Financial and Legal

Legal Services

GLAD Law: GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders

GLAD Law, pursues cutting-edge legal strategies to ensure people across the country can live and thrive on our own terms, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, or HIV status.

Contact:

Information Line: 617-426-1350
Phone: 800-455-GLAD / 800-455-4523

Email:answers@gladlaw.org

Website: GLAD Law

Northeast Legal Aid

NLA offers free civil legal services to low income and elderly individuals and families in northeast Massachusetts. NLA has full-service offices in Lynn, Lowell and Lawrence, Massachusetts. NLA has an outreach office in Haverhill, Massachusetts with limited hours.

NLA’s legal services include everything from community legal education and counsel and advice, to full representation in complex litigation.

To qualify for NLA’s services, you must meet certain eligibility requirements unless you are elderly or you are a survivor of a crime. If you need civil legal services and cannot afford an attorney, contact us and let us determine if you qualify for our services.

Contact:

Address: 50 Island Street, Suite 203A Lawrence, MA 01840
Phone: 978-458-1465 Mon-Fri 9am-1pm
Website: Northeast Legal Aid

Northeast Justice Center

Northeast Legal Aid and Northeast Justice Center provide free legal assistance to vulnerable low-income individuals or elders, to help them meet their basic needs, protect their legal rights, and advocate for fairer systems. Northeast Legal Aid and Northeast Justice Center envision a just society which protects the legal rights of all individuals, regardless of their circumstances, and enables everyone to secure their basic needs and live with dignity.

Contact:

Address: 50 Island Street, Suite 203B Lawrence, MA 01840
Phone: 978-458-1465
Website: Northeast Justice Center

New Hampshire Legal Services

New Hampshire Legal Assistance is a nonprofit law firm working to make justice a reality for and with people who experience economic hardship that threatens their basic human needs. Through representation and systemic advocacy, NHLA offers civil legal aid that addresses the effects and root causes of poverty.

We offer high-quality civil legal ranging from simple legal information and advice to vigorous and thorough representation in all of New Hampshire’s courts and before numerous local, state and federal agencies. 

NHLA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, and gender identity, in the delivery of services.

Contact:

Phone: 800-562-3174
Website: NHLA

Tax Preparation

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free tax help to people who generally make $67,000 or less, persons with disabilities, the elderly and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns. Trained and certified volunteers provide free basic income tax return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals. Tax preparation is available late January through mid-April by appointment only.

Contact:

Greater Lawrence Community Action Council

Phone: 978-620-4669
Website: Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Inc. Tax Prep