Legal help for low-income individuals

Description

Legal aid program that offers legal counseling and/or representation for low-income individuals, typically in the areas of disability law, elder law and family law

Free or low cost legal services help people who are unable to afford a lawyer get access to the court system.

Additional Information

Programs include direct legal assistance, education, and advocacy, for refugees and immigrants

Able to assist with certain types of immigration-related cases, based on current program capacity.

Unable to assist immigrants with other areas of law, such as housing, public benefits, employment or family law.

Individuals being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as their families, can call (651) 641-1011 within the detention line intake hours (Monday-Thursday: 1:00pm - 3:00pm) to obtain general information about court proceedings, the Minnesota Detention Project, and the services the project provides at a first court hearing. Volunteers operating the phone line are not attorneys and will not be able to provide any legal advice.

Features

• Area Served by County
  • Cottonwood County
  • Jackson County
  • Lincoln County
  • Lyon County
  • Martin County
  • Murray County
  • Nobles County
  • Pipestone County
  • Redwood County
  • Rock County

• Payment
  • Private pay
  • Sliding fee scale

• Specialization
  • Ethiopian Community
  • Hispanic/Latino Community
  • Hmong Community
  • Immigrants
  • Karen Community
  • Laotian Community
  • Liberian Community
  • Nigerian Community
  • People with low income
  • Refugees
  • Russian Community
  • Somali Community
  • Vietnamese Community

Eligibility

Immigrants and refugees who meet income guidelines.

Application Instructions

Call the intake line to ask about services: (800) 223-1368