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Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury (PATBI) | Disability Rights New Jersey (DRNJ)

Ensures that individuals with TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) and their families have access to: information, referrals and advice; individual and family advocacy; legal representation; and specific assistance in self-advocacy. The program prioritizes reaching communities of color and underserved urban and rural populations.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Specialized Information and Referral
Brain Injuries
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Self Advocacy Support
Individual Advocacy

New Jersey State Bar Association | NJ State Bar Association

Allows New Jersey residents in need of legal services to be referred to a private attorney based upon their legal needs. Lawyers will assist individuals with various legal matters for a fee.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Lawyer Referral Services

New Jersey State Bar Association | NJ State Bar Association

Allows New Jersey residents in need of legal services to be referred to a private attorney based upon their legal needs. Lawyers will assist individuals with various legal matters for a fee.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Lawyer Referral Services

Immigration Rights Clinic | Rutgers University School of Law

Serves the immigrant population through client representation and advocacy. Under faculty supervision, they handle cases such as asylum, relief from removal, and protection for victims of human trafficking and other crimes. Students manage all aspects of their cases, including interviewing, legal research, and representing clients at immigration hearings.

What's Here

Legal Representation

New Jersey State Bar Association | NJ State Bar Association

Allows New Jersey residents in need of legal services to be referred to a private attorney based upon their legal needs. Lawyers will assist individuals with various legal matters for a fee.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Lawyer Referral Services

Office of the Public Defender | New Jersey Courts

Gives individuals access to apply for a Public Defender, as well as a directory of county Public Defender offices. Public Defenders can offer legal representation for: Criminal cases, Appeals, Parental rights cases (for both minors and parents), Juvenile defense, Drug cases, Sex offenders, Mental Health advocacy.

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Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Guardianship Assistance
Offender Advocates
Legal Representation

Child Advocacy Clinic - Camden Campus | Rutgers University School of Law

Provides representation to children in family court for child abuse and neglect cases. Engages in advocacy through administrative hearings on public benefits, education, immigration, medical, and mental health issues. Assists with obtaining or maintaining SSI benefits for disabled children, securing necessary therapeutic and medical interventions, assisting kinship caregivers with legal, financial, and educational needs, and representing abused and neglected children in foster care, especially those with disabilities.LEGAL ASSISTANCE

What's Here

Abused Children
Legal Representation

New Jersey State Bar Association | NJ State Bar Association

Allows New Jersey residents in need of legal services to be referred to a private attorney based upon their legal needs. Lawyers will assist individuals with various legal matters for a fee.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Lawyer Referral Services

Legal Assistance | Northeast New Jersey Legal Services

Provides free legal services and legal counseling to low-income individuals. Assists with consumer rights and debt cancellation, domestic violence and sexual assault, education, elder justice, expungements (Clearing Your Record), family and relationships, federal taxes, HIV/AIDS (rya white project), housing, immigration, public benefits, seniors, and veterans.

What's Here

Welfare Rights Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Bankruptcy Assistance
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Elder Law
Individual Advocacy
General Legal Aid
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Legal Representation
Housing Complaints
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance

Richard West Assistive Technology Advocacy Center | Disability Rights New Jersey (DRNJ)

Offers supportive services, including information and referral for assistive technology devices and services. This includes advocacy services, and legal representation.

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Occasional Medical Equipment/Supplies
General Medical Equipment/Supplies Provision
Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
Computer Access Aids
Specialized Telecommunications Equipment
Hearing Aids
Assistive Listening Devices
Legal Representation
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

New Jersey Crime Victims' Law | NJ Crime Victims' Law Center

Provides pro bono legal assistance to victims of violent crime throughout New Jersey. Applicable crimes include: homicide, sexual assault, child and elder abuse, aggravated assault, domestic violence, stalking, teen dating violence, and human trafficking.

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Crime Victim/Witness Counseling
Legal Representation
Crime Victim Support

Legal Services | Community Justice Center

Offers legal assistance to individuals in need. For those who are seeking assistance with veteran benefits and social security benefits.

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Veteran Compensation and Pension Benefits
Legal Representation
Welfare Rights Assistance

Immigration Assistance | Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark - Adult Services

Providing representation and assistance, the Immigration Assistance Program is authorized to represent clients before the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the Immigration Courts. Staffed with bilingual counselors and attorneys, services include representation in removal proceedings, guidance on immigration and citizenship matters, such as citizenship applications, family reunification, employment-based applications, Visa applications, and refugee travel documents, along with translation services for documents and photographs.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Citizenship Assistance Centers
Immigrant Visa Application Filing Assistance
Language Translation

Legal Assistance | Northeast New Jersey Legal Services

Provides free legal services and legal counseling to low-income individuals. Assists with consumer rights and debt cancellation, domestic violence and sexual assault, education, elder justice, expungements (Clearing Your Record), family and relationships, federal taxes, HIV/AIDS (rya white project), housing, immigration, public benefits, seniors, and veterans.

