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Summit Legal Aid - General Information

Offers legal services, including consultation, counseling, and representation in many areas of civil law. See specific program listings for details; provides referrals to attorneys if the individual's need is outside the scope of the services offered.

What's Here

Legal Counseling
General Legal Aid
Lawyer Referral Services
Legal Representation

Housing Equality Center of Pennsylvania - Fair Housing Enforcement and Education

Offers a range of programs to ensure that consumers have access to housing and understand their rights under fair housing laws. Services include counseling on the rights protected under fair housing laws, information on how to recognize and report violations, information on legal options and assistance with the legal process, random testing to ensure regional compliance with fair housing laws, technical assistance, and comprehensive education programs.

What's Here

Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Homebuyer/Home Purchase Counseling
General Legal Aid

Defender Association of Philadelphia - Participatory Defense Hubs

Utilizes trained community volunteers to provide insight, perspective, and support to those being charged and their families as they navigate the justice system. Gives participants a deeper understanding of the justice process, what is expected from them at each stage, and suggestions to help them prepare for meetings with their attorney, court dates, and other steps of the process. Offers virtual and in-person meetings, depending upon location.

What's Here

General Legal Aid

Mercer County Area Agency on Aging - Legal Assistance

Offers referral service to lawyers and lawyer-supervised aides to provide help in resolving or preventing legal problems of eligible older adults. Educational programs on legal or related issues are presented to older consumers at Mercer County senior centers.

What's Here

General Legal Aid

SeniorLAW Center - Services for Homeowners and Victims of Abuse and Exploitation

Services available include legal advice, direct legal services and representation, information and referral, community-based neighborhood legal services, community outreach and education, and services and resources for older victims.

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Elder Law

Neighborhood Legal Services Association - Legal Services

Offers civil legal services to low-income individuals and families without the means to hire a private attorney. Services include a legal advice helpline, direct representation, assistance in self-representation, brief service, limited legal assistance, and referrals to private attorneys. Also provides representation to survivors of domestic violence in Protection from Abuse (PFA) proceedings, legal assistance for veterans, several grants, a debt clinic, and community education.

What's Here

Crime Victim/Witness Related No Contact Orders
Consumer Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Tax Foreclosure Assistance
Sexual Assault Protective/Restraining Orders
Comprehensive Family Law Services
General Legal Aid
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Real Estate Law
Legal Counseling
Divorce Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance

The Abuse Network, Inc. - Abuse Prevention and Services

Provides 24-hour hotline support, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, accompaniment, trauma-informed empowerment/options counseling, support groups, Information and Referral, community prevention, and awareness education.

What's Here

Adult Child Abuse Survivor Counseling
In Person Crisis Intervention
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Crime Victim Accompaniment Services
LGBTQ2+ Helplines
Human Trafficking Hotlines
Bullying Helplines
Domestic Violence Shelters
Specialized Information and Referral
Child Abuse Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Counseling
General Legal Aid
General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
Advocacy
Older Adults
Domestic Violence Issues
Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Anger/Violence Issues

Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania - Legal Aid Services

Offers free legal help for low-income and vulnerable residents. Services may include bankruptcy, debt relief, consumer law, child custody and dependency issues, disaster legal aid, elder law, expungements, pardons, and record sealing. May also cover government benefits issues concerning Unemployment Compensation, SSI, SSDI, TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), SNAP (food stamps), Medical Assistance (Medicaid), and Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Housing issues such as landlord-tenant, eviction, habitability, public or subsidized housing, rent-to-own, homeownership, mortgage foreclosure, property tax sales, reverse mortgages, and tangled title; utility problems, and veterans benefits and discharge upgrades.

What's Here

Court Filing Offices
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Labor and Employment Law
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
TANF Recipients
Welfare Rights Assistance
Legal Information Services
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Bankruptcy Assistance
Public/Subsidized Housing Appeals Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance
General Legal Aid
Legal Representation
Advocacy
Elder Law
Predatory Lending Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance

Chester County Bar Association - Access To Justice Program

Provides free legal services to financially qualified Chester County residents.

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Legal Counseling

MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Offers representation/legal advice in areas such as the following: Protection from abuse; Child custody/visitation; Landlord/tenant disputes, public housing; Criminal Record Expungement Assistance; Government benefits (TANF, LIHEAP, Food Stamps/SNAP, and Unemployment Compensation); Utility Shut Offs; Sheriff's sales/levy's; Consumer; Mortgage foreclosures; Low Income Taxpayers Clinic; Guardianships; Legal Services for Veterans - Homeless/Near Homeless; Elder Law.

What's Here

Comprehensive Family Law Services
Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Veteran Benefits Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Elder Law
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
General Legal Aid
Benefits Screening

Northwestern Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides free legal representation to low income people with civil legal problems. Free legal aid may be provided in cases involving: Public Benefits, Housing, Family Law, Employment & Education, and Consumer Law.

