New York Legal Aid and Pro Bono Services

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Advocates For Children Of New York

151 West 30th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Phone: 212-947-9779
All five New York City Counties

Agenda For Children Tomorrow

2 Washington Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212-487-8618
Type of Cases Accepted: Education, Housing, Terminating Parental Rights, Juvenile, Health, Domestic Violence, Custody, Adoption

AIDS Center of Queens County (ACQC)

9745 Queens Blvd
Rego Park, NY 11374
Phone: 718-896-2500
Fax: 718-275-2094
Intake: 718-896-2500
Counties Served: Queens
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Terminating Parental Rights, Real Estate, Juvenile, Immigration, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, Adoption, AIDS/HIV

American Immigration – Bedford Hills Pro Bono

122 East 42nd St
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-867-3810
Fax: 212-687-8158
Counties Served: Statewide
Type of Cases Accepted: Immigration

American Indian Law Alliance Legal Services

11 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212-477-9100
http://www.ailanyc.org

Asian American Legal Defense and Education

99 Hudson St, Fl 12
New York, NY 10013-2815
Phone: 212-966-5932
Fax: 212-966-4303
Counties Served: New York State and Tri-State Area
Type of Cases Accepted: Employment Law, Naturalization, Immigration, Police Violence, Voting Rights, and Census. Immigration, Dissolution, Custody

Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services

1360 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Phone: 718-636-1155

BLS Legal Services For Senior Citizens

1 Boerum Pl, Fl 3
Brooklyn, NY 11201-5101
Phone: 718-488-7448
Fax: 718-488-9856
Counties Served: New York City
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Housing, Wills

Bronx AIDS Legal Advocacy Program

540 East Fordham Road
Bronx, NY 10458
Phone: 718-295-5598
Fax: 718-295-7324
Type of Cases Accepted: AIDS/HIV

Brooklyn Legal Services – HIV Project

105 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 718-237-5546

Brooklyn Bar Association Lawyers Project

123 Remsen St, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201-4294
Phone: 718-624-3894
Fax: 718-624-3926
Intake: 718-624-3894
Counties Served: Kings
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Elder Law, Wills, Child Visitation, Child/Spousal Support, Uncontested Dissolution, of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, AIDS/HIV

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation

256-60 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
Phone: 718-487-2300
Fax: 718-782-6790
Intake: 718-487-2300
Counties Served: Kings
Type of Cases Accepted: Housing, Terminating Parental Rights, Domestic Violence, Custody, CED

Capital District Women’s Bar Association

6 Executive Park Drive
Albany, NY 12203
Phone: 518-435-1770
Fax: 518-435-1773
Intake: 518-435-1770
Counties Served: Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Housing, Real Estate, Immigration, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody

Center for Immigrants Rights, Inc.

48 Saint Marks Pl
New York, NY 10003-8129
Phone: 212-531-3011
Fax: 212-531-1391
Type of Cases Accepted: Immigration

Chemung County Neighborhood Legal Services

215 E Church Street, Ste 301
Elmira, NY 14901-2743
Phone: 607-734-1647
Fax: 607-734-1018
Counties Served: Chemung, Schuyler, Tioga, Tompkins
Type of Cases Accepted: Education, Housing, Domestic Violence, Dissolution

Civil Court Of The City Of New York Housing Lawyers Project

111 Centre Street, Room 1240
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 646-386-5412
Fax: 212-374-5709
Counties Served: New York City
Type of Cases Accepted: Housing

Covenant House Legal Services

460 W 41st St, Ste 715
New York, NY 10036-6801
Phone: 212-330-0541
Fax: 212-629-3756
Intake: 212-330-0541
Counties Served: Nationwide
Type of Cases Accepted: Housing, Terminating Parental Rights, Immigration, Domestic Violence, Custody

Erie County Bar Assn Lawyers Project

700 Statler Towers
Buffalo, NY 14202-7501
Phone: 716-847-0662 press 12
Fax: 716-847-0307
Intake: 716-847-0662
Counties Served: Erie
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Housing, Wills, Unemployment Insurance Benefits; Representing Not for Profit Groups, Guardianships, Child Support, Name Changes, Torts, Immigration, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, Adoption, AIDS/HIV

Erie County Bar Association Lawyers Project

700 Statler Towers
Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone: 716-847-0662
Fax: 716-847-0307
Intake: 716-847-0662
Counties Served: Erie
Type of Cases Accepted: Immigration

Eviction Intervention Services

150 E 62nd St
New York, NY 10021-8142
Phone: 212-308-2210
Fax: 212-888-7140
Intake: 212-308-2210
Counties Served: Bronx, NY
Type of Cases Accepted: Housing

