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AIDS Legal Council of Chicago

220 S State St
Chicago, IL 60604-2102
Phone: 312-427-8990
Fax: 312-427-8419
Intake: 312-427-8990
Counties Served: Cook
Type of Cases Accepted: Education, Wills, AIDS/HIV

Cabrini Green Legal Aid

740 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60642
Phone: 312-738-2452
Fax: 312-850-4783
Counties Served: Cook
Type of Cases Accepted: Consumer, Housing, Criminal, Family, Juvenile, Income Maintenance, Terminating Parental Rights, Juvenile, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, Adoption

Center For Disability & Elder Law, (CDEL)

710 N Lake Shore Dr, 300
Chicago, IL 60611-3006
Phone: 312-908-4463
Fax: 312-908-0866
cdelmail@yahoo.com
Intake: 312-908-4463
Counties Served: Cook
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Provides pro bono legal assistance to low-income people with disabilities and the elderly throughout Cook County, Torts, Terminating Parental Rights, Real Estate, Juvenile, Immigration, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, CED, Adoption, AIDS/HIV

Champaign County Bar Association Pro Bono Program

1817 S Neil St, Ste 203
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217-356-1351
Fax: 217-356-7621
Intake: 217-356-1351
Counties Served: Champaign
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Elder Law, Wills, Guardianships, Orders of Protection, Dissolution, Custody, Adoption

Chicago Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.

100 N La Salle St, Ste 600
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: 312-630-9744
Fax: 312-630-1127
Greater Chicago + 6 counties
Type of Cases Accepted: Education, Employment Law, Housing, Civil Rights, Health, CED

Chicago Legal Advocacy For Incarcerated Mothers CLAIM

70 East Lake Street, 1120
Chicago, IL 60601-5959
Phone: 312-675-0912
Fax: 312-675-0915
Intake: 312-675-0912
Counties Served: Statewide
Type of Cases Accepted: Terminating Parental Rights, Juvenile, Dissolution, Custody

Chicago Legal Clinic Pro Bono Program

2938 E 91st St
Chicago, IL 60617-4208
Phone: 773-731-1762
Fax: 773-731-4264
egrossman@clclaw.org
Intake: 773-731-1762
Counties Served: Cook
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Wills, Guardianship of Disabled Adults, Torts, Real Estate, Dissolution, Adoption

Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation

100 N La Salle St, Ste 900
Chicago, IL 60602-2405
Phone: 312-332-3508
Fax: 312-332-1460
Intake: 312-332-1624
Counties Served: Cook
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Elder
Law, Housing, Wills, General practice of law for poor. Also includes income tax and some criminal, Torts, Real Estate, Immigration, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, CED, Adoption,

Civil Court Clinic for Orders of Protection Pro Bono Advocates

28 N Clark, Ste 630
Chicago, IL 60602-1310
Phone: 312-827-2420
Fax: 312-827-2425
Intake: 312-827-2420
Counties Served: Cook
Type of Cases Accepted: Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody

Community Economic Development Law Project Of Chicago Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law

188 W Randolph St, Ste 2103
Chicago, IL 60601-3004
Phone: 312-939-3638
Fax: 312-427-6172
http://www.clccrul.org/projects/community_economic_development_law_project.html
cedlp@aol.com

Du Page Bar Legal Aid Service

126 S County Farm Rd
Wheaton, IL 60187-4597
Phone: 630-653-6212
Fax: 630-653-6317
Counties Served: DuPage
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Wills, Torts, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, Adoption

First Defense Legal Aid

3645 West Chicago Avenue, #240
Chicago, IL 60651
Phone: 773-826-6550
Fax: 773-722-4997
Intake: 800-529-7374
Counties Served: Cook
Type of Cases Accepted: Criminal, Juvenile

Kane County Pro Bono Program Prairie State Legal Services Inc

201 Houston, Ste 102
Batavia, IL 60510
Phone: 630-232-9415
Fax: 630-232-9402
Intake: 800-942-4612
Counties Served: Kane
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Wills, Guardianship, Reduction of Child Support, Visitation Denial, Real Estate, Custody,

Lake County Bar Volunteer Lawyers Program

415 Washington St
Waukegan, IL 60085-5564
Phone: 847-662-6925
Fax: 847-662-6986
Intake: 847-662-6925
Counties Served: Lake
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Wills, driver’s license where applicant needs to secure and maintain employment, Real Estate, Immigration, Dissolution, CED, AIDS/HIV

Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Northern Regional Office

3180 Adloff Lane Suite 201
Springfield, Illinois 62703
217-529-8400 or 1-800-252-8629
Counties Served:
Cass, Christian, Logan, Macon, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott, Shelby
Type of Cases Accepted: Housing, Dissolution, Domestic Violence, Consumer, Public Benefits, Disability.

