Law Library

Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (DVAP)
dallasvolunteerattorneyprogram.org

Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (DVAP) Clinics & Workshops
dallasvolunteerattorneyprogram.org/volunteer/clinics/
Description: Provides free civil legal services to low-income individuals in a variety of fields, principally public entitlements, landlord/tenant disputes, consumer, employment, and family law.

Texas Law Help
texaslawhelp.org
Description: Texas Law Help hosts a website for all Texans, which features valuable self-help legal information and forms, a directory of Texas courts, and a live chat service that allows users to obtain legal information from licensed attorneys.

Attorney General - Consumer Protection
texasattorneygeneral.gov
Description: Accepts written complaints from consumers for violations of Texas consumer laws. Consumers can use the toll free number to check whether complaints have been filed against a specific business.

Consumer Credit Commissioner
occc.texas.gov
Description: Consumers can call the helpline with complaints and questions about misrepresentation, fraud, deceptive practices on the part of pawnshops, regulated lenders, or creditors.

Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
dcdla.com
Description: Directory of attorneys who practice criminal law in Dallas County.

Attorney General - Crime Victims Compensation
texasattorneygeneral.gov
Description: If you are a victim of violent crime, you may be eligible for benefits from the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund.

Brighter Tomorrows
Brightertomorrows.net
Description: Provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, and other support services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Dallas County – Family Violence Division
dallascounty.org
Description: The Family Violence Division of the Dallas District Attorney’s Office handles the prosecution of violent felony offense between former or current intimate partners.

Genesis Shelter
genesisshelter.org
Description: Genesis Shelter provides safety, shelter, and support to women who have experienced domestic violence. Help is free and confidential.

Legal Aid for Survivors of Sexual Assault (LASSA)
legalaidforsurvivors.org
Description: Provides free legal advice or survivors of sexual assault.

National Domestic Violence Hotline
thehotline.org
Description: Advocates are available 24/7 to speak confidentially with anyone experiencing domestic violence, seeking resources or information, or questioning unhealthy aspects of their relationship.

Salvation Army of North Texas
salvationarmyntx.org
Description: If you are a victim of domestic violence, the Salvation Army provides assistance with shelter, client advocacy, therapy, children’s services, safety planning, legal advocacy, life shills/education classes, and non-residential services.

Texas Advocacy Project
texasadvocacyproject.org
Description: Maintains a statewide toll-free hotline for victims with a variety of legal concerns related to domestic and sexual assault, and stalking.

Texas Legal Services Center
tlsc.org
Description: Texas Legal Services Center provides help to individuals who have experienced domestic violence, sexual abuse, and other crimes stay safe, receive financial compensation, and work through numerous legal considerations.

The Family Place
familyplace.org
Description: The 24-hour hotline provides advice on family violence. Counseling is available for women, children, and perpetrators.

Attorney General Visitation and Access Hotline
txaccess.org
Description: The hotline is staffed by attorneys who provide basic legal assistance pertaining to matters such as visitation and child custody matters.

Attorney General - Child Support Enforcement
texasattorneygeneral.gov
Description: The Texas Attorney General’s Office obtains and enforces orders for the payment of child support.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
dfps.state.tx.us
Description: Call the DFPS abuse hotline toll-free to report suspicions of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children, adults with disabilities, or people who are elderly.

Texas Access to Justice Commission
texasatj.org
Description: The Texas Access to Justice Commission is charged with developing and implementing initiatives designed to expand access to, and enhance the quality of, justice in civil legal matters for low-income Texans.

America Family Law Center
americafamilylawcenter.org
Description: America Family Law Center is devoted to helping low income families and underserved families get assistance for matters involving family law.

Fathers for Equal Rights Inc.
fathers4kids.com
Description: Fathers for Equal Rights features has valuable resources for fathers who are seeking information about fathers’ rights, visitation, child support, and how to represent yourself.

Legal Services of NorthWest Texas
lanwt.org
Description: Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas provides free civil legal services to low income residents in 114 Texas counties throughout North and West Texas.

SMU Dedman School of Law’s Legal Clinics
smu.edu/Law/Clinics
Description: Assists low-income Dallas County residents with legal matters involving consumer fraud, family law, landlord/tenant disputes, employment discrimination, civil rights, tax, criminal law, and nursing home disputes. Bankruptcy cases are not accepted.

Legal Hotline for Texans
tlsc.org
Description: The Legal Hotline for Texans serves Texans who are sixty years of age or are eligible for Medicare.  Individuals can receive free self-help legal advice and referrals from a licenses attorney.

Texas Health Law Program
tlsc.org
Description: The Health Law Program provides free legal services to low-income Texans with questions regarding health care issues. It provides a range of legal assistance from basic advice and counseling to more extended services.

Dallas Legal Hospice
legalhospice.org
Description: Represents persons with AIDS and other terminal illnesses in estate planning and other carious health-related legal matters.

Insurance-Texas Board of Insurance Complaints
tdi.texas.gov
Description: Hotline for various insurance complaints and issues. 

Health Service Complaints
dshs.texas.gov
Description: For complaints regarding a state regulated health facility. 

Texas Health & Humans Services: Medicaid
hhs.texas.gov
Description: Hotline for Medicaid clients regarding their benefits.