Finger Lakes Volunteer Lawyer Service

One Franklin Square, PO Box 487, 4th Floor
Geneva, NY 14456-0487
Phone: 315-781-1465
Fax: 315-781-2565
Intake: 315-781-1465
Counties Served: Livingston, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, Yates
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Wills, Dissolution

Gay Men’s Health Crisis Legal Services

119 W 24th St
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-367-1040
Fax: 212-367-1305
Counties Served: New York City
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Immigration, Health, Custody, Adoption, AIDS/HIV

Goddard-Riverside West Side SRO Law Project

647 Columbus Ave
New York, NY 10025-7009
Phone: 212-799-9638
Fax: 212-721-1514
Counties Served: New York City
Type of Cases Accepted: Housing

Human Rights First

333 7th Ave, Fl 13
New York, NY 10001-5004
Phone: 212-845-5200
Fax: 212-845-5299
Intake: 212-845-5200
Type of Cases Accepted: Immigration

JASA/Legal Services for the Elderly in Queens

9745 Queens Blvd, Ste 914
Rego Park, NY 11374-2101
Phone: 718-897-2515
Fax: 718-897-4123
Counties Served: Queens
Type of Cases Accepted: Elder Law, Housing

Lawyer Alliance for New York

330 7th Ave, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10001-2815
Phone: 212-219-1800
Fax: 212-941-7458
Counties Served: Bronx, Kings, NY, Queens, Richmond
Type of Cases Accepted: Nonprofit Law, CED

Lawyers for Children, Inc.

110 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10013-4188
Phone: 212-966-6420
Fax: 212-966-0531
Intake: 212-966-6420
Counties Served: Bronx, Kings, NY, Queens, Richmond
Type of Cases Accepted: Education, Housing, Terminating Parental Rights, Juvenile, Domestic Violence, Custody, Adoption

Legal Aid Of Chautauqua Region

111 West 2nd Street, 250
Jamestown, NY 14701-5103
Phone: 716-483-2116
Fax: 716-664-9590
Counties Served: Chautauqua
Type of Cases Accepted: Education, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Juvenile, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, AIDS/HIV

Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York

255 Genesee St
Utica, NY 13501-3483
Phone: 315-732-2131
Fax: 315-732-3202
Counties Served: Delaware, Fulton, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, Schoharie
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 Aid Society of Northeastern New York

55 Colvin Avenue
Albany, NY 12206
Phone: 518-462-6765
Fax: 518-427-8352
Intake: 800-462-2922
Counties Served: Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Essex, Franklin, Fulton,Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, St. Lawrence, Warren, Washington
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Terminating Parental Rights, Real Estate, Juvenile, Immigration, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, Adoption

Legal Aid Society: Mid-New York

30 Fayette St
Binghamton, NY 13901-3609
Phone: 607-723-7966
Fax: 607-724-7211
Counties Served: Broome, Chenango
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Elder Law, Housing, Wills, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Adoption

Legal Assistance Of The Finger Lakes

PO Box 487
Geneva, NY 14456-0487
Phone: 315-781-1465

Legal Services At Minority Task Force On AIDS

3280 Broadway, 302
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212-283-9180
Fax: 212-283-9195
Intake: 212-283-9180
Counties Served: Bronx, Kings, NY, Queens, Richmond
Type of Cases Accepted: Consumer, Wills, Advanced Medical DirectivesHealth, Dissolution, Custody, AIDS/HIV

Legal Services For Children, Inc.

271 Madison Avenue, 1007
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-683-7999
Fax: 212-683-5544
Intake: 212-683-7999
Counties Served: Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond
Type of Cases Accepted: SSI, Special Education, and miscellaneous civil legal services for children.

Legal Services For New York City

350 Broadway
Sixth Floor
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-431-7200

Legal Services of Central New York

472 S Salina St, Ste 300
Syracuse, NY 13202-2498
Phone: 315-703-6500
Fax: 315-475-2706
Counties Served: Herkimer, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego
Type of Cases Accepted: Consumer, Tax, Social Security and Traffic Violations, Dissolution

Legal Services Project

611 Broadway, 632
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212-477-9100
Fax: 212-614-0413
Intake: 212-598-0100 x252
Counties Served: Bronx, Kings, NY, Queens, Nassau, Suffolk

Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York

118 Prospect St
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: 607-273-2283
Fax: 607-272-9122
All State Correctional Facilities
Type of Cases Accepted: Prisoner’s rights Immigration, AIDS/HIV

Pro Bono Partnership

237 Mamaroneck Ave
Ste 300
White Plains, NY 10605-1318
Phone: 914-328-0674
Fax: 914-328-0583
Intake: 914-328-0674
Counties Served: Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester Fairfield CT, Westchester NY
Type of Cases Accepted: Business transactional services for nonprofit charities, including (1) corporate structure and governance; (2) regulatory compliance (e.g., state and federal registration, annual reporting, charitable solicitation, fundraising, lobbying); (3) employment CED

