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EspañolLone Star Legal Aid provides legal services, including representation, to low income residents of 72 counties in Texas from 12 offices. The Beaumont office serves Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty and Orange counties. They provide services for a variety of legal issues including issues regarding domestic violence and family law. Lone Star Legal Aid will provide assistance to those with limited English skills.
Legal Assistance
Updated:
September 13, 2016Included in this list are organizations that provide free or low-cost legal services to victims of abuse and others who qualify. Even if the organization does not have a lawyer available to represent you in court, you may want to ask if there is a lawyer who you can consult with to get advice. Please note that we list the organizations below by the town/city where the office is located – however, many offices may likely serve multiple towns/counties. We indicate the “counties served” whenever possible. You can click “View All” to look through the complete list of organizations. To search for resources by county, you can check out the Texas Law Help Legal Help Finder.
Beaumont
Lone Star Legal Aid (Beaumont office)
2345 IH-10 East, Suite 3
Beaumont, TX 77704-2552
Phone:
(409) 835-4971
Phone 2:
(800) 365-1861
Fax:
(409) 835-5783
Belton
Lone Star Legal Aid (Belton office)
512 South Main Street
Belton, TX 76513
Hotline:
(888) 674-4529
Phone:
(254) 939-5773
Fax:
(254) 939-3767
Lone Star Legal Aid provides legal services, including representation, to low income residents of 72 counties in Texas from 12 offices. The Belton office serves Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas and Milam counties. They provide services for a variety of legal issues including issues regarding domestic violence and family law. Lone Star Legal Aid will provide assistance to those with limited English skills.
Brownsville
Cameron County Bar Association Pro Bono Project
1040 S Expressway
Brownsville, TX 78521-2447
Phone:
(956) 546-5550
Fax:
(956) 541-3313
Serves Cameron County residents in bankruptcy, consumer, elder law, employment law, housing, wills, family law, torts, terminating parental rights, real estate, juvenile, immigration, health, domestic violence, dissolution, custody, and adoption cases.
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc. (Brownsville office)
531 East St. Francis Street
Brownsville, TX 78520
Phone:
(956) 982-5540
Fax:
(956) 541-1410
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) provides free legal services to low-income residents in sixty-eight counties of Southwest Texas. The Brownsville office serves Cameron and Willacy counties. The majority of TRLA clients are low-income women and children who are victims of domestic violence and who need assistance in escaping violence and remaining violence-free. To qualify for free legal services from TRLA, an applicant must meet the income, asset, and immigration requirements established by the United States Congress, the Texas Legislature, and other funding sources. TRLA will always attempt to find a funding source that will permit representation for persons who are unable to afford the services of a private attorney. They provide services in English and Spanish.
Brownwood
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas (Brownwood Office)
300 North Fisk Avenue
Brownwood, TX 76801
Phone:
(325) 646-8659
Fax:
(325) 646-6070
Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas (LANWT) offers free civil legal assistance to low-income Texans. The Brownwood office serves Mills, Coleman, Brown, Comanche, San Saba and McCullough counties. They are able to represent clients in any type of civil matter. Their practice focuses on support for families, preserving the home, maintaining, economic stability, safety, stability, and health, individuals with special needs and problems affecting groups of individuals. Specifically they take cases with domestic violence such as, adoption, child abuse and neglect, child custody, divorces involving family violence, enforcement of access and visitation, modification of visitation/custody, parental rights termination, paternity, termination and adoption when abuse is alleged and visitation enforcement.
Bryan
Catholic Charities of Central Texas: Immigration Legal Services (Brazos Valley Office)
1410 Cavitt Avenue
Bryan, TX 77801
Phone:
(979) 822-9340
Fax:
(979) 822-6754
Catholic Charities of Central Texas provides low-cost legal representation in immigration matters. Representation includes, but is not limited to family based immigration, permanent resident card replacement or renewal, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), visas for victims of crime and human trafficking, naturalization, and asylum. Clients must be at or below the 200% federal poverty guidelines to access services.
Lone Star Legal Aid (Bryan office)
1714 East 29th Street
Bryan, TX 77802
Phone:
(979) 775-5050
Phone 2:
(800) 570-4773
Fax:
(979) 775-5053
Lone Star Legal Aid provides legal services, including representation, to low income residents of 72 counties in Texas from 12 offices. The Bryan office serves Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Fayette, Grimes, Lee, Leon, Madison, Robertson and Washington counties. They provide services for a variety of legal issues including issues regarding domestic violence and family law. Lone Star Legal Aid will provide assistance to those with limited English skills.
