Legal Services Corporation (LSC)
» Established by Congress in the 70’s, the Legal Services Corporation receives funding annually and allocates the
funding to State Legal Aid Services Offices across the United States to assist the poor.
» Mission Statement: To promote equal access to justice in our Nation and to provide high quality civil legal assistance to low-income persons.
» State Legal Services Offices Supported by LSC
» More than 50 million Americans are eligible to receive civil legal aid from LSC-funded programs, including 13 million children — one in five. Most are at or below 125 percent of the federal poverty level threshold, an income of approximately $25,000 a year for a family of four.
On average, LSC provides about half the budget of the programs it funds. LSC encourages programs to leverage limited resources by partnering and collaborating with other supporters of civil legal aid, including state and local government, the private bar, philanthropic foundations, and the business community.
Other surveys indicate that 80 percent of the need is unmet. Even this may be an understatement — many people who are eligible for civil legal aid do not seek it. Moreover, the analysis for the Justice Gap Report was completed before Hurricane Katrina simultaneously swelled the need for civil legal aid and the number of people without access to it.
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Legal Services Sites Links
- Alabama
- Alaska
Alaska Legal Services Corporation - Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
Bet Tzedek Legal Services (L.A.)
California Center for Law and the Deaf
California Department of Consumer Affairs – Legal Agencies by County
California Indian Legal Services
California Rural Legal Assistance
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Central California Legal Services
Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law (L.A.)
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County
Legal Aid Society of Orange County, California
Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association
Legal Aid Society of San Diego
Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County
Legal Aid Society of San Francisco Employment Law Center
Legal Services of Northern California
- Colorado
Colorado Legal Services (Colorado Legal Services)
The Legal Center (Elder and Disability Law)
- Connecticut
Greater Hartford Legal Assistance
- District of Columbia
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
Whitman – Walker Clinic Legal Department (HIV related legal issues)
- Florida
Bay Area Legal Services (Tampa)
Central Florida Legal Services
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County
Legal Services of Greater Miami
- Georgia
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
Cabrini Green Legal Aid Clinic
CARPLS (Cook County)
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
Advocacy Center (Elderly and Disabled)
- Maine
Disability Rights Center of Maine
Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
Center for Public Representation
Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts
Committee for Public Counsel Services
Community Legal Services and Counseling Center
Legal Advocacy and Resource Center
Massachusetts Advocates for Children
Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
Merrimack Valley Legal Services
Neighborhood Legal Services (Lynn and Lawrence)
New Center for Legal Advocacy (Bristol and Plymouth County)
- Michigan
Farmworker Legal Services of Michigan
Internet Representation Project (Northern Michigan)
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan
Legal Services of Northern Michigan
Michigan Indian Legal Services
Michigan Legal Assistance Network (for clients)
Michigan Poverty Law Program (for advocates)
Delaware
Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.
- Minnesota
Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
Nevada Disability Advocacy and Law Center
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
Farmworker Legal Services of NewYork
Legal Assistance of Western New York
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
Legal Services for New York City
Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled or Disadvantaged (Western NY)
Neighborhood Legal Services (Buffalo)
- North Carolina
Legal Services of Southern PiedmontNorth Carolina Justice and Community
Development Center - North Dakota
- Ohio
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati
Ohio State Legal Services Association / Southeastern Ohio Legal Services
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
Lane County Legal Services Programs (Eugene)
- Pennsylvania
Center for Disability Law and Policy
Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
Homeless Advocacy Project (Philadelphia)
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Neighborhood Legal Services Association (Pittsburgh)
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands
- Texas
Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse
Legal Hotline for Older Texans
Texas Legal Services Center (State Support)
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
Legal Services of Northern Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin