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Legal Assistance

The following organizations provide legal representation, mediation and arbitration services for Wisconsin residents. Some services are restricted to low-income individuals.

  • Community Justice Incorporated
    A law firm that represents low-income individuals and families involved in landlord/tenant, disability and mental health, employment, family, child welfare, education, discrimination, consumer/credit, land use, environmental issues.
  • Economic Justice Institute (UW Law School)
    Home to the law school's legal assistance programs:
  • Legal Action of Wisconsin
    Provides civil legal services for WI low-income persons. Assists people with legal issues involving divorce, child custody/support, domestic violence, elder abuse, health care, Medicare, Social Security, public benefits, employment, guardianship, migrant workers, landlord/tenant, and more. Offices in Green Bay, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, and Racine.
  • Modest Means Program (State Bar of Wisconsin)
    Part of the State Bar's Lawyer Referral and Information Service. Assists people whose income is too high to qualify for free legal services, but too low to pay a lawyer’s standard rate.
  • Wisconsin Judicare
     Serves low-income people in 33 northern counties of WI. Handles cases involving bankruptcy, social security and SSI, family law, health, housing, income maintenance, wills, and Indian law.

Directories

Civil Rights

  • American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin
     Selects cases which are believed to have the greatest impact on protecting civil liberties in Wisconsin.
  • Lambda
    Legal information and assistance with discrimination related to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and HIV status.

Elder Law

Health & Disabilities

  • ABC for Health, Inc
    Legal staff may help you "challenge health insurance claim denials, negotiate with creditors, and represent you in appeals before government agencies."
  • Aids Resource Center of Wisconsin Legal Services
    Attorneys who specialize in the complex legal issues associated with HIV/AIDS including confidentiality, disability benefits, power of attorney for health care, bankruptcy, wills and guardianships. Represents and counsels people regardless of their ability to pay.
  • Disability Benefit Specialist Program (WI Dept. of Health Services)
  • Disability Rights Wisconsin
    Offers individual advocacy for people with developmental disabilities identified prior to age 22, mental illness who live in institutions or the community, or people with mental, physical, sensory or neurological disabilities who face discrimination, face barriers to independence, or lack need services due to their disability.

Military & Armed Forces

Wisconsin Communities

County Resources

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Last Updated: August 26, 2010 | Up to Top
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