Project Hospitality Legal Advocacy Program

100 Park Ave
Staten Island, NY 10304
Phone: 718-448-1544 x118
Fax: 718-448-5129
Type of Cases Accepted: Housing, Wills, Custody, Adoption, AIDS/HIV

Public Interest Law Office Of Rochester

80 St. Paul Street, 701
Rochester, NY 14604
Phone: 585-454-4060
Fax: 585-454-4019
Intake: 585-454-4060
Counties Served: Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, Yates
Type of Cases Accepted: Consumer, Education, Employment Law, Housing, Health, CED

Puerto Rican Legal Defense Education Fund

99 Hudson Street
14th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-219-3360

Queens Legal Services HIV Advocacy Project

8902 Sutphin Blvd
Jamaica, NY 11435
Phone: 718-657-8611
Fax: 718-526-5051
Type of Cases Accepted: AIDS/HIV

Queens Volunteer Lawyers Project

9035 148th St
Jamaica, NY 11435-4097
Phone: 718-739-4100
Fax: 718-657-1789
Intake: 718-739-4100
Counties Served: Queens
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Elder Law, Housing, Wills, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody

Rural Law Center of New York

56 Cornelia St
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Phone: 518-561-5460
Fax: 518-561-5468
Intake: 518-561-5460
44 counties in New York State designed “rural”.
Type of Cases Accepted: Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Terminating Parental Rights, Real Estate, Juvenile, Health, Dissolution, Custody, CED

Safe Horizon

346 Broadway
New York, NY 10023-1900
Phone: 212-577-7700
Fax: 212-577-3231
Intake: 212-577-3220
Counties Served: Bronx, Kings, NY, Queens, Richmond
Type of Cases Accepted: Order of Protection, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody

Sanctuary For Battered Women’s Legal Services

67 Wall Street
2211
New York, NY 10005-3198
Phone: 212-349-6009
Intake: 212-349-6009 x253
Counties Served: Bronx, Kings, NY, Queens, Richmond
Type of Cases Accepted: Family offenses, child and spousal support, abuse, and neglect, Immigration, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody

Southern Tier Volunteer Lawyers Project

104 E Steuben St
Bath, NY 14810-1622
Phone: 607-776-4126
Fax: 607-776-4029

Suffolk County Bar Association Pro Bono Immigration

560 Wheeler Rd
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Phone: 516-360-8788
Fax: 516-366-1721
Type of Cases Accepted: Immigration

City of New York Community Outreach Law Program

42 W 44th St
New York, NY 10036-6604
Phone: 212-382-6629
Fax: 212-354-7438
Intake: 212-382-6629
Counties Served: New York City
Type of Cases Accepted: Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Cancer related insurance disputes, Immigration, Domestic Violence

The Children’s Law Center

One Boerum Place
New York, NY 11201
Phone: 718-522-3333

The Legal Aid Society

90 Church Street
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-577-3300

The Legal Aid Society

230 E 106th St
New York, NY 10029-4000
Phone: 212-426-3000
Fax: 212-876-5365
Intake: 212-426-3000
Counties Served: Bronx, Kings, NY, Queens, Nassau, Richmond, Suffolk
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Elder Law, Housing, Wills, Terminating Parental Rights, Juvenile, Immigration, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, CED Adoption, AIDS/HIV

The Legal Project -Woman’s Bar Association

6 Executive Park Drive
Albany, NY 12203
Phone: 518-435-1770
Fax: 518-435-1773
Intake: 518-435-1770
Counties Served: Albany, Rensselaer, Schenectady
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Housing, Wills, Legal Clinics handle all case categories; Domestic Violence, Connection handles Custody, Domestic Violence; Affordable Housing, Program handles Housing, Real Estate; Bankruptcy, & Credit Program handles AIDS, Bankruptcy,Torts, Real Estate, Juvenile, Immigration, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody, Adoption, AIDS/HIV

Unemployment Action Center

240 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212-998-6568
Intake: 212-998-6568
Counties Served: New York City
Type of Cases Accepted: Employment Law

United States Court of Appeals Pro Bono Panel

40 Centre St
New York, NY 10007-1502
Phone: 212-857-8800
Fax: 212-857-8899
Counties Served: New York, Connecticut, Vermont

Urban Justice Center

666 Broadway, Fl 10
New York, NY 10012-2317
Phone: 212-533-0540
Fax: 212-533-4598
Counties Served: New York City
Type of Cases Accepted: Housing, Homeless, Mental Health,, Sexual Orientation, Substance Users, Juvenile, Health, Domestic Violence, AIDS/HIV

