentucky Legal Services
Pro Bono and Legal Services Programs


Louisiana

AIDSLaw of Louisiana, Inc.
New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation
 
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services


Maine

Disability Rights Center
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project

Legal Services for the Elderly
Maine Equal Justice Project
Pine Tree Legal Assistance


Maryland

Maryland Legal Services Corporation
Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.
Public Justice Center


Massachusetts

Committee for Public Counsel Services
Greater Boston Legal Services
Legal Services for Cape Cod and the Islands
Massachusetts Legal Services Programs
Neighborhood Legal Services
(Lynn and Lawrence)


Michigan

Michigan Poverty Law Program


Minnesota

Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services 
Farmer's Legal Action Group, Inc.


Mississippi

East Mississippi Legal Services
North Mississippi Rural Legal Services
 


Missouri

Legal Aid of Southwest Missouri  
Legal Aid of Western Missouri

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc.

Meramec Area Legal Services


Montana

Montana Advocacy Program


Nebraska

Legal Aid Society (Omaha, Norfolk, Walthill)     
Nebraska Equal Justice Clearinghouse


Nevada        

Clark County Legal Services
Nevada Legal Services


New Hampshire

Legal Advice and Referral Center


New Jersey

Education Law Center
Legal Services of New Jersey


New York

Bronx Legal Services
Legal Aid Society of New York
(Buffalo)
Public Utility Law Project
 

Western New York Law Center (welfare information and links updated daily)


North Carolina

Legal Services of North Carolina
North Carolina Justice and Community Development Center
North Central Legal Assistance Program


Ohio

Advocates for Basic Legal Equality
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati 
Ohio State Legal Services Association/
Southeastern Ohio Legal Services
 
Pro Seniors


Oklahoma

Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma  


Oregon

Lane County Legal Aid Service (Eugene)


Pennsylvania

Center for Disability Law and Policy
Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
 
Lehigh Valley Legal Services
Neighborhood Legal Services Association
(Pittsburgh)
Northwestern Legal Services


Rhode Island

Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc.


South Carolina

Legal Services Agency of Western Carolina
Palmetto Legal Services

South Carolina Legal Services Programs
 


Tennessee

Knoxville Legal Aid Society
West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc.  


Texas

Advocacy Incorporated
Bexar County Legal Aid Association

Legal Aid of Central Texas

Legal Services of North Texas
Texas Legal Services Center


Utah
 
Disability Law Center

Vermont

Legal Services Law Line of Vermont  
Vermont Legal Aid


Virginia

Blue Ridge Legal Services
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
Client Centered Legal Services of Southwest Virginia

Legal Services Corporation of Virginia
Legal Services of Northern Virginia
Peninsula Legal Aid Center   
Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society
Virginia Legal Aid Society

Virginia Poverty Law Center  


Washington

Equal Justice Coalition
Legal Foundation of Washington
Northwest Justice Project


West Virginia

Legal Help for West Virginians  


Wisconsin

Equal Justice Coalition 
Legal Services of Northeastern Wisconsin

Senior Law
 
Western Wisconsin Legal Services
 

Wisconsin Judicare, Inc.


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Legal Services Jobs

Legal Services Jobs in Michigan -- Michigan Poverty Law Program
Maryland Legal Services Corporation (listings from grantee organizations)
MIE Employment Page (administrative and management positions)

NAPIL - National Association of Public Interest Law
New Orleans Pro Bono Project Job Listings
The Nonprofit Career Center (we suggest that you follow the "jobs" link on that page and then do a general search in the "legal" category)
Ohio State Legal Services Association -- Job Opportunities
PiES - Public Interest Employment Service
U.S. Dept. of Justice
University of Michigan Public Service JobNet Online Database
Washington State Bar Association Job Center


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Law School Legal Aid Programs

Southern Illinois University School of Law (look at their Self Help Legal Center)
University of Notre Dame Law School

University of Georgia School of Law Legal Clinic
University of Colorado School of Law Legal Aid Clinics

 
 

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Pro Bono Organizations

ABA Division of Legal Services - Center for Pro Bono
ABA: Legal Help for the Poor
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
California State Bar Certified Lawyer Referral Service
California Bar Association- Access to Justice
CorporateProBono.org
Hawai'i Lawyers Care 

Illinois Pro Bono Center

Indiana Pro Bono Commission

Legal Advice and Referral Center (LARC, New Hampshire)
Litigation Assistance Partnership Project (LAPP)
Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project
National Association of Public Interest Law
New Orleans Pro Bono Project
Pro Bono Information and Resources
(NLS, Massachusetts)
Pro Bono Affairs (New York State Bar Association)
Pro Bono Institute
Pro Bono Net
Pro Bono Project of the State Bar of Georgia

Pro Bono Volunteer Resource Guide (Utah Bar Association)
Volunteer Attorneys for Rural Nevadans

Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association
Wisconsin Bar Association - Pro Bono information

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Pro Se Assistance Sites

People's Law Library of Maryland
Self Help Legal Center (Southern Illinois University School of Law)

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Related Organizations

Asylumlaw.org (Web site organization dedicated to promoting successful political asylum cases around the world -- including a section on United States asylum law)
Brennan Center for Justice

Center for Law and Social Policy
Legal Services Corporation Home Page
ABA Division for Legal Services
LSC Inspector General
Maryland Legal Services Corporation
Management Information Exchange

National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems
National Center on Poverty Law  
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
National Equal Justice Library

NOLSW (National Organization of Legal Services Workers)
SCLAID (The Standing Committee on Legal Aid Indigent Defendants)
SPAN (State Planning Assistance Network)

State Justice Institute

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Training Links

State-Level Legal Services Training Links
Substantive Law Training Links
National Training Institutes

State- Level Legal Services Training Links

California

Public Interest Clearinghouse
http://www.pic.org/resx/bcal.htm

 

Maryland

Maryland Legal Aid Society
http://www.mdlab.org/events.html

 

Michigan

Michigan Poverty Law Program
http://www.law.umich.edu/mplp/training.htm

 

New York

The Legal Aid Society NY
http://www.legal-aid.org/indexa.htm

 

Ohio

Cincinnati Ohio State Legal Services Association
http://www.iwaynet.net/~oslsa/page12.html

 West Virginia

Legal Help for West Virginians
http://www.wvlegalservices.org/trainfi.htm

 

Substantive Law Training Links

 

Consumer

Consumer Law Center
http://www.consumerlaw.org/events.html

 

Elder

NAELA (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys)
http://www.naela.org

National Training Project (NTP) -- a program funded by the Administration on Aging and the AARP Foundation
http://www.aarp.org/ntltrpro/trproject.html

 

Housing

HUD
http:///www.comcon.org

 

  

National Training Institutes

ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education
http://www.abanet.org/cle

ALI-ABA
http://www.ali-aba.org/

NITA: National Institute of Trial Attorneys
http://www.nd.edu/~nita/index.html

Practicing Law Institute
http://www.pli.edu

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