Eligible
Cases for Attorney Consultation or
Direct Representation
Family
Law
• Weekly Self-Help Parenting Plan Clinic for persons
facing domestic violence
• Monthly ½ hour in-person appointments with a volunteer family
law attorney.
Guardianship
• Representing the person petitioning to be the
guardian.
Housing
• Home or Land Foreclosure
• Landlord/Tenant including:
- Illegal Evictions: lockouts,
termination of utilities, seizure
of personal property.
- Illegal Lease or Month-to-Month Tenancy Agreements.
- Unlawful Detainer Actions (each case is reviewed on its own merits;
tenants must have an arguable defense)
Consumer/Finance
• Debt Collection Abuses
• ½ hour consultations for debtor/creditor problems every 2-3
months.
• For Direct Representation for Bankruptcy: Chapter 7 only -
Clients cannot be judgment proof and must have a significant debt of
approximately $10,000.00 or more.
• Unfair business practices, including but not limited to:
automobile cases, home repairs, sales contracts
Employment
• Representation at administrative hearings.
Client must first
seek assistance through the Unemployment Law Project. Their number is
1-888-441-9178.
• Wage claims
• Discrimination
Civil
Rights
• Legal assistance and advocacy to persons with
claims of
discrimination and civil rights violations.
General
Civil Defense
• Torts, Contracts, Insurance Claims
Wills
• For people who are over the age of 60, terminally
ill or
disabled.
License
Revocations
• Occupational License, Driver's License
Children’s
and Homeless Individuals’ SSI Benefits
• For children who have had their SSI benefits
terminated
• Assistance or initial applications for homeless persons
Ineligible Cases
for Direct Representation
Family
Law Cases
(Attorney consultation
may be available – see above)
• Annulments
• Legal Separation
• Dissolutions
• Child Custody Modification
• Child Support Modification
• Child Support Collection
• Post-Decree Enforcement
• Paternity
• Protection Order Defense
• Juvenile Dependencies
Criminal
Law
Public
Entitlements
Contingency
Fee Cases
Social
Security Disability (except
for children and homeless individuals)
Worker's
Compensation
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