Legal Assistance Programs for Lower-Income Individuals and Households

We might not administer a program that fits your need, but other legal services are available within Washington State.

Northwest Justice Project

Legal Areas: Eviction, Foreclosure, and Legal Help with other Civil issues (non-criminal).

Coordinated Legal Education, Advice and Referral is a toll-free legal hotline for people with low incomes.

CLEAR Hotline: 1-888-201-1014

Washington Law Help

Find self-help information and online forms for civil legal problems. Family, House & Apartment, Work/Farmworker Rights, Personal Safety, Money & Debt, Planning Ahead/Seniors.

Civil Survival

Legal Area: Vacate criminal records, vacate drug possession conviction, legal financial obligation relief, appealing denial of occupation license due to criminal record, and registration relief for people convicted of sex offenses.

Columbia Legal Services

Legal Area: Accepts civil cases where the outcome affects a large number of low-income people, usually where there is no other legal aid organization available to assist.

Phone: 1-800-542-0794

Disability Rights Washington

Provides free services to people with disabilities including technical assistance and legal services for disability rights violations.

Phone: (800) 562-2702 or (206) 324-1521 (phone hours)

Legal Counsel for Youth and Children

Legal Area: Child Welfare, Juvenile Court, Youth Homelessness, Youth and Family Immigration

Living with Conviction

Legal Area: legal information about legal financial obligations and vacating drug possession charges.

Phone: 206-307-3028

Seattle Clemency Project

Legal Area: Early Release from Prison and Immigration Post Conviction Relief

Phone: 206-682-1114

TeamChild

Legal Area: Legal services for Youth typically between the ages of 12 and 24.

Phone: 206-322-2444

The Way to Justice

Legal Area: Legal financial obligation relief and restoring your driving privileges

Phone: 509-822-7514

Washington Innocence Project

Legal Area: Legal and investigative services to wrongfully convicted people whose innocence can be demonstrated through DNA testing or other newly discovered evidence.

Phone: 206-636-9479

Washington State Bar Association

Find Legal Help - Free Legal Help Moderate Means Program- Reduced Fee Legal Help

Free legal help and Reduced-Fee Legal Help

Washington State Pro Bono Council

Legal Area: eviction, domestic violence or sexual assault, civil legal issues.

Additional organizations and programs supported by Legal Foundation of Washington.

American Civil Liberties Union of Washington

ACLU-WA runs an "Information and Referral Program (IRP) that provides legal information and referrals to other organizations, agencies and attorneys." 

Phone: 206-624-2180 (phone hours from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays)