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Free Legal Aid Programs, by State

Civil legal aid programmes funded by the Legal Services Corporation, the federal body that pays for free legal help in civil cases. Listed by state, in alphabetical order, with a link to each programme's grant profile on LSC's site.

Informational only - this is not legal advice. This page lists organisations, not advice. LawyerLand is not affiliated with the Legal Services Corporation or with any programme named here, cannot refer you to one, and cannot tell you whether you qualify - each programme sets its own eligibility rules and service area. Reading this page creates no attorney-client relationship.

Which programme serves where you live? Each programme has its own service area. The Legal Services Corporation's own finder takes an address or city and shows the programme for that place: find legal aid near you on lsc.gov. The programme names below link to LSC's grant profile for each one.

Alabama · Alaska · American Samoa · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · District of Columbia · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Micronesia · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Puerto Rico · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virgin Islands · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming ·

Source and coverage. Compiled from the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), Our Grantees index at https://www.lsc.gov/grants/our-grantees, retrieved 2026-09-20 (17 days ago). Every programme link was fetched and returned a working page when this list was compiled.

What this list does not cover. The Legal Services Corporation is the federal body that funds civil legal aid, and this is its own roster of the programmes it funds. It is not a complete list of free legal help: state-funded programmes, bar association projects, law school clinics and volunteer lawyer programmes exist that LSC does not fund, and none of those appear here. LSC-funded programmes handle civil matters only - not criminal defence - and each sets its own income limits and case types.

127 programmes across 55 states and territories

Arizona

3 programmes are funded in Arizona, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Arkansas

Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc.

California

11 programmes are funded in California, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Colorado

Colorado Legal Services

Connecticut

Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc.

Delaware

Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc.

District of Columbia

Neighborhood Legal Services Program of the District of Columbia

Florida

7 programmes are funded in Florida, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Georgia

2 programmes are funded in Georgia, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Hawaii

Legal Aid Society of Hawaii

Idaho

Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc.

Illinois

3 programmes are funded in Illinois, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Indiana

Indiana Legal Services, Inc.

Iowa

Iowa Legal Aid

Kansas

Kansas Legal Services, Inc.

Kentucky

4 programmes are funded in Kentucky, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Louisiana

2 programmes are funded in Louisiana, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Maine

Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc.

Maryland

Maryland Legal Aid

Massachusetts

4 programmes are funded in Massachusetts, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Michigan

6 programmes are funded in Michigan, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Micronesia

Micronesian Legal Services, Inc.

Minnesota

4 programmes are funded in Minnesota, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Mississippi

2 programmes are funded in Mississippi, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Missouri

4 programmes are funded in Missouri, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Montana

Montana Legal Services Association

Nebraska

Legal Aid of Nebraska

Nevada

Nevada Legal Services, Inc.

New Hampshire

603 Legal Aid

New Jersey

5 programmes are funded in New Jersey, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

New Mexico

New Mexico Legal Aid

New York

7 programmes are funded in New York, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

North Carolina

Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc.

North Dakota

Legal Services of North Dakota

Ohio

5 programmes are funded in Ohio, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Oklahoma

2 programmes are funded in Oklahoma, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Oregon

Legal Aid Services of Oregon

Pennsylvania

7 programmes are funded in Pennsylvania, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Puerto Rico

2 programmes are funded in Puerto Rico, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc.

South Carolina

South Carolina Legal Services, Inc.

South Dakota

2 programmes are funded in South Dakota, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Tennessee

3 programmes are funded in Tennessee, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Texas

3 programmes are funded in Texas, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Utah

Utah Legal Services, Inc.

Vermont

Legal Services Vermont

Virgin Islands

Legal Services of the Virgin Islands, Inc.

Virginia

6 programmes are funded in Virginia, each with its own service area. Find the one for your address.

Washington

Northwest Justice Project

West Virginia

Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc.

Wisconsin

Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc

Wyoming

Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc.

Before you call, and if a programme cannot take your case

Plain-English explanations of common civil problems, from the LawyerLand glossary:

Each programme sets its own income limits and case types. If yours cannot help, small claims court is built to be used without a lawyer, and a contingency fee means an injury claim can go ahead without paying a lawyer's fee up front. Glossary entries also link to law firms, state by state, that handle that kind of problem.

If the cost of a lawyer is the problem: ask the court for a fee waiver if you cannot pay its filing fees; hire a lawyer for one part of the case only through limited-scope representation; ask your state or local bar about pro bono (volunteer) lawyers; and before you sign anything, read how the fee agreement and retainer work.

Nothing on this page is paid placement. No organisation paid to appear here, no listing can be bought, removed or reordered for money, and this page links to no paid listing on LawyerLand. Programmes appear in alphabetical order within each state and are not ranked, rated or scored.

Corrections and removal: if you work for a programme listed here and want an entry corrected or removed, write to the LawyerLand editorial team through our contact page and say which entry. We act on removal requests within five business days and do not ask for a reason.

Other free LawyerLand reference pages: the plain-English legal glossary, statute of limitations for a personal-injury claim, by state (part of the legal reference tools), and research and data releases.