Dena Standley | January 09, 2023
Edited by Hannah Locklear
Hannah Locklear is SoloSuit’s Marketing and Impact Manager. With an educational background in Linguistics, Spanish, and International Development from Brigham Young University, Hannah has also worked as a legal support specialist for several years.
Summary: All states offer legal aid programs that help low-income and needy people navigate the civil and criminal justice system. The services vary depending on the qualification of the providers and the available resources. Below is SoloSuit’s guide on how to access legal aid in all 50 states.
Legal aid offers assistance to people living at or below the poverty line and who cannot afford legal help, granting them better access to services in the civil and criminal justice system. While the sixth amendment gives a right to counsel in all criminal proceedings, that provision is not included for civil matters such as debt lawsuits or family matters.
Hence, legal aid providers do their best to bridge this wide gap by protecting the rights of low-income people in areas such as housing, consumer, employment, family, and education. For example, SoloSuit offers legal aid to people with debt-related matters. This article will help you find the legal aid you need in any state. But first, let's give you more information on how legal aid works throughout the United States.
Legal aid has helped millions of Americans receive fair representation in their legal matters over the years. Further, it has assisted people with little to no financial capabilities or powerful connections to protect their property, business, life, and loved ones. The assistance legal aid programs offer will vary depending on the situation. They can help you:
Legal aid providers offer different services depending on their target group and abilities. Some may specialize in domestic violence, real estate, or employment issues. Others may focus on offering out-of-court services only, while others may be lawyers who offer pro-bono courtroom legal representation.
As mentioned earlier, people with low-income jobs or living in poverty qualify to receive legal aid. Other groups of people who are eligible for most legal aid programs include:
Notably, millions of needy people seeking civil legal aid are turned away due to a lack of resources. For instance, according to the Legal Services Corporation 2022 report, 1.1–1.3 million people (63–70%) out of the 1.9 million who sought legal aid did not receive the help they needed. The need for legal aid is enormous spans across all states.
Legal aid programs are often not profit-based or revenue driven. Instead, these programs give free legal assistance for situations such as:
Let's look at a practical example:
Example: Lucy had an outstanding debt of $1,350 that she fell back on paying for eleven months. Discovery Collections (DC) were already calling her multiple times a day, and she knew it was a matter of time before they sued her. Lucy found SoloSuit, which had a wealth of information that helped her plan the next step. She sent SoloSuit’s Debt Validation Letter, which stopped their calls. Next, Lucy went to a legal aid provider specializing in consumer issues. They helped her negotiate the debt with DC and received a better repayment plan.
Legal Services Alabama, Inc.
Phone: (866) 456-4995
Website: https://legalservicesalabama.org
Fax: (334) 651-8072
Alaska Legal Services Corporation
Phone: (888) 478-2572
Website: https://www.alsc-law.org
Fax: (907) 279-7417
DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (928) 871-4151
Website: https://dnalegalservices.org/
Fax: (928) 871-5036
Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc.
Phone: (800) 248-6789
Website: https://www.sazlegalaid.org
Fax: (520) 620-0443
Community Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (800) 852-9075
Website: https://clsaz.org/
Fax: (602) 253-1536
Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc.
Phone: (800) 952-9243
Website: https://arlegalaid.org/
Fax: (870) 910-5562
Center for Arkansas Legal Services
Phone: (501) 376-3423
Website: https://www.arkansaslegal.org
Fax: (501) 376-3664
Legal Services of Northern California, Inc.
Phone: (916) 551-2150
Website: https://lsnc.net/
Fax: (916) 551-2195
Central California Legal Services
Phone: (800) 675-8001
Website: https://www.centralcallegal.org
Fax: (559) 570-1254
California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
Phone: (800) 337-0690
Website: https://www.crla.org
Fax: (510) 267-0763
Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc.
Phone: (661) 325-5943
Website: https://www.gbla.org
Fax: (661) 325-4482
California Indian Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (760) 746-8941
Website: https://www.calindian.org
Fax: (916) 400-4891
Community Legal Aid SoCal
Phone: (714) 571-5200
Website: https://www.communitylegalsocal.org
Fax: (714) 805-7370
Inland Counties Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (888) 245-4257
Website: https://www.inlandlegal.org/
Fax: (951) 368-2542
Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc.
Phone: (877) 534-2524
Website: https://www.lassd.org
Fax: (619) 263-5697
Colorado Legal Services
Phone: (303) 837-1313
Website: https://www.coloradolegalservices.org
Fax: (303) 830-7860
Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc.
Phone: (860) 344-0380
Website: https://www.slsct.org
Fax: (860) 563-3518
Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc.
Phone: (302) 575-0408
Website: https://www.lscd.com
Fax: (302) 575-0478
Legal Services of North Florida, Inc.
Phone: (850) 385-9007
Website: https://www.lsnf.org/
Fax: (850) 205-6540
Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (866) 256-8091
Website: https://www.trls.org
Fax: (352) 375-1631
Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc.
Phone: (800) 405-1417
Website: https://www.clsmf.org
Fax: (407) 724-1661
Florida Rural Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (888) 582-3410
Website: https://www.frls.org
Fax: (863) 583-8623
Bay Area Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (800) 625-2257
Website: https://www.bals.org
Fax: (813) 248-9922
Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida, Inc.
Phone (954) 736-2400
Website: https://www.coasttocoastlegalaid.org
Fax: (954) 736-2482
Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.
Phone: (305) 576-0080
Website: https://www.legalservicesmiami.org
Fax: (305) 576-5112
Georgia Legal Services Program
Phone: (833) 457-7529
Website: https://www.glsp.org
Fax: (404) 463-1624
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Phone: (404) 524-5811
Website: https://atlantalegalaid.org
Fax: (404) 525-5710
Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
Phone: (800) 499-4302
Website: https://www.legalaidhawaii.org
Fax: (808) 527-8088
Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc.
Phone: (208) 746-7541
Website: https://www.idaholegalaid.org
Fax: (208) 342-2561
Prairie State Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (630) 690-2130
Website: https://www.pslegal.org
Fax: (815) 965-1081
Legal Aid Chicago
Phone: (312) 341-1070
Website: https://www.legalaidchicago.org
Fax: (312) 341-1041
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid, Inc.
Phone (877) 342-7891
Website: https://lincolnlegal.org/
Fax: (618) 398-0681
Indiana Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (844) 243-8570
Website: https://www.indianalegalservices.org
Fax: (317) 631-9773
Iowa Legal Aid
Phone: (800) 532-1275
Website: https://www.iowalegalaid.org
Fax: (515) 246-6075
Kansas Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (800) 723-6953
Website: https://www.kansaslegalservices.org
Fax: (785) 354-8311
Legal Aid of the Bluegrass
Phone: (859) 431-8200
Website: https://lablaw.org
Fax: (859) 431-3009
Legal Aid Society
Phone: (502) 584-1254
Website: https://yourlegalaid.org/
Fax: (502) 584-8014
Kentucky Legal Aid
Phone: (270) 782-5740
Website: https://www.klaid.org
Fax: (270) 782-1993
Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky
Phone: (866) 277-5733
Website: https://www.ardfky.org
Fax: (606) 886-0079
Acadiana Legal Service Corporation
Phone: (337) 237-4320
Website: https://www.la-law.org
Fax: (337) 237-8839
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation
Phone: (504) 529-1000
Website: https://slls.org
Fax: (504) 596-2241
Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc.
Phone: (207) 764-4349
Website: https://ptla.org
Fax: (207) 828-2300
Maryland Legal Aid
Phone: (410) 951-7750
Website: https://www.mdlab.org
Fax: (410) 951-7778
Community Legal Aid, Inc.
Phone: (508) 752-3718
Website: https://communitylegal.org/
Fax: (508) 752-5918
Northeast Legal Aid, Inc.
Phone: (978) 458-1465
Website: https://www.northeastlegalaid.org
Fax: (978) 458-3481
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association
Phone: (617) 603-1700
Website: https://vlpnet.org
Fax: (617) 423-0061
South Coastal Counties Legal Services
Phone: (800) 244-9023
Website: https://sccls.org
Fax: (508) 676-8657
Legal Services of Northern Michigan, Inc.
Phone: (906) 786-2303
Website: https://www.lsnm.org
Fax: (906) 786-4041
Legal Aid of Western Michigan
Phone: (616) 774-0672
Website: https://lawestmi.org
Fax: (616) 774-2412
Legal Services of Eastern Michigan
Phone: (800) 322-4512
Website: https://www.lsem-mi.org/
Fax: (810) 234-9039
Michigan Advocacy Program
Phone: (888) 783-8190
Website: https://miadvocacy.org/
Fax: (734) 665-2974
Lakeshore Legal Aid
Phone: (888) 783-8190
Website: https://lakeshorelegalaid.org
Fax: (586) 698-1576
Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota Corporation
Phone (800) 450-8585
Website: https://lsnmlaw.org
Fax: (218) 422-7701
Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota
Phone: (800) 933-1112
Website: https://lasnem.org/
Fax: (218) 726-4886
Central Minnesota Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (612) 334-5970
Website: https://www.centralmnlegal.org
Fax: (612) 334-3402
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (651) 222-4731
Website: https://www.smrls.org
Fax: (651) 228-9450
North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (800) 498-1804
Website: https://nmrls.com
Fax: (662) 234-2965
Mississippi Center for Legal Services
Phone: (800) 498-1804
Website: https://mscenterforlegalservices.org/
Fax: (601) 545-2935
Legal Aid of Western Missouri
Phone: (816) 474-6750
Website: https://lawmo.org
Fax: (816) 474-1578
Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corporation
Phone: (573) 442-0116
Website: https://www.mmls.org/
Fax: (573) 875-0173
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc.
Phone: (314) 534-4200
Website: https://lsem.org
Fax: (314) 534-1425
Legal Services of Southern Missouri
Phone: (417) 881-1397
Website: https://www.lsosm.org
Fax: (417) 881-2159
Montana Legal Services Association
Phone: (800) 666-6899
Website: https://www.mtlsa.org
Fax: (406) 442-9817
Phone: (402) 348-1069
Website: https://www.legalaidofnebraska.org
Fax: (402) 345-5666
Legal Aid of Nebraska
Phone: (702) 386-0404
Website: https://nevadalegalservices.org
Fax: (702) 388-1641
603 Legal Aid
Phone: (603) 224-3333
Website: https://nhlegalaid.org/about/legal-advice-and-referral-center
Fax: (603) 224-6067
Northeast New Jersey Legal Services Corporation
Phone: (201) 792-6363
Website: https://www.northeastnjlegalservices.org
Fax: (201) 798-8780
Central Jersey Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (732) 249-7600
Website: https://centraljerseylegalservices.org/
Fax: (732) 249-7966
South Jersey Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (800) 496-4570
Website: https://www.lsnj.org/sjls
Fax: (856) 964-0228
DNA-Peoples Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (928) 871-4151
Website: https://dnalegalservices.org/
Fax: (928) 871-5036
New Mexico Legal Aid
Phone: (833) 545-4357
Website: https://www.newmexicolegalaid.org
Fax: (505) 396-7246
Legal Services NYC
Phone: (917) 661-4500
Website: https://www.legalservicesnyc.org
Fax: (646) 442-3601
Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc.
Phone: (631) 232-2400
Website: https://www.nslawservices.org
Fax: (631) 232-2489
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc.
Phone: (833) 628-0087
Website: https://www.lasnny.org
Fax: (518) 427-8352
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc.
Phone: (877) 777-6152
Website: https://www.lasmny.org
Fax: (315) 732-3202
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
Phone: (877) 574-8529
Website: https://www.lshv.org/
Fax: (914) 949-6213
Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc.
Phone: (866) 219-5262
Website: https://www.legalaidnc.org/
Fax: (919) 856-2120
Legal Services of North Dakota
Phone: (800) 634-5263
Website: https://www.legalassist.org
Fax: (701) 258-0043
Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc.
Phone: (888) 534-1432
Website: https://www.lawolaw.org
Fax: (419) 321-1582
Ohio State Legal Services
Phone: (614) 221-7201
Website: https://www.oslsa.org
Fax: (614) 221-7625
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Phone: (216) 687-1900
Website: https://lasclev.org
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc.
Phone: (888) 534-5243
Website: https://www.legalaidok.org/
Legal Aid Services of Oregon
Phone: (503) 224-4086
Website: https://lasoregon.org
Fax: (503) 417-0147
Northwestern Legal Services
Phone: (814) 452-6957
Website: https://www.nwls.org
Fax: (814) 452-3734
MidPenn Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (800) 326-9177
Website: https://www.midpenn.org
Fax: (717) 234-0496
North Penn Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (866) 761-6572
Website: https://www.nlsa.us/
Fax: (412) 765-3223
Laurel Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (800) 253-9558
Website: https://laurellegalservices.org/
Fax: (724) 836-4578
Neighborhood Legal Services Association
Phone: (866) 761-6572
Website: https://www.nlsa.us/
Fax: (412) 765-3223
Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (800) 846-0871
Website: https://spla.org
Fax: (724) 250-1078
Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (401) 274-2652
Website: https://www.rils.org
Fax: (401) 272-5335
South Carolina Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (888) 346-5592
Website: https://sclegal.org
Fax: (803) 799-9420
Dakota Plains Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (605) 856-4444
Website: https://www.dpls.org
Fax: (605) 856-2075
East River Legal Services
Phone: (605) 336-9230
Website: https://erlservices.org
Fax: (605) 336-6919
West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (731) 423-0616
Website: https://www.wtls.org
Fax: (731) 423-2600
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands
Phone: (800) 238-1443
Website: https://las.org
Fax: (615) 244-4920
Legal Aid of East Tennessee
Phone: (423) 756-4013
Website: https://www.laet.org
Fax: (423) 265-4164
Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas
Phone: (888) 529-5277
Website: https://internet.lanwt.org
Fax: (817) 649-4759
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc.
Phone: (888) 988-9996
Website: https://www.trla.org
Fax: (956) 825-7035
Lone Star Legal Aid
Phone: (713) 652-0077
Website: https://www.lonestarlegal.org/
Fax: (713) 652-2709
Utah Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (801) 328-8891
Website: https://www.utahlegalservices.org
Fax: (801) 869-7217
Legal Services Vermont
Phone: (800) 889-2047
Website: https://legalservicesvt.org/
Fax: (802) 651-4130
Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Phone: (888) 201-2772
Website: https://svlas.org
Fax: (276) 378-8400
Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc.
Phone: (866) 534-5243
Website: https://brls.org
Fax: (540) 433-2202
Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Phone: (866) 534-5243
Website: https://vlas.org
Fax: (434) 528-3571
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Phone: (800) 868-1012
Website: https://cvlas.org
Fax: (804) 649-8794
Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Inc.
Phone: (703) 778-6800
Website: https://www.lsnv.org
Fax: (703) 778-4790
Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia
Phone: (757) 827-5078
Website: https://www.laseva.org
Fax: (757) 622-8102
Northwest Justice Project
Phone: (888) 201-1014
Website: https://nwjustice.org
Fax: (206) 838-1190
Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc.
Phone: (800) 642-8279
Website: https://legalaidwv.org/
Fax: (304) 342-3011
Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.
Phone: (855) 947-2529
Website: https://www.legalaction.org
Fax: (414) 278-7156
Wisconsin Judicare, Inc.
Phone: (715) 842-1681
Website: https://www.judicare.org
Fax: (715) 848-1885
Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc.
Phone: (307) 432-0807
Website: https://www.lawyoming.org
Fax: (307) 432-0808
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