Land Of Lincoln Legal Assistance

80 Broadway Street, 202
Mattoon, IL 61938
Phone: 217-235-4063

Land Of Lincoln Legal Assistance

1817 S Neil St
Champaign, IL 61820-7234
Phone: 217-356-1351
Fax: 217-356-7621
Intake: 217-356-1351
Counties Served: Vermilion
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Wills, Dissolution, Custody

Land Of Lincoln Legal Assistance

327 Missouri Ave, Ste 300
East Saint Louis, IL 62201-3088
Phone: 618-271-9140
Fax: 618-874-6914
Intake: 877-342-7891
Counties Served: Monroe, Saint Clair
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Elder Law, Housing, Wills, Real Estate, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, CED

Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Private Bar Involvement Program

413 E Broadway
Alton, IL 62002-2496
Phone: 618-462-0029
Fax: 618/463-1101
Counties Served: Adams, Brown, Hancock, Pike, Schuyler
Type of Cases Accepted: Housing, Terminating Parental Rights, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody

Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance

Northern Regional Office
3180 Adloff Lane Suite 201
Springfield, Illinois 62703
217-529-8400 or 1-800-252-8629
Counties Served:
Cass, Christian, Logan, Macon, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott, Shelby
Type of Cases Accepted: Housing, Dissolution, Domestic Violence, Consumer, Public Benefits, Disability.

Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Mount Vernon Office

409 Harrison St
Mount Vernon, IL 62864-3643
Phone: 618-244-0235
Fax: 618-244-9293
Counties Served: Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, Marion
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Housing, Dissolution, Custody

Lawyers’ Committee -Eviction Defense Program

220 S. State Street, 1700
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 312-347-7600
Fax: 312-347-7604
Intake: 312-347-7600
Counties Served: Cook
Type of Cases Accepted: Housing

Legal Assistance Of Metropolitan Chicago

111 W Jackson Blvd, 300
Chicago, IL 60604-3589
Phone: 312-341-1070
Fax: 312-341-1041
Intake: 312-341-1070
Counties Served: Cook
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Terminating Parental Rights, Immigration, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody

McHenry County Bar Association Legal Aid

1212 N Seminary Ave
Woodstock, IL 60098-4314
Phone: 815-338-1011
Fax: 815-338-9690
Counties Served: McHenry
Type of Cases Accepted: Dissolution

Midwest Immigrant And Human Rights Center (MIHRC)

208 S LaSalle St, 1818
Chicago, IL 60604
Phone: 312-660-1370
Fax: 312-551-2214
mihrc@heartlandalliance.org
Intake: 312-660-1370
Counties Served: Statewide
Type of Cases Accepted: Employment Law, Juvenile, Immigration, Domestic Violence

Prairie State Legal Services

1614 E Knox St
Galesburg, IL 61401-5347
Phone: 309-343-2141
Fax: 309-343-7647
Counties Served: Fulton, Henderson, Knox, McDonough, Stark, Warren
Type of Cases Accepted: Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Adoption, AIDS/HIV

Prairie State Legal Services Inc McLean County Pro Bono Program

102 N Center StSte 405
Bloomington, IL 61701-5056
Phone: 309-827-5021
Fax: 309-828-3776
Counties Served: Livingston, McLean, Woodford
Type of Cases Accepted: Terminating Parental Rights, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody

Prairie State Legal Services Inc. Volunteer Lawyer’s Project

191 S Chicago Ave
Kankakee, IL 60901-4002
Phone: 815-935-2750
Fax: 815-935-0906
Counties Served: Kankakee, Kendall, Iroquois
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Housing, Wills, Real Estate, Dissolution, Custody, Adoption

Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. Peoria County Pro Bono Plan

975 N. Main
Peoria, IL 61103
Phone: 815-965-2134
Fax: 815-965-1081
Intake: 800-322-2280
Counties Served: Boone, Bureau, Carroll, De Kalb, Du Page, Fulton, Grundy, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jo Daviess, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, La Salle, Lee, Livingston, McDonough, McHenry, McLean, Marshall, Mercer, Ogle, Peoria, Putnam, Rock Island, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Warren, Whiteside, Will, Winnebago, Woodford
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Elder Law, Housing, Wills, Varies by County, Real Estate, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, Adoption

Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. Private Attorney Involvement Project

975 N Main St
Rockford, IL 61103-7064
Phone: 815-965-2134
Fax: 815-965-1081
Counties Served: Boone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle, Stephenson, Winnebago
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Terminating Parental Rights, Juvenile, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, AIDS/HIV

Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. Volunteer Lawyer Project of Rock Island County

208 18th St, Ste 202
Rock Island, IL 61201-8720
Phone: 309-794-1328
Fax: 309-794-0265
Intake: 309-794-1328
Counties Served: Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, Whiteside
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Housing, Wills, Real Estate, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody

Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. Volunteer Lawyers Project

975 N Main St
Rockford, IL 61103-7064
Phone: 815-965-2134
Fax: 815-965-1081
Intake: 815-935-2760
Counties Served: Boone, Carroll, Ogle, Stephenson, Winnebago
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Torts, Real Estate, Dissolution, Adoption

Springfield AIDS Resource Association

514 E Lawrence Ave
Springfield, IL 62703
Phone: 217-523-2191
Fax: 217-523-2191
Type of Cases Accepted: AIDS/HIV

Will County Legal Assistance Program, Inc.

5 East Van Buren, 310
Joliet, IL 60432
Phone: 815-727-5123
Fax: 815-727-5152
Intake: 815-727-5123
Counties Served: Will
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Elder Law, Housing, Wills, Real Estate, Domestic Violence, Dissolution

Worker Rights Center, Chicago Interfaith Committee On Worker Issues

1020 N. Bryn Mawr, 4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60660-4627
Phone: 773 728-8400
Fax: 773-728-8409
Counties Served: Statewide
Type of Cases Accepted: Employment Law, Labor

Lawyer Referral Programs:

Illinois State Bar Association’s Illinois Lawyer Finder.com
PO Box 1330
General Phone No: 217-525-5297
Springfield, IL 62705-1330
800 Phone: 800-922-8757
Languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Polish
Counties Served: Statewide
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law.

Chicago Bar Association LRS
321 S. Plymouth Ct.
General Phone No: 312-554-2001
Chicago, IL 60604-3113
TTY Phone: 312-554-2055
Languages: Spanish
Counties Served: Cook, DuPage, Lake
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law except: Administration, School law

North Suburban Bar Association LRS
PO Box 731
Glenview, IL 60025-5183
General Phone No: 224-935-6016
Languages: French, Spanish, Polish, Arabic, Hebrew, Greek
Counties Served: Cook, Lake
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law.

Northwest Suburban Bar Association Attorney Referral Service
800 E. Northwest Highway
Suite 418
General Phone No: 847-221-2601
Palatine, IL 60074
Counties Served: Cook
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law.

DuPage County Lawyer Referral & Mediation Service
126 S. County Farm Rd.
General Phone No: 630-653-9109 & 630-653-9110
Wheaton, IL 60187-4597
Languages: Spanish
Counties Served: DuPage, Kane, Cook
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law.
Special Panels: Reduced Fee Panel, Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel

Kane County Bar Association Find A Lawyer Service
555 S. Randall Road, Suite 205
General Phone No: 630-762-1900
St. Charles, IL 60174
Languages: Spanish, German, French, Polish
Counties Served: Kane, DeKalb, Kendall, DuPage, Cook, Lake, McHenry, Will, Winnebago
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law.

Lake County Bar Association LRS
300 Grand Ave, Suite A
General Phone No: 847-244-3143
Waukegan, IL 60085
Counties Served: Lake, McHenry and Cook
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law except: International

Peoria County LRS
110 SW Jefferson Ave, Suite 520
General Phone No: 309-674-1224
Peoria, IL 61602
Counties Served: Peoria, Tazewell
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law except: International

Will County Bar Association
167 N. Ottawa St., Suite 200
General Phone No: 815-726-0383 & 815-726-1015
Joliet, IL 60432
Counties Served: Will
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law except: Healthcare, International, Unemployment Compensation, Employment Law

Winnebago County LRS
321 W. State St., Suite 300
General Phone No: 815-964-5152
Rockford, IL 61101-1127
Counties Served: Winnebago, Boone
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law except: International, Labor Relations, Veterans/Militar

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