Legal services The following agencies provide free legal services, information, or advice for people with low income living in Massachusetts. They are listed alphabetically. Some provide services for the whole state. Others have a more limited service area. Some can help with many general areas while others have a more specific focus.

Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Bentley Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Citizenship (Naturalization, Certificate of Citizenship, Tax assistance for prior years to low income taxpayers ESOL Classes, Civics Preparation Classes); Family who may have a controversy with the Internal Petitions; Adjustment of Status; Fee Waivers; Green Revenue Service (IRS) Card Renewals; Passport Applications; Temporary 175 Forest Street Protected Status (TPS); Deferred Action for Childhood MOR 133 Arrivals (DACA); U Visas; and Violence Against Waltham, MA 02452 Women Act (VAWA) Phone: 781-891-2083 714 Parker Street Service Area: Statewide Roxbury, MA 02120 Phone: 617-445-6000 Berkshire Probate and Family Court Lawyer for the Day URL: www.bostonabcd.org Service Area: Boston Answer questions and help fill out court forms at the Berkshire Probate and Family Court 44 Bank Row AIDS Action Committee Pittsfield, MA 01201 Civil matters, including housing, estate planning, Phone: 413-442-6941 discrimination, employment, and family law. Applying Service Area: Berkshire County for income benefits, including private disability insurance, Social Security, EAEDC, and health coverage Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) 75 Amory Street BARCC Legal Advocates are lawyers and rape crisis Boston, MA 02119 counselors with specialized legal training. They Phone: 617-437-6200 work with 250 clients each year. They work with the URL: www.aac.org police, district attorneys, and the courts to ensure that survivors get the best possible care. Service Area: Statewide 90 Bishop Allen Drive Cambridge, MA 02139 Ascentria Care Alliance (previously Lutheran Social Phone: 800-841-8371 (24-hour hotline); 617-492-8306 Services of New England) URL: www.barcc.org Immigration applications and petitions, citizenship applications, family-based petitions, and green card Service Area: Greater Boston applications 11 Shattuck Street Boston College Legal Services LAB Worcester, MA 01605 Boston College law students supervised by staff attorneys Phone: 774-243-3100 885 Centre Street URL: www.ascentria.org/ilap Newton, MA 02459 Service Area: Statewide Phone: 617-552-0248 URL: www.bc.edu/schools/law/center-experiential- learning/legal-services-lab.html Service Area: Watertown, Waltham, and Newton LS (03-15) Center for Law and Education–Boston Community Legal Aid–Northampton Programs and pro bono counsel representing low- Legal services to low-income and elderly individuals income students and their parents in education law- and families related matters 20 Hampton Avenue 99 Chauncy Street, Suite 700 Northampton, MA 01060 Boston, MA 02111 Phone: 413-584-4034 / TTY: 413-584-4034 Phone: 617-451-0855 URL: www.communitylegal.org URL: www.cleweb.org Service Area: Franklin and Hampshire Counties Service Area: Statewide Community Legal Aid–Pittsfield Center for Public Representation–Northampton Free legal services to low-income and elderly Mental health law and disability law services, individuals and families including help with applications for SSDI/SSI benefits 152 North Street, E-155 22 Green Street Pittsfield, MA 01201 Northampton, MA 01060 Phone: 413-499-1950 Phone: 413-587-6265 / TTY: 413-586-6024 URL: www.communitylegal.org URL: www.centerforpublicrep.org Service Area: Berkshire County Service Area: Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire Counties Community Legal Aid–Springfield Free legal services to low-income and elderly Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts individuals and families Legal representation to children and youth in One Monarch Place proceedings involving school matters, restraint and Suite 400 seclusion, discipline, special education/child welfare, Springfield, MA 01144 and juvenile justice Phone: 413-781-7814 / 800 639-1109 298 Union Street, 2nd Floor URL: www.communitylegal.org Somerville, MA 01901 Service Area: Hampden County Phone: 781-581-1977 URL: www.clcm.org Community Legal Aid–Worcester Service Area: Statewide Free legal services to low-income and elderly individuals and families City of Boston Immigration Clinic 405 Main Street, 4th floor Immigration clinics for constituents Worcester, MA 01608 One City Hall Square Phone: 508-752-3718 / TTY: 508-755-3260 Boston, MA 02201-2030 URL: www.communitylegal.org Phone: 617-635-2980 