LEGAL SERVICE PROGRAMS
Local
Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services Consortium
Laurel Legal Services
Counties served: Armstrong, Cambria, Clarion, Indiana, Jefferson and Westmoreland
(800) 253-9558
Neighborhood
Legal Services Association
Counties served: Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence
(866) 761-6572
Southwestern Pennsylvania
Legal Aid Society
Counties served: Fayette, Greene, Somerset and Washington
(800) 846-0871
Community Legal Services
County Served: Philadelphia
(215) 981-3700
Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Counties served: Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery
(877) 429-5994
MidPenn Legal Services
Counties served: Adams, Berks, Blair, Bedford, Centre, Clearfield, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry, Schuylkill and York
717-234-0492
North Penn Legal Services
Counties served: Bradford, Carbon, Clinton, Columbia, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Pike, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne and Wyoming
(877) 9-LEGAL-0
Northwestern Legal Services
Counties served: Cameron, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango and Warren
(800) 753-5704
Philadelphia Legal Assistance
County served: Philadelphia
(215) 981-3808
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network
PA LawHELP.org - guide to legal information and free civil legal services for low-income persons and seniors in Pennsylvania. Locate information on a variety of legal issues, as well as information on how to contact programs providing legal assistance in Pennsylvania. To view a copy of PA LawHELP's brochure, click here.
This guide is a free service which is made possible through a grant from the Legal Services Corporation and the ongoing support of Pennsylvania Legal Services. The web site was created by Pro Bono.net and is maintained by Pennsylvania Legal Services, in conjunction with Neighborhood Legal Services Association.
Community Justice Project (CJP) - a non-profit, public interest law firm. Its mission is to protect and expand the civil rights of low-income people throughout Pennsylvania, except Philadelphia. It provides broad impact legal support for eligible low income people who live in Pennsylvania. Through this advocacy, the CJP seeks: to protect the basic needs of low income individuals and families, and to assist them in their efforts to become self-sufficient or to otherwise improve their lives and the communities in which they live; t o enforce laws protecting rights of Pennsylvanian residents in their homes, schools and workplaces; and, to change the policies that hurt low income Pennsylvanians, especially those policies affecting, welfare, childcare and transportation.
Eastern Office
118 Locust St.
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 236-9486 (phone)
(717) 233-4088 (fax)
Western Office
Suite 1705
429 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 434-6002 (phone)
(412) 434-5706 (fax)
Reading Office (Ayuda en Español)
c/o Centro Hispano
501 Washington St.
Reading, PA 19603
(610) 685-1270 (phone)
(610) 372-2619 (fax)
Hazleton Office (Ayuda en Español)
100 West Broad Street
Room 118
Hazleton, PA 18201
(570) 582-5816 (phone)
(570) 459-5815 (fax)
Disabilities
Law Project
(800) 692-7443
Education Law Center - provides information on the legal rights of public school students, help with problem-solving, written materials, and contacts. In some cases involving large numbers of children, we provide legal representation.
Eastern Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia Building
1315 Walnut Street, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107-4717
Phone: 215-238-6970
Fax: 215-772-3125
Western Pennsylvania
1901 Law & Finance Building
429 Fourth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: 412-258-2120
Fax: 412-391-4496
Friends
of Farmworkers
(800) 729-1607
Pennsylvania Farmworker
Project
of Philadelphia Legal Assistance
(888) 541-1544
Pennsylvania
Health Law Project - assists in obtaining access to healthcare
and helps monitor the quality of care and service given at various health
care programs.
650 Smithfield Street
Suite 2130
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 434-5779
Statewide Toll-free Hotline (800) 274-3528
Website: www.phlp.org
This site also has a
program called "QuickScreen" which can help determine
eligibility for Pennsylvania health care programs - www.phlp.org/quickscreenwelcome.asp.
Pennsylvania Institutional
Law Project
(215) 925-2966
Pennsylvania Utility Law
Project
(717) 232-2719
Regional
Housing Legal Services
(215) 572-7300
National
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Main Office: 928 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-3799
Telephone: (412) 255-6700
Toll-Free: 1-866-761-6572
Fax: (412) 355-0168
