Legal help applications are readily available to assist those who need legal support but cannot afford to pay for the services of an lawyer. Civil legal help is offered absolutely free of charge by nonprofit legal help organizations, pro bono” volunteers (attorneys, law students and paralegals), law schools, court-based solutions such as self-help centers, and on the net technologies such as document assembly and legal information internet websites. Legal help for both Commonwealth and state matters is mostly delivered by means of state and territory legal help commissions (LACs), which are independent statutory agencies established under state and territory legislation.

Such arrangements have the prospective to boost access to legal representation in a modest number of civil matters for which legal help is no longer commonly available. This guide was made by the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York in partnership with the New York LawHelp Consortium and Pro … Read the rest >>>