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Advocacy, Incorporated 1420 W. Mockingbird Lane, Ste. 450 Dallas Texas 75247-2884 Voice: 214-630-0916; Voice/TDD 800-880-2884 Purpose: Provides referrals to programs to persons with disabilities and assists in training persons in self-advocacy and accessing services from state agencies. |
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American Civil Liberties Union of North Texas P.O. Box 710356 Dallas Texas 75371 Voice: 214-939-8089 Fax: Purpose: Accepts referrals from Dallas Civil Liberties Union and other community agencies of cases involving First Amendment rights and various other constitutional issues. |
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Catholic Charities Immigration and Legal Services 5415 Maple Ave. Ste. 400 Dallas Texas 75235 Voice: 214-634-7182 Fax: 214-634-2531 Purpose: Provides Immigration and Legal Services provides low-cost (and in some cases, no-cost) legal counseling and representation for individuals who are unable to afford private lawyers for their immigration matters. ILS is a Recognized Organization, authorized by the U.S. Department of Justice to help immigrants with their immigration legal needs. ILS represents immigrants in the following types of cases: · Family petitions · Citizenship · Abused immigrant women · Immigrant victims of crime · Refugee and asylee adjustment of status · Deportation and Removal |
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Center for Nonprofit Management 2902 Floyd Street Dallas Texas 75240 Voice: 214-826-3470 Fax: 214-826-3845 Purpose: to build a stronger community by increasing the performance and impact of nonprofit organizations. E-mail: info@cnmdallas.org |
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Child Support Enforcement Division 3400 Carlisle, Ste. 300 Dallas Texas 75204 Voice: 214-953-0380 Fax: Purpose: Provides referrals to appropriate office. This Texas Attorney General's office obtains and enforces orders for the payment of child support. |
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Dallas Bar Association LegalLine Voice: 214-220-7476 Fax: Purpose: Answers simple legal questions on the phone on the second and third Wednesdays of each month from 5:15 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
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Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program 1515 Main Street Dallas Texas 75201 Voice: 214-748-1234 ext. 3348 Fax: Purpose: In addition to sponsoring the Pro Se Family Law Clinic, Debt Counseling Clinic, Legal Clinic for the Elderly, Mental Health Law Clinic, and Wills Clinic, the Dallas Volunteer Attorney program provides telephone referral of low-income individuals to volunteer attorneys who provide free legal services. Applicants must be Dallas County residents. Training, support and malpractice insurance are offered to participating attorneys. |
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Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program -- Neighborhood Legal Clinics Voice: 214-748-1234 ext. 3348 Fax: Purpose: Conducts evening clinics and provides legal representation for low-income applicants with problems in civil law matters, including family, bankruptcy, housing, consumer, employment termination and wage claims, guardianships, wills, and small estates. Clinics are held at the Martin Luther King Center -- South Dallas; Grace United Methodist Church -- East Dallas; Marillac Social Center -- West Dallas; and the Garland Legal Clinic (Salvation Army). |
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DBA Speakers Committee Purpose: Receives requests from groups, organizations and classes for information on law-related topics and provides lawyers to speak to the requesting group. |
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Dispute Mediation Services, Inc. 3400 Carlisle, Ste. 240, LB 9 Dallas Texas 75204 Voice: 214-754-0022 Fax: Purpose:Assistance is offered in resolving a wide range of disputes in non-criminal matters from family problems to business problems. Trained mediators assist parties in finding mutually agreeable solutions. Fees range from $10 per party in individually referred cases to $50 per party in court referred cases. |
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Fathers for Equal Rights Inc. 701 Commerce, Suite #302 Dallas TX 75202 Voice: 214-953-2233 Fax: Purpose: Fathers For Equal Rights is a 30 year old organization helping fathers, families and children of Dallas. They have 14 attorneys who hold individual sessions for members in our offices everyday. There is also a general information meeting held every Thursday night (except holidays) at 7:00 p.m. and is open to the public. Service is provided without regard to gender. |
