Organizations Providing General Referral or Consultation Services
The following organizations connect people seeking legal assistance with lawyers who may be able to take their cases. Some provide free representation, some have reduced-fee panels and some are full-fee referral services. Each organization makes its own choices about the types of cases it handles and its eligibility requirements, and these can change over time.
Massachusetts Bar Association
20 West Street, Boston 02111
617-654-0400
1-866-MASS-LRS
Dial-A-Lawyer 617-338-0610
E-mail/web: www.masslawhelp.com
Service Area: Statewide
Cases Handled: All types of civil cases, including contingent fee cases. Dial-A-Lawyer service offers free brief advice by telephone
Middlesex County Bar Association Free Legal Clinic
40 Thorndike Street, 4th Floor, Courthouse, Cambridge, MA 02141
617-494-4150
Service Area: Middlesex County residents only
Cases Handled: Attorneys available one evening per week to provide information, advice and referrals
Norfolk County Bar Association Free Legal Clinic
617-471-9693
Service Area: Norfolk County
Cases Handled: Walk-in clinic providing opportunity to discuss legal questions with an attorney
Boston Bar Association Lawyer Referral Services
16 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108
617-742-0625
800-552-7046 (Eastern Mass. Only)
E-mail/web: www.BostonBar.org/LRS, LRS@bostonbar.org
Service Area: Metro Boston (primarily inside Route 495)
Cases Handled: General civil legal services, including contingent fee cases, and reduced fee panel for low income clients
National Lawyers Guild
14 Beacon Street, Suite 407, Boston, MA 02108
617-227-7008
E-mail/web: nlgmass@igc.org or www.nlgmass.org
Service Area: Massachusetts
Cases Handled: Most areas of civil law, including civil rights, family law, disability law and employment
Volunteer Lawyers Service of the Massachusetts Justice Project
405 Main Street, Suite 300, Worcester, MA 01608
508-831-9888 Ext. 31
508-831-0736 (fax)
Service Area: Worcester County
Cases Handled: Many areas of civil law, including family law, wills, bankruptcy, eviction
