Ms Legal Aid Services

ABA Home Front provides legal information, resources and a directory of legal programs for veterans, military personnel and military families. Programs listed include military legal aid offices, legal aid and pro bono organizations, mediation and information services for lawyers, and military-specific programs, where applicable. To help MCLSC fulfill its mission of providing quality legal services to people living with MS in central and southern MS. The Mississippi Center for Legal Services provides free civil legal assistance to eligible poor people in 43 counties in southern Mississippi. To qualify, most programs require a household income below 125% of the federal poverty line. Counties served: Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Stone, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Wilkinson and Yazoo. For more information on supporting the work of legal advisory organizations in Mississippi, please visit our donation pages: The Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project was founded in 1982 as a joint program of Mississippi Bar and Legal Services. In addition to being referred to volunteer lawyers, the project also operates the Stewpot Homeless Legal Clinic, Pro Se Divorce Clinic, Guardianship Clinics and Family Law Clinics. Counties served: StatewideMississippi Worker`s Center for Human Rightsmsworkers.org662-334-1122The Mississippi Workers` Center for Human Rights (the Center) is a membership organization that fights worker abuse through organizing, legal advocacy, community building and awareness, and most importantly, organizing and developing Indigenous union leadership. The issues addressed by the Centre are: unfair labour practices; discrimination in the workplace; hostile work environment and hatred of violence; Retribution; sexual harassment; illegal dismissals and risks to health and safety at work. Assisted Counties: Rural Legal Services in northern Mississippi statewide is committed to continuing to provide quality legal services to our clients, even though our offices are currently closed to the public and telecommuting due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

If you have an ongoing matter with us, please contact your attorney at the following branch: Mission First Legal Aid Officemissionfirst.org/legal-aid 601-608-0056The Mission First Legal Aid Office was established in partnership between Mississippi College School of Law and Mission First. It provides legal services and counseling to underserved Jackson-area residents whose household income is less than 200% of federal poverty guidelines. Counties Served: Hinds, Madison and Rankin North Mississippi Rural Legal Services provides free civil legal assistance to eligible poor people in 39 counties in northern Mississippi. To qualify, most programs require a household income below 125% of the federal poverty line. Counties served: Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Washington, Webster, Winston, Yalobusha The Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project (MVLP) was established in 1982 as a joint program of the Mississippi Bar and of the Legal Service Company. In addition to referrals to private lawyers, MVLP also coordinates legal clinics, public awareness workshops, and lawyer training throughout Mississippi. For more information on the services offered by this organization, click here. This program provides support and legal representation to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. The objective is to provide victims with civil procedure services for emergency and non-emergency protection orders. Other legal services include custody, restraining orders, housing claims, financial claims and other actionable claims arising out of or resulting from domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking. Assisted Counties: Hinds, Madison and Rankin Your donation provides life-changing legal services for residents living in poverty in central MS.

Did you know that you can get free legal advice from Mississippi Attorneys through a service sponsored by the American Bar Association? The Gulf Coast Women`s Center for Nonviolence and the Northcutt Legal Clinic are dedicated to preventing violence, particularly among family members. The Legal Clinic offers services with a full range of services that address the abuse experienced and the consequences of that abuse, including divorce, protection orders, custody and access, child support and paternity.