The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia is the oldest and largest
civil legal aid organization in
Washington, D.C.
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Created in 1932, the Legal Aid Society provides representation and legal services to indigent residents of the District of Columbia in areas like domestic violence (including
restraining orders), housing, public benefits, and consumer law. During the
recession of 2008 to 2009, the Legal Aid Society managed to expand legal services even as gifts from lawyers and law firms declined 15 to 20 percent. In 2014, it provided legal services to approximately 8,800 indigent Washingtonians. In 2017, it filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging widespread problems with the District’s food stamp program.
See also
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Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
The Public Defender Service (PDS) for the District of Columbia provides legal defense to individuals on a court-appointed basis for criminal (at the trial and appellate levels) and delinquency cases indigent adult and juvenile defendants/ responde ...
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Legal Aid Society
The Legal Aid Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit legal aid provider based in New York City. Founded in 1876, it is the oldest and largest provider of legal aid in the United States. Its attorneys provide representation on criminal and civil matt ...
(New York City)
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Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland is a legal aid society in Cleveland, Ohio established in 1905. It helped pioneer a nationwide legal aid movement whose leaders held to a simple but profound principle: that rich and poor alike are entitled to ...
References
External links
*{{official website, http://www.legalaiddc.org/
Making Justice Real the official blog of the Legal Aid Society of D.C.
Legal advocacy organizations in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C.
1932 establishments in Washington, D.C.
Legal aid in the United States