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AIDS Helpline

PO Box 92860
Albuquerque, NM 87199
Phone: 505-797-6066
Fax: 505-797-6074
Counties Served: Statewide
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Assistance in all types of cases including Torts, Terminating Parental Rights, Real Estate, Juvenile, Immigration, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, CED Adoption, AIDS/HIV

AIDS Law Panel

PO Box 22251
Santa Fe, NM 84502
Phone: 505-982-202, 1-800-982-2021
Fax: 505-474-3641
Type of Cases Accepted: AIDS/HIV

Albuquerque Bar Association Courthouse

540 Chama St NE
Albuquerque, NM 87108-2017
Phone: 505-256-0417
Fax: 505-256-0780
Intake: 505-256-0417
Counties Served: Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia
Type of Cases Accepted: Housing, Wills, Name Change, Landlord/Tenant, Small Claims-Civil.Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody

Albuquerque Bar Association LRS

PO Box 40
Albuquerque, NM 87103-0040
Phone: 505-243-2615
Fax: 505-842-0287
Intake: 505-243-2615
Counties Served: Statewide
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Torts, Terminating Parental Rights, Real Estate, Juvenile, Immigration, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, CED, Adoption, AIDS/HIV

DNA-People’s Legal Services

709 N Butler Ave
Farmington, NM 87401-6855
Phone: 505-325-8886
Fax: 505-327-9486
Counties Served: San Juan
Type of Cases Accepted: Consumer, Education, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, CED

Legal Resources for the Elderly

PO Box 92860
Albuquerque, NM 87199
Phone: 505-797-6005
Fax: 505-797-6657
Counties Served: Statewide
Type of Cases Accepted: Consumer, Housing, Wills, Nursing home issues, advance directives, defense of guardianship and financial exploitation, Domestic Violence

New Mexico Legal Aid Albuquerque

PO Box 25486, Ste 3100
Albuquerque, NM 87125-5486
Phone: 505-243-7871
Fax: 505-842-9864
Intake: 505-243-7871
Counties Served: Statewide
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Employment Law, Housing, Migrant, land and water rights, Real Estate, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, CED

New Mexico State Bar – Pro Bono

PO Box 92860
Albuquerque, NM 87199
Phone: 505-797-6054
Fax: 505-797-6074
Counties Served: Statewide
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Torts, Terminating Parental Rights, Real Estate, Juvenile, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, CED, Adoption

Southern New Mexico Legal Services

300 N Downtown Mall
Las Cruces, NM 88001-1247
Phone: 505-541-4867
Fax: 505-541-4840
Counties Served: Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero, Sierra, Socorro
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Housing, Wills, Real Estate, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody

State Bar of N.M. – Referral Program

PO Box 92860
Albuquerque, NM 87199-2860
Phone: 800-876-6227
Fax: 505-797-6074
Intake: 800-876-6227
Counties Served: Statewide
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Torts, Terminating Parental Rights, Real Estate, Juvenile, Immigration, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, CED, Adoption

State Bar of N.M Consumer Debt-Bankruptcy Workshops

PO Box 92860
Albuquerque, NM 87199-2860
Phone: 888-876-6657
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer

State Bar Lawyer Referral For Elderly (LREP)

PO Box 92860
Albuquerque, NM 87199-2860
Phone: 800 876-6657
Intake: 800 876-6657
Counties Served: Statewide
Type of Cases Accepted: Elder Law, The Lawyer Referral for the Elderly Program (LREP) provides legal services to New Mexicans who are aged 55 and over. The State Aging and Long Term Services Department, the New Mexico Legal Services Commission, and the State Bar of New Mexico fund the program.

University Of New Mexico School Of Law

1117 Stanford NE, MSC11 6070
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: 505-277-2342, 277-2146
Type of Cases Accepted: Immigration

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State Bar of New Mexico Statewide Lawyer Referral Service

PO Box 92860
Albuquerque, NM 87199
Phone: 505-797-6066
Fax: 505-797-6074
Intake: 505-797-6066
Counties Served: Statewide
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Torts, Terminating Parental Rights, Real Estate, Juvenile, Immigration, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, CED, Adoption, AIDS/HIV

Legal Resources for the Elderly Program

PO Box 92860
General Phone No: 505-797-6005
Albuquerque, NM 87199
800 Phone: 800-876-6657 (in state only)
Languages: Spanish
Counties Served: Statewide, limited service in Bernalillo County
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law except: Appeals, criminal, commercial litigation and suits against state governmental entities.
Special Panels: Reduced Fee Panel, Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel, Pro Bono Pane

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