Free legal help against discrimination in the United States
56 organisations · United States
56 organisations in the United States offer free or low-cost legal help against discrimination. Types of organisation: 44 NGOs, 6 university law clinics, 5 pro bono services, 1 association or network. Access: 11 free for everyone, 3 free subject to income conditions, 9 reserved for specific groups. Most offered languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese.
What this covers
Discrimination based on origin, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity, police misconduct, voting rights and equal access to services.
By city
- New York 10 organisations
- Washington 9 organisations
- San Francisco 7 organisations
Organisations
Albany
- Disability Rights New York NGO · English, Spanish
Austin
- Disability Rights Texas NGO · English, Spanish
- School of Law Clinics University clinic · English, Spanish
Berkeley
- Disability Rights Advocates NGO · English, Spanish
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) NGO · English, Spanish
Boston
- Disability Law Center NGO · English, Spanish
- GLAD Law (GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders) NGO · English, Spanish
Charlottesville
- Legal Aid Justice Center NGO · English, Spanish
Chicago
- Bluhm Legal Clinic University clinic · English, Spanish
- Mandel Legal Aid Clinic University clinic · English, Spanish
Farmington
- Native American Disability Law Center NGO · English, Spanish
Hillsboro
- Oregon Law Center NGO · English, Spanish
Houston
- ACLU of Texas NGO · English, Spanish
Kansas City
- Project Affirmation Pro bono service · English, Spanish
Los Angeles
- ACLU of Southern California NGO · English, Spanish
- MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) NGO · English, Spanish
- Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic Pro bono service · English, Spanish
- Public Counsel Pro bono service · English, Spanish
Madison
- Disability Rights Wisconsin NGO · English, Spanish
Minneapolis
- Transgender Name Change Clinic Pro bono service · English, Spanish
Montgomery
- Equal Justice Initiative NGO · English, Spanish
- Southern Poverty Law Center NGO · English, Spanish
New York
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) NGO · English, Spanish
- American Civil Liberties Union of New York (NYCLU) NGO · English, Spanish
- Center for Constitutional Rights NGO · English, Spanish
- Children's Rights NGO · English, Spanish
- Clinical Programs University clinic · English, Spanish
- Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice Pro bono service · English, Spanish
- Lambda Legal NGO · English, Spanish
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund NGO · English, Spanish
- Open Society Justice Initiative NGO · English
- Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) NGO · English, Spanish
Oakland
- National Center for Youth Law NGO · English, Spanish
- Transgender Law Center NGO · English, Spanish
Rochester
- Empire Justice Center NGO · English, Spanish
Sacramento
- Disability Rights California NGO · English, Spanish
San Francisco
- California Rural Legal Assistance NGO · English, Spanish
- Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) NGO · English, Spanish
- Electronic Frontier Foundation NGO · English, Spanish
- ERA Project (Equal Rights Advocates) NGO · English, Spanish
- Legal Aid at Work NGO · English, Spanish
- National Center for LGBTQ Rights (NCLR) NGO · English, Spanish
- Youth Law Center NGO · English, Spanish
Seattle
- Clinical Legal Education University clinic · English, Spanish
- Columbia Legal Services NGO · English, Spanish
Silver Spring
- HIAS NGO · English, Spanish
Washington
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice, AAJC NGO · English, Spanish
- Clinical & Experiential Programs University clinic · English, Spanish
- Human Rights Campaign Legal Project NGO · English, Spanish
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) NGO · Spanish, English, Portuguese
- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law NGO · English, Spanish
- Namati NGO · English
- National Disability Rights Network Association / Network · English, Spanish
- National Homelessness Law Center NGO · English, Spanish
- National Women's Law Center NGO · English, Spanish
Wilmington
- Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. NGO · English, Spanish
Other needs covered in the United States
- Children & youth
- Consumer & debt
- Criminal & prisoners' rights
- Disability
- Domestic & family violence
- Elder law
- Employment & workers' rights
- Environment
- Family
- Generalist
- Health
- Housing & tenancy
- Human rights
- Immigration & asylum
- Indigenous rights
- Intellectual property
- Public interest litigation
- Refugee rights
- Small business & startups
- Tax
- Technology & digital rights
- Veterans
- Welfare & social assistance
- Women's rights
Orientation only, not legal advice. Information aggregated from public sources: always check with the organisation before relying on any entry.