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Homeless Law Project - Legal Services of North Texas 1515 Main Street Dallas Texas 75201 Voice: 214-748-1234 Fax: Purpose: Conducts legal clinics at area shelters for homeless persons. Cases involving civil matters are referred to attorneys. |
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Housing Crisis Center 4210 Junius Street Dallas Texas 75246 Voice: 214-828-4244 Fax: Purpose: Conducts legal clinics for persons with rental and landlord/tenant problems. Seeks to assist individuals threatened with eviction and other cases in the Justice of the Peace and County Courts. |
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Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, Inc. 2501 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 850 Dallas Texas 75219 Voice: 214-855-0520 Fax: Purpose: Provides legal representation and social services free of charge to those who have fled persecution and arrived in Dallas, Texas with nothing. |
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Lawyer Referral Service Voice: 214-220-7444 Fax: Purpose: This service of the Dallas Bar Association makes referrals to attorneys on various types of legal matters on a fee basis. The initial half-hour consultation cost $20. |
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Legal Hospice of Texas 3626 N. Hall, Suite 820 Dallas Texas 75219 Voice: 214-521-6622 Fax: 214-521-3310 Purpose: Legal Hospice of Texas provides free legal assistance to residents of Dallas, Collin, Denton, Henderson, Hunt, Rockwall, Kaufman, Ellis, Cooke, Navarro, Grayson, Hood, Parker, Johnson, Tarrant and Fannin counties who cannot afford an attorney, are terminally ill or HIV positive, and have a legal issue related to or impacted by their qualifying diagnosis. E-mail: info@dlh.org |
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Legal Services of North Texas 1515 Main Street Dallas Texas 75201 Voice: 214-748-1234 Fax: Purpose: Provides free legal services to low-income persons in a variety of fields, principally public entitlements, landlord/tenant disputes, consumer and employment matters and family law. Clinics are held at the main office on a weekly basis. |
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Mosaic Family Services 4144 North Central Expressway, Suite 530 Dallas Texas 75204 Voice: 214-821-5393 Fax: 214-821-0810 Purpose:To provide legal services in the areas of immigration and family law to immigrant and refugee victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. |
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Protective Orders Division 133 N. Industrial Blvd., 10th Floor Dallas Texas 75202 Voice: 214-653-3528 Fax: Purpose: This division of the Dallas County District Attorney's office obtains protective orders in family violence and child abuse cases. |
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SMU Civil Legal Clinic 3315 Daniel Dallas Texas 75275 Voice: 214-768-2562 Fax: Purpose: Holds clinics which assist low-income Dallas County residents with legal matters involving consumer fraud, landlord/tenant disputes, civil rights, and nursing home disputes. |
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SMU Criminal Legal Clinic 3315 Daniel Dallas Texas 75275 Voice: 214-768-2562 Fax: Purpose: Holds daytime clinics which assist low-income Dallas County residents in need of help with criminal prosecution of misdemeanor cases. No fraud cases are handled. |
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SMU Tax Clinic 3315 Daniel Dallas Texas 75275 Voice: 214-768-3462 Fax: Purpose: Handles tax-related cases for low-income Dallas County residents in the areas of audits, liens, negotiated settlements and collection plans. |
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The Family Place P.O. Box 7999 Dallas Texas 75209 Voice: 214-941-1991 -- 24-hour hotline Fax: Purpose: Counseling and shelter for battered women and their children. The 24-hour hotline provides advice on family violence. Counseling is available for women and children and perpetrators. |
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Women's Advocacy Project Voice: 800-374-HOPE, Family Violence Legal Line Fax: Purpose: Maintains a statewide toll-free hotline for women with legal problems relating to family violence or abuse. |
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Women's Resource Center of the YMCA 4621 Ross Avenue Dallas Texas 75204 Voice: 214-821-9595, ext. 2301 Fax: Purpose: Conducts bi-monthly evening clinics providing, on a fee basis, consultation services for persons with non-criminal legal problems involving family law, bankruptcy, etc. |