Disability Rights Texas
disibilityrightstx.org
Description: Provides legal services in many areas related to mental and physical disabilities.

Austin Street Centre
austinstreet.org
Description: Provides a full range of services to the DFW area homeless.

The Bridge
bridgehrc.org
Description: The Bridge offers basic needs services including hot showers, nutritious meals, and haircuts, as well as intensive services such as physical and mental health evaluations and care management services.

Dallas Life
dallaslife.org
Description: Provides shelter, food, and clothing to the community and other resources.

Housing Crisis Center (HCC)
hccdallas.org
Description: The Housing Crisis Center provides assistance with homeless assistance and prevention, and free legal clinics.

Fair Housing Hotline
hud.gov
Description: Housing discrimination hotline for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Texas Tenants’ Union
txtenants.org
Description: Texas Tenants’ Union offers free workshops that cover leases, eviction, deposits and repairs.

South Central Pensions Rights Program (SCPRP)
southcentralpension.org
Description: SCPRP assists any person who lives or works in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, and Oklahoma with pension rights.

Transfer on Death Deed Project
tlsc.org
Description: The Transfer on Death Deed project provides free legal services to low-income Texas property owners who wish to transfer their real property to heirs without the need for probate. The deed serves to unify title and to avoid the court costs associated with probate. Under current law, the deed also serves to exempt the property from Medicaid estate recovery.

National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
nosscr@nosscr.org
Description: Provides legal representation and advocacy on behalf of individuals seeking Social Security and Supplemental Security income.

Catholic Charities of Dallas
ccdallas.org
Description: Catholic Charities provides a comprehensive range of services such as immigration legal services, disaster relief & preparedness, hunger services, homelessness and housing, refugee resettlement services and much more.

Justice for Our Neighbors DFW
jfondfw.org  
Description: Justice for our Neighbors Dallas-Fort Worth offers free and affordable immigration legal services and engages in advocacy with immigrants.

Human Rights Initiative of North Texas
hrionline.org
Description: Provides free legal representation for people seeking asylum in the United States. HRI also provides legal representation for immigrants children who are victims of violent crimes, neglect, abuse or abandonment, human trafficking victims, those protected under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and Immigrants abused by a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) spouse.

Mosaic Family Services
mosaicservices.org
Description: The Multicultural Legal Services Department provides free family and immigration law services to survivors of human rights abuses, including human trafficking, and domestic violence. Assistance is available in a variety of languages.

Disability Rights Texas
disabilityrightstx.org
Description: Provides legal services in many areas related to mental and physical disabilities.

National Veterans Legal Services Program
nvlsp.org
Description: The NVLSP is a nonprofit organization that works to ensure the government delivers veterans and active duty personnel the benefits to which they are entitled because of disabilities resulting from their military service.

American Civil Liberties Union, Dallas Chapter
aclutx.org
Description: The Dallas ACLU accepts cases involving civil rights as set forth in the Bill of Rights (including freedom of religion, speech, and association).

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
eeoc.gov
Description: The EEOC investigates charges of discrimination against employers who are covered by the law.

Equal Justice Center - Employment & Worker's Rights
equaljusticecenter.org
Description: The equal justice center provides free legal advice regarding employment matters to low-income workers.

Workers Defense Project
workersdefense.org
Description: The Workers Defense Project (WDP) empowers low-income workers to achieve fair employment through education, direct services, organizing and strategic partnerships. WDP seeks to provide low-wage workers with the resources they need to improve their working and living conditions.

Texas Department of Insurance - Workers' Compensation Injured Employee
tdi.texas.gov
Description: The division of Workers' Compensation offers an injured employee hotline for employees who have been injured on the job.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
lambdalegal.org
Description: Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, as well as people with HIV or AIDS.

Trans Pride Initiative
tpride.org
Description: The Trans Pride Initiative provides a “Name and Gender Marker Change, Dallas County.” The brochure includes instructions and an explanation of the process for any person identifying as transgender seeking to change their name and/or gender marker on their official documents.

Texas Workforce Commission
twc.texas.gov
Description: Texas Workforce Commission provides unemployment benefits and services related to employment to qualified individuals.

Texas Veterans Legal Assistance Project (VLAP)
tlsc.org
Description: VLAP is a statewide project that provided legal assistance at no charge to low-income Texas Veterans and their families. Must be a Texas resident, a veteran (or the spouse, dependent, or surviving spouse of a Texas veteran), and have a household income at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines to gain legal assistance.

Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA)
talarts.org
Description: TALA was formed in 1979 to meet the legal and accounting needs of artists and art nonprofit organizations. Services include lawyer and accountant pro bono assistance for artists, patent pro bono assistance for inventors, dispute resolution services, and educational programs for the artistic and business communities. Programs are designed to help participants apply sound business practices to protect intellectual property, advance careers, and develop income.

Texas Department of Insurance  
tdi.texas.gov
Description: Texas Department of Insurance can assist with general insurance questions and complaints.

Texas Foster Youth Justice Project
texasfosteryouth.org
Description: The Texas Foster Youth Justice Project helps current and former foster youth by providing free legal advice, assistance, guidance, and representation in enforcing foster youth rights.