Service Area: Worcester County URL: www.cityofboston.gov/newbostonians Service Area: Boston Community Legal Services and Counseling Center Family Court Workshop for Mothers and for Fathers Free legal aid and affordable psychological counseling Workshops on family law matters; legal referrals; 1 West Street information on community programs and services Cambridge, MA 02139 Court Service Center, 2nd floor Brooke Courthouse Phone: 617-661-1010 24 New Chardon Street Boston, MA 02114 URL: www.clsacc.org URL: www.mass.gov/courts/docs/courts-and- Service Area: Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Brookline, judges/courts/probate-and-family-court/workshop- Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Medford, Somerville, and flyer-english.pdf Watertown Service Area: Suffolk and Middlesex Counties Court Service Center, Brooke Courthouse Franklin Probate and Family Court Lawyer for the Day Filling out court forms; workspace; community resources, self-help materials Answer questions, help fill out court forms 24 New Chardon Street, 2nd floor 101 Munson Street Boston, MA 02114 Greenfield, MA 01302 Walk-ins only Phone: 413-774-7011 URL: www.mass.gov/courts/court-info/court- Service Area: Franklin County management/plan-initiatives/court-service-centers. html Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders Service Area: Suffolk County Resources for LGBT issues including family law; federal benefits after DOMA; anti-discrimination law Court Service Center, Franklin County Courthouse in employment, housing and public accommodations; violence, hate crimes, and harassment; HIV testing, Legal information; research, interpreter access, access privacy, transgender and youth issues, including to online resources bullying and discrimination; legal planning 101 Munson Street documents. Ground floor 30 Winter Street Greenfield Corporate Center Suite 800 Greenfield, MA 01301 Boston, MA 02108 Phone: 413-775-7483 Phone: 617-426-1350 URL: www.mass.gov/courts/court-info/court- URL: www.glad.org management/plan-initiatives/court-service-centers. html Service Area: Statewide Service Area: Franklin County Greater Boston Legal Services–Cambridge (Cambridge Somerville Legal Services (CASLS)) Disability Law Center Civil (non-criminal) legal assistance ranging from legal Protection and advocacy for the rights of advice to full case representation. Poverty law, mental Massachusetts residents with disabilities health issues. 11 Beacon Street, Suite 925 60 Gore Street Suite 203 Boston, MA 02108 Cambridge, MA 02141 Phone: 617-723-8455 800-872-9992 Phone: 617-603-2700 TTY: 617-227-9464 / 800-381-0577 URL: www.gbls.org URL: www.dlc-ma.org Service Area: Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Service Area: Statewide Somerville, Winchester, and Woburn Greater Boston Legal Services – Boston (GBLS) Harvard Legal Aid Bureau Civil (non-criminal) legal assistance ranging from Referrals to full case representation, especially in legal advice to full case representation, depending on housing, family, government benefits, and wage-and- client need. Services include domestic violence legal hour law assistance. 23 Everett Street 197 Friend Street Cambridge, MA 02318 Boston, MA 02114 Phone: 617-495-4408 Phone: 617-371-1234 / TTY: 617-371-1228 URL: www.harvardlegalaid.org/ URL: www.gbls.org Service Area: Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Cambridge, Service Area: Greater Boston Medford, and Somerville

Greater Lowell Bar Association Housing Court Lawyer Health Care for All for the Day Answer questions about health coverage in Helps low-income tenants and landlords with housing Massachusetts issues during the sessions of the Northeast Housing Court One Federal Street Lowell Superior Court House Boston, MA 02110 360 Gorham Street Phone: 617-350-7279 Lowell, MA 01852 URL: www.hcfama.org/ Service Area: Acton, Ayer, Billerica, Boxborough, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Service Area: Statewide Groton, Littleton, Lowell, Maynard, Pepperell, Shirley, Stow, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, and Westford Health Law Advocates Represent residents experiencing difficulty accessing Hampden County Legal Clinic or paying for needed medical services Consumer and housing law One Federal Street 50 State Street Boston, MA 02110 Springfield, MA 01102 Phone: 617-338-5241 Phone: 413-733-6500 URL: www.healthlawadvocates.org URL: www.hcbar.org/category/5303/legal-clinic.htm Service Area: Statewide Service Area: Greater Springfield Irish International Immigrant Center Hampden County Probate and Family Court Weekly immigration clinic that offers attorney Answer questions