Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
Provides advice, assistance, referral, and some representation to individuals in the mental health system.
617-338-2345, 800-342-9092/Boston
www.mass.gov/mhlac

Massachusetts Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild
Works to advance human and civil rights. Provides legal support to those active in the labor, civil rights, economic rights, international human rights, anti-war, and many other movements.
617-227-7335
www.nlgmass.org

Women's Bar of Massachusetts
617-973-6666/Boston
www.womensbar.org

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Live Justice; Legal Assistance Corporation of Central MA
Priorities: Domestic Violence/Domestic Relations, Mental Health, Elder Law, Housing, Public Benefits, Disability
508-752-3722, 800-649-3718/Worcester
508-775-3260 (TDD)
800-649-3718/Fitchburg
978-249-3712/Athol
508-765-9290/Southbridge
www.livejustice.org

Massachusetts Justice Project
Priorities: Housing, Elderly, Public Benefits, Family Law
508-831-9888, 888-427-8989/Worcester

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Community Legal Services and Counseling Center
Priorities: Family Law (domestic violence, child abuse, child support, custody, visitation), Housing, Disability Benefits, Immigration (relief for battered women); also has psychological counseling program
617-661-1010/Cambridge
617-661-1216 (TDD)
www.clsacc.org

Greater Boston Legal Services
provides free civil (noncriminal) legal assistance to low-income people in Boston and thirty-one additional cities and towns. The help we offer ranges from legal advice to full case representation, depending on client need.
800-323-3205/Toll Free
617-371-1234/Boston
617-371-1228 (TDD)
617-603-2700/Cambridge/Somerville
617-494-1757(TDD)
www.gbls.org

Hale & Dorr Legal Services Center
Priorities: Benefits, 209A restraining orders, guardianships, wills, consumer counseling, debt management, financial planning, taxes, bankruptcies
617-522-3003/Jamaica Plain

Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
A student-run legal services office providing free legal services to low-income people in Middlesex and Suffolk counties. Legal issues include Housing, Consumer, Domestic relations, public Benefits.
617-495-4408/Cambridge
www.law.harvard.edu/studorgs/hlab

Harvard Defenders
The Harvard Defenders is a legal services organization that is dedicated to providing quality legal representation to people with low income in criminal show-cause hearings. Show-cause hearings are held in local District Courts to determine whether there is "probable cause" to issue a criminal complaint.
617-495-4413/Cambridge
http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/defenders/

Legal Advocacy and Resource Center
A primary legal services screening agency for low income people in the Greater Boston area; provides self-help assistance and brief advice on a variety of poverty law topics; refers low income people to other agencies
617-603-1700/Boston
800-342-LAWS
www.larcma.org

Legal Services for Cape Cod, Plymouth and Islands (LSCPI)
is a non-profit corporation which provides free civil legal services to low-income and elderly residents of our community.
508-775-7020, 800-742-4107/Hyannis
508-746-2777, 800-585-4933/Plymouth
www.lscci.org

Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp. (MLAC)
provides leadership and support to improve civil legal services to low-income people in Massachusetts through collaboration with the legal services community, the public, the bar and the Legislature.
MLAC: 617-367-8544
www.mlac.org

Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
Participates in the legislative process to promote and advance the legal rights of individuals with mental illness.
617-338-2345/Boston
www.mass.gov/mhlac

Merrimack Valley Legal Services
Priorities: Housing, Family Law (priority on Domestic Violence), Elderly
978-458-1465, 800-336-2262, 978-452-4740 (TDD)/Lowell
978-687-1177, 800-427-2521, 978-689-7275(TDD)/Lawrence
978-740-6688, 888-835-4300/Salem
www.mvlegal.org

Neighborhood Legal Services
Priorities: Housing/Homelessness, Public Benefits, Community Economic Development, Health Care Access, Elder Law, Employment, Family Law (primarily for victims of domestic abuse involving divorce, custody of children, child support, protection from abuse)
800-747-5056
781-599-7730/Lynn
978-686-6900, 888-657-2889/Lawrence
www.neighborhoodlaw.org

New Center for Legal Advocacy
Provides free legal representation to income-eligible residents of Southeastern Massachusetts (Bristol & Plymouth Counties).
800-244-9023/New Bedford
508-990-7750(TDD)
www.ncla.net

South Middlesex Legal Services
Provides free, civil legal representation to low-income people who live in 36 towns between Routes 128 and 495.
800-696-1501
508-620-1830/Framingham
www.smlegal.org

Southeastern MA Legal Assistance Corporation
508-586-2110, 800-244-8393/Brockton
508-676-6265, 800-287-3777/Fall River
508-979-7150, 800-929-9721/New Bedford
(All numbers voice and TTY)

Volunteer Lawyers Project of Boston Bar Association
Legal aid program providing assistance in civil matters to low-income residents of Greater Boston, primarily through the pro bono services of private attorneys.
617-423-0648/Boston
617-338-0790 (TTY)
www.vlpnet.org

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Western Massachusetts Legal Services
Priorities: Housing, Elder Law, Public Benefits, Family Law, Employment
413-774-3747/Greenfield
413-584-4034, 800-639-1309/Northampton
413-499-1950, 800-639-1509/Pittsfield
413-781-7814, 800-639-1109/Springfield (voice & TDD)
www.wmls.org

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