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Links for the Community of Advocates

National Support Centers
Fundraising Sources

Hotlines
Interesting Foreign Programs

Legal Services Programs
Legal Services Jobs
Law School Legal Aid Programs

Pro Bono Organization
Pro Se Assistance Sites

Related Organizations
Training Links
State-Level Legal Services Training Links
Substantive Law Training Links

If you know of a site we should add to this growing on-line community of advocates, 
please send us an e-mail.



National Support Centers

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Center for Law and Social Policy
The Center for Social Gerontology
Children's Defense Fund

Children's Legal Protection Center
Farmer's Legal Action Group, Inc.
National Consumer Law Center

National Economic Development and Law Center
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law  
National Health Law Program
National Housing Law Project
National Immigration Law Center
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National Senior Citizens Law Center Home Page
National Veterans Legal Services Program
Native American Rights Fund
National Center for Youth Law
Southern Poverty Law Center
Welfare Law Center

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Fundraising Sources

Foundation Center
The Fundraising Project of the Management Information Exchange
The Fundraising School at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy
The Impact Fund
Independent Sector
National Center for Nonprofit Boards

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Hotlines

LSC: Basic Elements of Effective Centralized Telephone Intake and Delivery Systems

LSC: Uses of Technology in Centralized Telephone Intake and Delivery Systems

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Interesting Foreign Programs

Australasian Legal Information Institute
International Legal Services Network
Legal Information Access Center of New South Wales

Legal Aid Around The World

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Legal Services Programs

ALASKA
Alaska Legal Services Corporation

ARIZONA

Arizona Bar Foundation

Arizona Justice Center
(includes statewide directory of legal services programs)

ARKANSAS
Center for Arkansas Legal Services

CALIFORNIA
Bay Area Legal Aid (formerly SFNLAF)
California Indian Legal Services
 
California Rural Legal Assistance

Central California Legal Services
East Bay Community Law Center
Legal Aid for Seniors
Legal Aid Society of Orange County, California
Legal Aid Society of San Francisco Employment Law Center  
Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County
Legal Services Program for Pasadena
Legal Services of Northern California

COLORADO
Colorado Legal Services

CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Legal Services

DELAWARE
Community Legal Aid Society
Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc.
Delaware Volunteer Legal Services


FLORIDA
Florida Legal Services, Inc.

Florida Rural Legal Services

Gulf Coast Legal Services
Three Rivers Legal Services
Seminole County Bar Association  Legal Aid Society
Renter's Resource List
Florida Bar Consumer Pamphlet on Legal Aid

GEORGIA
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.

IDAHO
Idaho
Legal Aid Services
Legal Services Directory

ILLINOIS
Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 
Community Law Project, Inc.
AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
Directory of Legal Aid and Pro Bono Programs in Illinois
Illinois Legal Aid

Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago

INDIANA
Indiana Justice Center


IOWA
Iowa Legal Aid


KANSAS
United Way of Greater Topeka

Kansas Legal Services, Inc.

KENTUCKY
Kentucky Legal Services

Pro Bono and Legal Services Programs

LOUISIANA
Acadiana Legal Service Corporation
AIDSLaw of Louisiana, Inc.
New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation
 

MAINE
Disability Rights Center

Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project
Legal Services for the Elderly
Maine Equal Justice Project
Pine Tree Legal Assistance

MARYLAND
Maryland Legal Services Corporation

Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.
Public Justice Center

MASSACHUSETTS
Committee for Public Counsel Services
Greater Boston Legal Services
Legal Services for Cape Cod and the Islands
Massachusetts Legal Services Programs
Neighborhood Legal Services
(Lynn and Lawrence)

MICHIGAN
Michigan Poverty Law Program

MINNESOTA
Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services 
Farmer's Legal Action Group, Inc.

MISSISSIPPI
East Mississippi Legal Services

MISSOURI
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc.

Meramec Area Legal Services

MONTANA
Montana Advocacy Program

NEBRASKA
Legal Aid Society
(Omaha, Norfolk, Walthill)                                           

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Legal Advice and Referral Center

NEW JERSEY
Legal Services of New Jersey

NEW YORK
Legal Aid Society of New York

MFY Legal Services, Inc.
(Manhattan)
Nassau / Suffolk Law Services Committee
Neighborhood Legal Services
(Buffalo)
Western New York Law Center (welfare information and links updated daily)

NORTH CAROLINA
Appalachian Legal Services
North Carolina Justice and Community Development
Center

OHIO
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality
Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati 
Ohio State Legal Services Association / Southeastern Ohio Legal Services 
Pro Seniors

OKLAHOMA
Legal Services of Eastern Oklahoma
 

OREGON
Lane County Legal Aid Service
(Eugene)

PENNSYLVANIA
Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
 
Lehigh Valley Legal Services
Neighborhood Legal Services Association
(Pittsburgh)
Northwestern Legal Services
Pennsylvania Legal Services

Philadelphia Legal Assistance  
Southern Alleghenys Legal Aid, Inc. 