and help fill out court forms consultations; U.S. citizenship clinics. Family reunification, asylee/refugee green cards, citizenship, 50 State Street, 4th Floor Temporary Protected Status, Deferred Action for Springfield, MA 01003 Childhood Arrivals, humanitarian relief, and green Phone: 413-748-8600 card renewals Service Area: Hampden County 100 Franklin Street Boston, MA 02110 Hampshire Probate and Family Court Lawyer for the Day Phone: 617-542-7654 Answer questions and help fill out court forms URL: www.iiicenter.org/ 33 King Street Service Area: Boston Northampton, MA 01060 Phone: 413-586-8500 Service Area: Hampshire County Justice Center of Southeast Massachusetts LLC Legal Services Center Attorneys and paralegals represent poor and elderly Five law clinics offered to low- and moderate-income clients with high priority legal problems. JCSM also residents: administrative/disability; family; predatory provides group representation and community lending/consumer protection; post-foreclosure education. eviction defense housing; and veterans 231 Main Street, Suite 201 122 Boylston Street Brockton, MA 02301 Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Phone: 508-586-2110 Phone: 617-522-3003 / TTY: 617-522-3575 URL: www.sccls.org URL: www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/lsc/ Service Area: Plymouth County Service Area: Boston, Suffolk County

Lawyers Clearinghouse Local Consumer Programs / Office of the Attorney Free legal clinics at three area shelters: Cardinal General Medeiros Center, Pine Street Inn, and St. Francis State and federal consumer protection laws. House Mediation services on business complaints. Represent homeless persons using shelter services URL: www.mass.gov/ago/consumer-resources/ 16 Beacon Street consumer-assistance/mediation-services/local- Boston, MA 02108 consumer-programs.html Phone: 617-778-1980 Service Area: Statewide URL: www.lawyersclearinghouse.org Service Area: Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Boston Massachusetts Advocates for Children (MAC) Special education and school discipline issues; mental health; impact of trauma on learning Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice 25 Kingston Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02111 Legal representation to victims of discrimination based on race or national origin Phone: 617-357-8431 / TTY: 617-357-8434 294 Washington Street URL: www.massadvocates.org Suite #443 Service Area: Statewide Boston, MA 02108 Phone: 617-482-1145 Massachusetts Attorney General’s Elder Hotline URL: www.lawyerscom.org/ Debt and debt collection practices, health insurance, Service Area: Greater Boston home improvement, landlord-tenant issues, long-term care insurance, scam awareness, telemarketing Legal Advocacy and Resource Center, Inc. (LARC) Phone: 1-888-AG-ELDER (1-888-243-5337) / TTY: 617-727-4765 Free hotline legal advice and information, or referrals to other legal and social service agencies URL: www.mass.gov/ago/consumer-resources/ consumer-information/resources-for-elders/elder- 197 Friend Street, 9th Floor hotline.html Boston, MA 02114 Service Area: Statewide Phone: 617-603-1700 / 800-342 –LAWS URL: www.larcma.org Service Area: Eastern Massachusetts Massachusetts Attorney General’s HomeCorps Northeast Legal Aid–Lawrence, Lowell, and Lynn Foreclosure prevention and borrower support, loan (Merger of Neighborhood Legal Services and modification, borrower representation, borrower Merrimack Valley–North Shore Legal Services) recovery Free civil legal services to low-income and elderly Phone: 617-573-5333 / TTY: 617-727-4765 residents URL: www.mass.gov/ago/homecorps 50 Island St., #203A Lawrence, MA 01840 Service Area: Statewide 181 Union Street, #201A Lynn, MA 01901 Massachusetts Bar Association Dial-A-Lawyer 35 John Street, Suite 302 Basic legal information provided on the phone Lowell, MA 01852 20 West Street Phone: 978-458-1465 / 800-336-2262 Boston, MA 02111 URL: www.northeastlegalaid.org/ Phone: 617-338-0610 / 877-686-0711 Service Area: Essex and Northern Middlesex Counties URL: www.massbar.org/for-the-public/need-a- lawyer/dial-a-lawyer PAIR Project (Political Asylum/Immigration Project) Service Area: Statewide Immigration legal services to asylum-seekers and immigrants unjustly detained in Massachusetts Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee 98 N. Washington Street Suite 106 Advice and direct representation to persons with Boston, MA 02114 mental health needs on a wide range of legal issues. Phone: 617-742-9296 Mental health of client must be a primary factor in the case URL: www.pairproject.org/ 24 School Street Service Area: Statewide Suite 804 Boston, MA 02108 Project Citizenship Phone: 617-338-2345, press “4” / 800-342-9092 Workshops providing eligibility screening, application URL: www.mhlac.org/ assistance, legal referrals and all materials needed to Service Area: Statewide apply for U.S. citizenship. Partner agencies provide support services, including civics instruction, application assistance, and English as a Second MetroWest Legal Services Language (ESL) classes Family law, domestic violence, education, elder law, 4 Faneuil South Market Building housing, government benefits, disability, immigration, 3rd Floor, Suite 4025 homelessness, consumer, bankruptcy, foreclosure Boston, MA 02109 defense, and unemployment Phone: 617-694-5949 63 Fountain Street URL: www.projectcitizenship.org Suite 304 Framingham, MA 01702 Service Area: Statewide Phone: 508-620-1830 / 800-696-1501 URL: www.mwlegal.org Service Area: Norfolk and South Middlesex counties Shelter Legal Services (DBA Veterans Legal Tenant Advocacy Project – Harvard Law School Services)–Chelsea Soldiers’ Home, New England Legal advice and representation regarding public Center for Homeless Veterans, and Cambridge Multi- housing eviction, application denials for public Service Center housing and tenant-based voucher programs, Walk-in legal clinics. Legal services for veterans and reasonable accommodation requests, residual tenancy, the homeless; representation of Cambridge residents transfer denials, and subsidy terminations facing eviction 6 Everett Street 885 Centre Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Newton, MA 02459 Phone: 617-495-4394 Phone: 617-552-0623 No walk-ins URL: www.shelterlegalservices.org URL: www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/tap/ tenants/index.html Service Area: Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Service Area: Greater Boston and Suffolk Counties Tri-City Community Action Program Inc. Small Claims Advisory Service Housing, tax and fuel assistance; Head Start services Information (not legal advice) on Massachusetts law, 110 Pleasant Street small claims procedure, and effective court presentations Malden, MA 02148 Phillips Brooks House Harvard Yard Phone: 781-322-4125 Cambridge, MA 02138 URL: http://tri-cap.org/ Phone: 617-497-5690 Service Area: Malden, Medford, Everett, Melrose, and URL: www.masmallclaims.org Wakefield Service Area: Statewide Victim Rights Law Center South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc.–Hyannis Assist victims of rape and sexual assault only. Represent poor and elderly clients with high priority 115 Broad Street legal problems. Group representation and community Boston, MA 02110 education Phone: 617-399-6720 460 West Main Street Hyannis, MA 02601 URL: www.victimrights.org Phone: 508-775-7020 / 800-244-9023 Service Area: Statewide URL: www.sccls.org/ Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Service Area: Southeastern Massachusetts Free civil legal assistance related to assault in areas of education, restraining orders, immigration housing, South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc.–Fall River public benefits, privacy, and employment Attorneys and paralegals represent poor and elderly 99 Chauncy Street clients with high priority legal problems. Also provides Suite 400 group representation and community education. Boston, MA 02111 22 Bedford Street Phone: 617-423-0648 Fall River, MA 02720 Phone: 617-603-1700 / 866-778-0939 Phone: 508-676-6265 / 800-244-9023 URL: www.vlpnet.org URL: www.sccls.org/ Service Area: Statewide Service Area: Southeastern Massachusetts Volunteers for Justice/Lawyer for the Day Volunteer lawyers and lay advocates provide free legal help to tenants on a first-come basis Western Mass. Housing Court, Springfield session 37 Elm Street Springfield, MA 01103 Every Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Service Area: Hampden County

Women’s Bar Foundation Free legal assistance to victims of domestic violence on family law issues and 209A Abuse Prevention Orders, low-income seniors seeking an end-of-life document such as a will, health care proxy, power of attorney, or homestead declaration, and low-income individuals involved in housing disputes in Hampden County 27 School Street Boston, MA 02108 Phone: 617-973-6666 URL: www.womensbar.org Service Area: Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk

Worcester County Probate and Family Court Lawyer for the Day Volunteer lawyers are available to answer questions and help fill out court forms at the Worcester County Probate and Family Court 225 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608 Phone: 508-831-2200 Service Area: Worcester County