Boston Area Legal Resources

Boston Area Legal Resources
(This list is also avaible as a pdf document here)

Legal Advocacy and Resource Center
197 Friend St., 9th Floor Boston, MA 02114
617-603-1700 or 1-800-342-LAWS
o Hotline available M-F 9am-3:30pm)
http://www.larcma.org
Legal hotline for low-income Massachusetts residents. Does referrals, (including Greater Boston Legal Services and the Volunteer Lawyers Project) as well as “concrete legal information” about non-criminal matters.

Community Legal Services and Counseling Center (CLSACC)
1 West Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
617-661-1010
TTY: 617-661-1216 Fax: 617-661-3289
http://www.clsacc.org
Provides free civil legal assistance and psychological counseling to low income clients. Specializes in family law, domestic violence, housing, homelessness prevention, disability benefits, immigration, and refugee rights.

Roxbury Defenders
11 Roxbury Street
Roxbury, MA 02119
617-445-5640
Provides free legal advice and information on criminal law issues.

Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School
122 Boylston Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-522-3003 Fax: 617-522-0715
http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/lsc
General practice law office providing civil legal assistance for individuals and small businesses with legal problems in family law, immigration law, medical law, and housing law. Assistance is based on legal need.

Massachusetts Legal Help
http://www.masslegalhelp.org/
Website provides FAQ of legal information and offers legal aid options based on location.

Massachusetts Legal Services Programs
http://www.neighborhoodlaw.org/
Clearinghouse of information on legal services in the state.

Greater Boston Legal Services
http://www.gbls.org
Main: 197 Friend St., Boston, MA 02114
617-371-1234 or 800-323-3205
TTY: 617-371-1228 Fax: 617-371-1222
GBLS is the primary provider of free, non-criminal legal assistance in the Greater Boston area.

Harvard Defenders
Gannett House, Suite 1 Harvard Law School
1511 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-4413 Fax: 617-496-6059
http://www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/defenders
Legal services organization to provide representation for people of low income in criminal show-cause hearings and welfare fraud investigations.

Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
Baker House, 1587 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-4408, open: M-F 9 am-5 p.m
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hlab/
Provides free legal services to low-income people in Middlesex and Suffolk counties. Please inquire by phone.

Massachusetts Bar Association
20 West Street, Boston, MA 02111
Mass. Law Help Line: (866) 627-7577
Dial-a-Lawyer: (617) 338-0556
TTY: (617) 338-0585
http://www.masslawhelp.org
MBA public service for legal referrals, assistance, and general information. Referrals are based on the legal need, geographic convenience and the caller's financial situation. The MBA also has "Dial-a-Lawyer." On the first Wednesday of each month, attorneys volunteer at the MBA Boston headquarters by providing free basic legal information by phone to callers between the hours of 5:30-7:30 p.m. Questions cover a wide range of legal topics.

Last updated: May 7, 2008

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