What's Here

Welfare Rights Assistance
Divorce Assistance
Bankruptcy Assistance
Workers Compensation Benefits Assistance
General Benefits and Services Assistance
Elder Law
Individual Advocacy
General Legal Aid
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Legal Representation
Housing Complaints
Criminal Record Expungement Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Eviction Prevention Assistance

New Jersey State Bar Association | NJ State Bar Association

Allows New Jersey residents in need of legal services to be referred to a private attorney based upon their legal needs. Lawyers will assist individuals with various legal matters for a fee.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Lawyer Referral Services

New Jersey State Bar Association | NJ State Bar Association

Allows New Jersey residents in need of legal services to be referred to a private attorney based upon their legal needs. Lawyers will assist individuals with various legal matters for a fee.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Lawyer Referral Services

New Jersey State Bar Association | NJ State Bar Association

Allows New Jersey residents in need of legal services to be referred to a private attorney based upon their legal needs. Lawyers will assist individuals with various legal matters for a fee.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Lawyer Referral Services

Legal Assistance and Education | Project Self-Sufficiency

Offers individual legal consultations and pro bono services to Sussex County residents within specified income limits. Covered legal issues include family law, bankruptcy, elder law, and expungement, with exclusion of criminal matters. Free legal education workshops and assistance in accessing community resources are available. Additionally, court accompaniment, pro se divorce workshops, and do-it-yourself legal clinics are offered.

What's Here

Comprehensive Immigration/Naturalization Services
Legal Representation
General Legal Aid
Bankruptcy Assistance
Elder Law
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Divorce Assistance

New Jersey State Bar Association | NJ State Bar Association

Allows New Jersey residents in need of legal services to be referred to a private attorney based upon their legal needs. Lawyers will assist individuals with various legal matters for a fee.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Lawyer Referral Services

New Jersey State Bar Association | NJ State Bar Association

Allows New Jersey residents in need of legal services to be referred to a private attorney based upon their legal needs. Lawyers will assist individuals with various legal matters for a fee.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Lawyer Referral Services

New Jersey State Bar Association | NJ State Bar Association

Allows New Jersey residents in need of legal services to be referred to a private attorney based upon their legal needs. Lawyers will assist individuals with various legal matters for a fee.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Lawyer Referral Services

Civil Justice Clinic | Rutgers University School of Law

Advocates for low-income clients, the Civil Justice Clinic addresses various civil cases, focusing on housing, family, consumer law, probate, bankruptcy, unemployment compensation, social security, SSI disability benefits, and other public benefits. Under faculty supervision, students actively engage in cases such as defending eviction actions, assisting tenants with repairs, litigating to recover security deposits, opposing illegal rent increases, and handling cases related to real estate, home repair, car repair, or purchase scams, divorce, custody, alimony, domestic violence, child support, and social security disability. Students undertake the entire legal process, including client interviews, negotiations, drafting legal documents, and conducting depositions and trials. Additionally, the clinic periodically undertakes broader law reform and impact advocacy initiatives on systemic issues within civil poverty law.

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Legal Representation
Consumer Law
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Divorce Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance

New Jersey State Bar Association | NJ State Bar Association

Allows New Jersey residents in need of legal services to be referred to a private attorney based upon their legal needs. Lawyers will assist individuals with various legal matters for a fee.

What's Here

Legal Representation
Lawyer Referral Services

Military Legal Assistance Program | NJ State Bar Association

Assists military personnel who have been deployed overseas in Iraq or Afghanistan with their legal needs at no cost. The program offers assistance in four areas: Family Law, Employment Law, Debtor-Creditor Law and Military/Administrative Law. Refers members of the military to volunteers qualified to assist them with their specific legal issues.

What's Here

Consumer Law
Legal Representation
Labor and Employment Law
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Divorce Assistance

Child Advocacy Clinic - Newark Campus | Rutgers University School of Law

Provides representation to children in family court for child abuse and neglect cases. Engages in advocacy through administrative hearings on public benefits, education, immigration, medical, and mental health issues. Assists with obtaining or maintaining SSI benefits for disabled children, securing necessary therapeutic and medical interventions, assisting kinship caregivers with legal, financial, and educational needs, and representing abused and neglected children in foster care, especially those with disabilities.LEGAL ASSISTANCE

What's Here

Abused Children
Legal Representation