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CLS provides free legal advice and representation to low income residents of Philadelphia. To qualify for help, your income cannot be more than 125% of the federal poverty line (in rare cases we may be able to help people with slightly higher incomes).

CLS can only help current residents of Philadelphia. If you lived in Philadelphia when your legal problem occurred you may still be eligible.  

CLS handles only civil cases. We do not handle criminal cases.

For more information or resources for your family on how to cope with the challenging economy, please click here.

To apply for free legal representation you should come in for intake.  

Intake hours and locations can be found by clicking on your problem in the list below.

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To find legal information by topic, click here.

Not sure what your problem is? Click here for General Intake Information

For additional resources, click here.

If you do not speak English: We are committed to serving you in your own language.  We will make an interpreter available for you if you come in or call.