The King County Bar Association Pro Bono Services department works with over 1,500 volunteer attorneys, paralegals, and law students to provide free legal services to low-income King County residents. To access our services please read through the chart below and then select an appropriate link.
Consumer Issues
Make Change! Debt Education Workshop
Make Change! is a free debt education workshop which informs people about the legal issues surrounding debt and bankruptcy.
For more information on dates, times, locations, and how to participate in a Make Change! workshop,
click here.
Neighborhood Legal Clinics
The Neighborhood Legal Clinics
offer a free half-hour consultation with an attorney on any civil legal issue. Attorneys determine whether the client has a legal problem, suggest possible options, and provide appropriate referrals.
For more information on how to access
the Neighborhood Legal Clinics services, click
here.
Volunteer Legal Services
Volunteer Legal Services
(VLS) offers eligible clients direct representation with Chapter 7 bankruptcy and debt defense.
For more information on how to access
Volunteer Legal Services, click
here.
Family Law
Family Law Mentor Program
Family Law Mentor Program assists low-income King County residents who are married or unmarried parents with contested family law cases (dissolution, petitions to establish a parenting plan, or paternity cases) where children are at risk due to domestic violence, child abuse/neglect, or alcohol/drug abuse.
For more information on how to access the Family Law Mentor Program, click here.
Self Help-Plus Program
The Self Help-Plus Program assists clients in non-contested marriage dissolutions (divorces that are agreed or in which the other party will not respond). As well as clients who need to establish a parenting plan and child support in non-contested cases when the father has already been determined.
For more information on how to access the Self Help Plus Program click
here.
Kinship Care Solutions Project
The Kinship Care Solutions Project provides free legal representation for relatives and other caregivers seeking custody (also known as third party custody) of a child/children through a panel of volunteer attorneys.
For more information on how to access the Kinship Care Solutions Project, click here.
Neighborhood Legal Clinics
The Neighborhood Legal Clinics have family law clinics
which offer individuals a free half-hour consultation with an attorney on any family law issue (including parenting plans and child support). Attorneys determine whether the client has a legal problem, suggest possible options, and provide appropriate referrals.
For more information on how to access
the Neighborhood Legal Clinics, click here.
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Estate Planning
Neighborhood Legal Clinics
The Neighborhood Legal Clinics have specialty clinics
which offer individuals a free half-hour consultation with an attorney on any civil legal issue including estate planning. Attorneys determine whether the client has a legal problem, suggest possible options, and provide appropriate referrals.
For more information on how to access
the Neighborhood Legal Clinics, click
here.
Volunteer Legal Services
Volunteer Legal Services
(VLS) offers eligible clients direct representation with estate planning.
For more information on how to access
Volunteer Legal Services, click
here.
Public Benefits
Volunteer Legal Services
Volunteer Legal Services
(VLS) offers eligible clients direct representation with SSI/SSDI overpayments.
For more information on how to access
Volunteer Legal Services, click
here.
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Criminal Records
Neighborhood Legal Clinics
The Neighborhood Legal Clinics have clinics
which offer individuals a free half-hour consultation with an attorney on any civil legal issue including vacating your criminal record. Attorneys determine whether the client has a legal problem, suggest possible options, and provide appropriate referrals.
For more information on how to access
the Neighborhood Legal Clinics, click
here
.
Volunteer Legal Services
Volunteer Legal Services
(VLS) offers eligible clients direct representation with vacating criminal records. Call the Neighborhood Legal Clinics to make an appointment with an attorney who will determine your eligibility for direct representation. For more information on how to make an appointment with the Neighborhood Legal Clinics,
click
here.
Housing
Housing Justice Project
The Housing Justice Project(HJP) provides free legal help to eligible low-income tenants facing eviction. HJP clinics meet Monday - Friday in the mornings at the Seattle King County Courthouse and the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. HJP also offers a clinic on Monday evenings at the Seattle King County Courthouse.
For more information on how to access
the Housing Justice Project, click
here.
Neighborhood Legal Clinics
The Neighborhood Legal Clinics (NLC) offers individuals a free half-hour consultation with an attorney on any civil legal issue. Attorneys determine whether the client has a legal problem, suggest possible options, and provide appropriate referrals.
For more information on how to access
the Neighborhood Legal Clinics, click
here.
Neighborhood Legal Clinics
The Neighborhood Legal Clinics (NLC) offers individuals a free half-hour consultation with an attorney on any civil legal issue. Attorneys determine whether the client has a legal problem, suggest possible options, and provide appropriate referrals.
For more information on how to access
the Neighborhood Legal Clinics, click
here.
Other Legal Help and Community Resources
If the legal issue that you need help with is not listed above, please visit our
community resources page, call 2-1-1 which is a community information line, or make an appointment at our Neighborhood Legal Clinics where you can talk to an attorney and receive advice on any civil legal issue for a half hour for free.
If you would like to hire an attorney please visit our Lawyer Referral Service webpage or call 206-267-7010.
KCBA's Lawyer Referral Service responds to about 40,000 callers per year, referring them to attorneys in many areas of law or to relevant agencies.
The Lawyer Referral Service is a public service of the nonprofit King County Bar Association. The service meets American Bar Association standards for the operation of lawyer referral services.
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The King County Bar Association's Pro Bono Services department does not have attorneys who specialize in criminal law.
If your legal issue is a criminal issue, contact the Public Defenders office at 206-296-7662, or you can call the criminal legal helpline Monday-Friday 12:15- 1:00pm at 206-447-3900 x 0 (Call only if you do not already have representation).