US Southern District Couty -New York Pro Bono Panel

500 Pearl St Ofc 230
New York, NY 10007-1316
Phone: 212-805-0175
Intake: 212-805-0177
Counties Served: Bronx, NY, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Westchester
Type of Cases Accepted: Employment Law, Social security

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Program

1 East 53rd Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-319-2787 ext. 1
Fax: 212·752·6575
Intake: 212-319-2787 ext. 1
Counties Served: Statewide
Type of Cases Accepted: Issues related to artists or arts organizations

Volunteer Lawyers Project

1 Helen Keller Way, 5th Floor
Hempstead, NY 11550
Phone: 516-292-8299
Fax: 516-292-2618
Intake: 516-292-8299
Counties Served: Nassau
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Education, Elder Law, Housing, Wills, Torts, Real Estate, Health, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Adoption

Volunteer Legal Services Project

80 Saint Paul St, Ste 640
Rochester, NY 14604-1310
Phone: 585-232-3051
Fax: 585-232-5103
Intake: 716-232-3051
Counties Served: Monroe
Type of Cases Accepted: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Employment Law, Wills, Domestic Violence, Dissolution, Custody

Volunteers of Legal Service, Inc.

54 Greene St
New York, NY 10013-2603
Phone: 212-966-4400
Fax: 212-219-8943
Counties Served: Bronx, Kings, NY, Queens, Richmond
Type of Cases Accepted: Consumer, Elder Law, Wills, Incarcerated Mothers, Microentrepreneurs, AIDS/HIV

Westchester/Putnam Legal Services

29 N Hamilton St
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-2541
Phone: 845-471-0058
Fax: 914-471-0244
Intake: 914-471-0058
Counties Served: Westchester, Putnam
Type of Cases Accepted: Domestic Violence, Will be expanding case acceptance to include other areas.

Western NY Bar Association of Erie County – Immigration

1450 Statler Towers
Buffalo, NY 14202-2992
Phone: 716-852-8687
Fax: 716-852-7641
Counties Served: Erie
Type of Cases Accepted: Immigration

Workers’ Rights Law Center Of New York, Inc.

159 Green Street, Suite 25
Kingston, NY 12401
Phone: 845-331-6615
Fax: 845-331-6617
Counties Served: Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, Westchester
Type of Cases Accepted: Employment Law

Lawyer Referral Programs

New York State Bar Association LRS
1 Elk St.
Albany, NY 12207-1002
General Phone No: 518-487-5709
800 Phone: 800-342-3661 (Nationwide and Canada)
Counties Served: Statewide
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law.

Albany County Bar Association LRS
The Stedman House,1 Lodge
St., 2nd Floor
General Phone No: 518-445-7691
Albany, NY 12207
Counties Served: Albany
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law.
Special Panels: Pro Bono Panel

Capital District Women’s Bar Association
PO Box 3747
General Phone No: 518-438-5511
Albany, NY 12203
Counties Served: Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Columbia, Troy and Greene
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law.

Bronx County Bar Association LRS
851 Grand Concourse
General Phone No: 718-293-5600
Bronx, NY 10451-2937
Languages: Spanish
Counties Served: Bronx, New York, Queens, Westchester
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law except: Civil Rights, Environmental, Healthcare, Intellectual Property, International, Trademark/Copyright, Veterans/Military, Labor/Employment, Patent

Broome County Bar Association LRS
53 Chenango St., Suite 201
General Phone No: 607-723-6331
Binghamton, NY 13901-2908
Counties Served: Broome, Tioga, Chenango, Chemung, Delaware
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law except: Administration

Dutchess County Bar Association LRS
PO Box 4865
General Phone No: 845-473-2488
Poughkeepsie, NY 12602-4865
Counties Served: Dutchess
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law.

Erie County Bar Association LRS
438 Main St., 6th Floor
General Phone No: 716-852-3100
Buffalo, NY 14202-2992

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Counties Served: Erie
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law except: Unemployment Insurance
Special Panels: Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel

Brooklyn Bar Association LRS

123 Remsen St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201-4294
General Phone No: 718-624-0843 & *718-624-0675 *Disabled or outside of NY
Languages: Spanish
Counties Served: Kings, (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Richmond (Staten Island), Queens, Bronx, Rockland, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk (Also serving parts of New Jersey)
Types of cases referred: Refers to all areas of the law.
Special Panels: Alternative Dispute Resolution Pane

Other Helpful Services…

Learn about other public service and assistance programs:

• Local shelters
• Home vouchers (section 8 housing)
• Cash assistance
• Access to local food banks
• Applying for food stamps

Visit the Gottrouble Financial Hardship Section for more details.