RHODE ISLAND
Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc.

SOUTH CAROLINA
Legal Services Agency of Western Carolina
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Palmetto Legal Services

TENNESSEE
Knoxville Legal Aid Society

West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc.  

TEXAS
Advocacy Incorporated

Legal Services of NorthWestTexas
Texas Legal Services Center

VERMONT
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Vermont Legal Aid
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VIRGINIA
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
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Legal Services of Northern Virginia
Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society
Virginia Legal Aid Society
Virginia Poverty Law Center

WASHINGTON
Equal Justice Coalition

Legal Foundation of Washington
Northwest Justice Project

WEST VIRGINIA
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WISCONSIN
Equal Justice Coalition
Legal Action of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Judicare, Inc.

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Legal Services Jobs

Legal Services Jobs in Michigan -- Michigan Poverty Law Program
Maryland Legal Services Corporation (listings from grantee organizations)
MIE Employment Page (administrative and management positions)

NAPIL - National Association of Public Interest Law
New Orleans Pro Bono Project Job Listings

The Nonprofit Career Center (we suggest that you follow the "jobs" link on that page and then do a general search in the "legal" category)
Ohio State Legal Services Association -- Job Opportunities
PiES - Public Interest Employment Service
U.S. Dept. of Justice
University of Michigan Public Service JobNet Online Database
Washington State Bar Association Job Center

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Law School Legal Aid Programs


Georgetown University Law Center
Southern Illinois University School of Law (look at their Self Help Legal Center)
University of Notre Dame Law School
University of Georgia School of Law Legal Clinic
University of Colorado School of Law Legal Aid Clinics

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Pro Bono Organizations

ABA Division of Legal Services - Center for Pro Bono
ABA: Legal Help for the Poor
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
California State Bar Certified Lawyer Referral Service
California Bar Association- Access to Justice
Hawai'i Lawyers Care 

Illinois Pro Bono Center

Indiana Pro Bono Commission

Legal Advice and Referral Center (LARC, New Hampshire)
Litigation Assistance Partnership Project (LAPP)
Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project
National Association of Public Interest Law
New Orleans Pro Bono Project
Pro Bono Information and Resources
(NLS, Massachusetts)
Pro Bono Affairs (New York State Bar Association)
Pro Bono Net
Pro Bono Project of the State Bar of Georgia

Pro Bono Volunteer Resource Guide (Utah Bar Association)
Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association
Wisconsin Bar Association - Pro Bono information

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Pro Se Assistance Sites

People's Law Library of Maryland
Self Help Legal Center (Southern Illinois University School of Law)

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Related Organizations

Asylumlaw.org (Web site organization dedicated to promoting successful political asylum cases around the world -- including a section on United States asylum law)
Center for Law and Social Policy

ABA Division for Legal Services
EqualJustice.org
LSC Inspector General

Maryland Legal Services Corporation

Management Information Exchange

National Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems

National Clearinghouse for Legal Services, Inc.
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
National Equal Justice Library

NOLSW (National Organization of Legal Services Workers)
SCLAID (The Standing Committee on Legal Aid Indigent Defendants)
SPAN (State Planning Assistance Network)

State Justice Institute

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Training Links

State-Level Legal Services Training Links
Substantive Law Training Links
National Training Institutes

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State- Level Legal Services Training Links

California
Public Interest Clearinghouse

Maryland

Maryland Legal Aid Society

Michigan
Michigan Poverty Law Program

New York
The Legal Aid Society NY 

Ohio
Cincinnati Ohio State Legal Services Association

West Virginia
Legal Help for West Virginians

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Substantive Law Training Links

Consumer
Consumer Law Center

Elder
NAELA (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys)
National Training Project (NTP) --
a program funded by the Administration on Aging and the AARP Foundation

Housing
HUD
 
National Training Institutes

ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education
ALI-ABA
NITA: National Institute of Trial Attorneys
Practicing Law Institute

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