In Philadelphia city of brotherly love, there are many free legal aid programs, legal assistance, legal help for those who cannot affort an attorney. Some legal services are discounted based on income. Philadelphia legal aid is provided by a host of sources, including non-profit organizations and law school clinics.
Non-Profit Philadelphia Legal Aid
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Community Legal Services, Law Center North Central |
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North Penn Legal Services (Montrose Office) |
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North Penn Legal Services (Scranton Office) |
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North Penn Legal Services (Stroudsburg Office) |
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North Penn Legal Services (Sunbury Office) |
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North Penn Legal Services (Towanda Office) |
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North Penn Legal Services (Tunkhannock Office) |
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North Penn Legal Services (Wilkes-Barre Office) |
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North Penn Legal Services (Williamsport Office) |
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Northwestern Legal Services (Bradford Office) |
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Philadelphia Legal Assistance |
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AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania |
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Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania |
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Education Law Center - Pennsylvania |
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Equality Advocates Pennsylvania |
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Friends of Farmworkers |
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Legal Clinic for the Disabled, Inc. |
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Military Assistance Program - Philadelphia Bar Association |
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PA SeniorLAW HelpLine |
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Pennsylvania Farmworker Project of Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center |
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Pennsylvania Health Law Project |
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Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project |
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Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent Program (VIP) |
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Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia |
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SeniorLAW Center (Philadelphia) |
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Temple Legal Aid Office |
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The Elderly Law Project - Temple University Beasley School of Law |
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The Pension Rights Project |
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This group does not provide legal representation in court. |
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Women's Law Project |
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Philadelphia Legal Aid from Law School Clinics
Villanova Law Clinics
- Clinic for Asylum, Refugee and Emigrant Services (CARES)
- Civil Justice Clinic
- Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic
- Federal Tax Clinic
Penn Law Clinics
Certified by state and federal courts to represent indigent clients in a broad range of civil litigation, students interview clients, draft legal pleadings, engage in client counseling and negotiation with opposing parties, and serve as trial counsel in court and administrative proceedings.
DETKIN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY LEGAL CLINIC (FORTHCOMING)
Students gain valuable insights and professional experience in the real world of IP and technology law and commercialization.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP LEGAL CLINIC
Students provide direct representation to entrepreneurs, businesses, and social entrepreneurs from underserved communities on matters such as business structuring, contract drafting and review, intellectual property, managing employees, negotiating, asset acquisitions and dispositions, business strategy, and regulatory requirements.
MEDIATION CLINIC
Students learn about conflict resolution, creative problem solving, and mediation theory, and then serve as court- or agency-approved mediators in a broad range of court, agency, neighborhood, and campus disputes.
LEGISLATIVE CLINIC
After studying legislative process, statutory drafting, and legislative advocacy, students work on pending legislation and public policy issues at the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives and the Pennsylvania state legislature.
INTERDISCIPLINARY CHILD ADVOCACY CLINIC
Students team with medical, nursing, and social policy and practice students to represent vulnerable children in court hearings, participate in developing a plan to serve the child’s best interest, and work with parents, counsel, and relevant agencies.
SUPREME COURT CLINIC
The only clinic that continues for a full academic year, students work on real Supreme Court cases, including conducting research, writing briefs and participating in moot court rehearsals that are held prior to oral arguments at One First Street.
TRANSNATIONAL LEGAL CLINIC
Students work with clients across cultures, languages, borders and legal systems in asylum and other immigration cases. Students also engage in human rights advocacy through litigation, legislative and policy initiatives, community organizing and other written and visual legal advocacy tools.
CRIMINAL DEFENSE CLINIC
Students get firsthand criminal defense experience trying misdemeanor and felony cases in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and the Philadelphia Municipal Court under the supervision of experienced attorneys from the Defender Association of Philadelphia, one of the nation’s leading public defender organizations.
LAWYERING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
Students examine common lawyering themes that confront public interest and pro bono lawyers and participate in simulated exercises taken from actual practice that are specially designed to place students in governance roles of public interest legal advocacy organizations.
CLINICAL EXTERNSHIPS AT DIVERSE PRACTICE SETTINGS
Drawing upon Philadelphia’s vibrant legal community and award-winning public interest organizations, students gain academic credit while providing direct legal representation at these distinguished organizations.