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Advocating 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.
Advocating 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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Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Representation
Divorce Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
Consumer Law
Advanced Housing offers individual, family, and group therapy, as well as psychiatric services for the treatment of various problems such as anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, and interpersonal issues. They provide Community Support Services focusing on helping individuals experiencing mental illness symptoms and difficulties living in the community achieve and maintain valued life roles in employment, education, housing and social environments.
Advanced Housing offers individual, family, and group therapy, as well as psychiatric services for the treatment of various problems such as anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, and interpersonal issues. They provide Community Support Services focusing on helping individuals experiencing mental illness symptoms and difficulties living in the community achieve and maintain valued life roles in employment, education, housing and social environments.
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Personal Care
In Person Crisis Intervention
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Prescription Medication Monitoring Systems
Clinical Psychiatric Evaluation
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Personal Financial Counseling
Individual Counseling
Serves the interests of tenants, landlords, and the city by ensuring all housing standards and pricing are met in the community. The division accepts complaints in writing about unfair rent increases, and maintenance in services.
Serves the interests of tenants, landlords, and the city by ensuring all housing standards and pricing are met in the community. The division accepts complaints in writing about unfair rent increases, and maintenance in services.
Categories
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord Rights Information/Counseling
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Housing Complaints
Advanced Housing offers individual, family, and group therapy, as well as psychiatric services for the treatment of various problems such as anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, and interpersonal issues. They provide Community Support Services focusing on helping individuals experiencing mental illness symptoms and difficulties living in the community achieve and maintain valued life roles in employment, education, housing and social environments.
Advanced Housing offers individual, family, and group therapy, as well as psychiatric services for the treatment of various problems such as anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, and interpersonal issues. They provide Community Support Services focusing on helping individuals experiencing mental illness symptoms and difficulties living in the community achieve and maintain valued life roles in employment, education, housing and social environments.
Categories
Personal Care
In Person Crisis Intervention
Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
Prescription Medication Monitoring Systems
Clinical Psychiatric Evaluation
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Personal Financial Counseling
Individual Counseling
Catholic Family & Community Services, a Catholic Charities agency in the Diocese of Paterson, provides a variety of legal services that include:- Immigration matters- Legal education- Landlord/tenant matters- Domestic relations- Entitlement advocacy
Catholic Family & Community Services, a Catholic Charities agency in the Diocese of Paterson, provides a variety of legal services that include:- Immigration matters- Legal education- Landlord/tenant matters- Domestic relations- Entitlement advocacy
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Immigrant Visa Application Filing Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
General Legal Aid
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Provides housing counseling to people who are unable to make their mortgage payments and at risk of losing their homes through foreclosure, or who are already in the foreclosure process. Counseling is also made available to renters that will guide them on how to approach discussions with their landlords on dealing with their rent situation.
Provides housing counseling to people who are unable to make their mortgage payments and at risk of losing their homes through foreclosure, or who are already in the foreclosure process. Counseling is also made available to renters that will guide them on how to approach discussions with their landlords on dealing with their rent situation.
Categories
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Provides assistance with cases involving governmental benefits and entitlement, landlord/tenant relationships, protective services and pensions at no cost to senior and disabled individuals.
Provides assistance with cases involving governmental benefits and entitlement, landlord/tenant relationships, protective services and pensions at no cost to senior and disabled individuals.
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General Legal Aid
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Individual Advocacy
Adult Protective Services
Elder Abuse Prevention
Elder Law
Allows tenants in Paterson to check if their apartment or unit is protected or rent controlled. Also helps tenants with obtaining protections if their unit is not currently protected. Work is done discreetly so as not to cause issues with landlords.
Allows tenants in Paterson to check if their apartment or unit is protected or rent controlled. Also helps tenants with obtaining protections if their unit is not currently protected. Work is done discreetly so as not to cause issues with landlords.
Categories
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Provides multiple services to individuals and households at risk of homelessness. Programs range from housing and financial counseling to free legal services and survivor advocacy.
Provides multiple services to individuals and households at risk of homelessness. Programs range from housing and financial counseling to free legal services and survivor advocacy.
Categories
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Welfare Rights Assistance
Immigrant Visa Application Filing Assistance
General Legal Aid
Bankruptcy Assistance
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Legal Representation
Provides information on housing, including discrimination in housing, tenant-landlord disputes, tenant-landlord rights, and Section 8 regulations to all residents of the coverage area.
Provides information on housing, including discrimination in housing, tenant-landlord disputes, tenant-landlord rights, and Section 8 regulations to all residents of the coverage area.
Categories
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Housing Complaints
Landlord Rights Information/Counseling
Discrimination Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Provides assistance to tenants who live in privately subsidized buildings regarding tenants rights.
Provides assistance to tenants who live in privately subsidized buildings regarding tenants rights.
Categories
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Tenant Rights Information/Counseling
Housing Complaints
Assists low and moderate income individuals with guidance and case service in Landlord-Tenant Law matters. Counsels clients involved in disputes, informing them of their rights and responsibilities under New Jersey laws, local ordinances, and property codes. Provides budgeting, HUD-certified housing counseling, information and referral, rental delinquency counseling, advocacy with landlords/mortgage companies, legal services referrals, and assistance in obtaining affordable housing.
Assists low and moderate income individuals with guidance and case service in Landlord-Tenant Law matters. Counsels clients involved in disputes, informing them of their rights and responsibilities under New Jersey laws, local ordinances, and property codes. Provides budgeting, HUD-certified housing counseling, information and referral, rental delinquency counseling, advocacy with landlords/mortgage companies, legal services referrals, and assistance in obtaining affordable housing.
Categories
Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
Eviction Prevention Assistance
Housing Complaints
Foreclosure Prevention Loan Modification/Refinancing Programs
Mortgage Delinquency and Default Counseling
Housing Search Assistance