What's Here

Welfare Rights Assistance
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Self Representation Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Housing Discrimination Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
General Legal Aid
Lawyer Referral Services
SSI
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Disability Benefits
Legal Information Services

Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania - Protection from Abuse

Offers free general legal aid for victims of domestic abuse who are seeing Protection from Abuse (PFA) orders.

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders

Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation - Legal Services

Provides free, need-based civil legal aid services for LGBTQ+ and HIV community members in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Offers in-house assistance for cases involving identity document support, public benefits counseling, housing support, and civil expungement of criminal records.

What's Here

Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Lawyer Referral Services
General Legal Aid
Name/Personal Information Modification Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance

North Penn Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

What's Here

Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Comprehensive Family Law Services
General Legal Aid
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Legal Counseling
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Self Representation Assistance

North Penn Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Welfare Rights Assistance
Self Representation Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Legal Counseling
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders

Venango County Public Defender - Public Defender

Provides legal counsel to any person charged with a qualified criminal offense and is determined unable to afford legal counsel.

What's Here

Public Defender
General Legal Aid

Veterans Multi-Service Center - Supportive Services for Veteran Families

Provides eligible veteran households with outreach, assessment, case management, advocacy and assistance in obtaining VA and other benefits, which may include housing counseling, legal support, credit repair, financial planning services, and time-limited, temporary financial assistance.

What's Here

Families of Veterans
Job Finding Assistance
Homeless Veterans
Credit Counseling
General Clothing Provision
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Homelessness Prevention Programs
Rent Payment Assistance
Case/Care Management
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Mortgage Payment Assistance
General Legal Aid
Veterans
Personal Financial Counseling
Undesignated Temporary Financial Assistance
Electric Service Payment Assistance
Rapid Re-Housing Programs
Specialized Information and Referral
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Rental Deposit Assistance
Legal Counseling
Gas Service Payment Assistance
Outreach Programs
Disability Benefits

Pittsburgh Mercy - Project H.E.L.P.

Provides private attorneys who will provide pro bono legal services once per month at the Operation Safety Net (OSN) office.

What's Here

Homeless People
General Legal Aid

Defender Association of Philadelphia - Participatory Defense Hubs

Utilizes trained community volunteers to provide insight, perspective, and support to those being charged and their families as they navigate the justice system. Gives participants a deeper understanding of the justice process, what is expected from them at each stage, and suggestions to help them prepare for meetings with their attorney, court dates, and other steps of the process. Offers virtual and in-person meetings, depending upon location.

What's Here

General Legal Aid

North Penn Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides legal advocates for low-income individuals and families. NPLS helps people establish eligibility for public benefits, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain access to healthcare and avoid loss of housing due to uninhabitability, eviction or foreclosure. Also provides self-help materials, trainings and community workshops on a range of legal issues.

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Legal Counseling
Welfare Rights Assistance
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Self Representation Assistance
Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders

ACLAMO - Case Management Services

Provides case management services to individuals or families who need assistance with food security, interpretation and translation, court processes in domestic, divorce, or child custody matters, finding employment and/or training, information for families on juvenile justice cases, completing higher education applications, and other systems navigation assistance.

What's Here

Job Finding Assistance
Language Translation
Comprehensive Family Law Services
Hispanic/Latino Community
Prejob Guidance
Language Interpretation
General Legal Aid
Housing Search Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Case/Care Management

Philadelphia VIP - Pro Bono Legal Services

Provides referrals to volunteer attorneys for non-fee-generating civil legal matters.

What's Here

Low Income
General Legal Aid
Lawyer Referral Services

MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Offers representation/legal advice in areas such as the following: Protection from abuse; Child custody/visitation; Landlord/tenant disputes, public housing; Criminal Record Expungement Assistance; Government benefits (TANF, LIHEAP, Food Stamps/SNAP, and Unemployment Compensation); Utility Shut Offs; Sheriff's sales/levy's; Consumer; Mortgage foreclosures; Low Income Taxpayers Clinic; Guardianships; Legal Services for Veterans - Homeless/Near Homeless; Elder Law.

What's Here

Comprehensive Family Law Services
Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Veteran Benefits Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Elder Law
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
General Legal Aid
Benefits Screening

MidPenn Legal Services - Legal Services

Provides civil legal services to low-income individuals and families. Offers representation/legal advice in areas such as the following: Protection from abuse; Child custody/visitation; Landlord/tenant disputes, public housing; Criminal Record Expungement Assistance; Government benefits (TANF, LIHEAP, Food Stamps/SNAP, and Unemployment Compensation); Utility Shut Offs; Sheriff's sales/levy's; Consumer; Mortgage foreclosures; Low Income Taxpayers Clinic; Guardianships; Legal Services for Veterans - Homeless/Near Homeless; Elder Law.

What's Here

Comprehensive Family Law Services
Legal Representation
Legal Counseling
Veteran Benefits Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Elder Law
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
General Legal Aid
Benefits Screening

Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania - Protection from Abuse

Offers free general legal aid for victims of domestic abuse who are seeing Protection from Abuse (PFA) orders.

What's Here

General Legal Aid
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Protective/Restraining Orders