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Home > Pro Bono / Access to Legal Services > Resources for the Public

Resources for the Public

Virginia Workforce Network

A governmental link featuring community colleges and other collaborators in the One-stop Workforce Centers located across the commonwealth.

Sample Government-sponsored Residential Housing and Foreclosure Prevention Websites

• VHDA Borrower's Financial Package (for VHDA mortgage customers)
  
• Housing and Foreclosure Prevention Counseling (Town of Blacksburg)
• Foreclosure Prevention (Northern Virginia)
  
  

Legal Aid Online & Technology-based Resources

• http://www.valegalaid.org (includes taxpayer aid)
  
• 24-hour Legal Aid Helpline: 866-LEGL-AID
• Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Radio Show (“It’s time for Justice”)
• ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Service
  
  

Supreme Court of Virginia

• Virginia Association of Community Conflict Resolution
• Court Forms
• Family Abuse Protective Orders
• Guardians ad Litem (GALs)
• FAQs (PDF file)
  
• Foreign Language and other Interpreters
• Public Law Libraries
  
  

Pro Se

Bar Association/City of Richmond – Pro Se Litigant Project

Virginia State Bar

• Immigration Fraud, and other publications for Legal Consumers
• Fee Dispute Resolution Service
• Virginia Lawyer Referral Service (not pro bono)
• Speakers Bureau
• Legally Informed (includes help for nonprofits)
• Access to Legal Services – Qs&As
  
  

Virginia Indigent Defense Commission: Local Public Defender Offices

Group and Pre-paid Legal Services:

• VA Dept. of Consumer Services – Registered Plan Sellers - Office of Consumer Affairs
  
• VA Insurance Bureau – Legal Insurance Plans Operating in VA
  
  

Law-related Resources for Veterans, Military Personnel and their Dependents

• Virginia State Bar Lawyer Referral/Military Law Section Program
• Virginia Department of Veterans Services
• US Armed Forces Legal Assistance
  
  

ID, Consumer, and Civil Rights Protection

• Consumer Protection/Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Virginia Office of Protection & Advocacy – Disability Rights
• Centers for Independent Living (CILS) in Virginia – Disability Rights
• Virginia Fair Housing Office
• Virginia Department for the Aging - links page
  
  

Virginia Law Schools – Information about Legal Clinics, etc.

Federal ID Theft

• OnGuardOnline.gov
• Federal Trade Commission's Identity Theft Site
• USA.gov

Witness Programs and Rights

• Commonwealth Attorneys Offices: Victim-Witness Programs (VDCJS)
  
• Brochures on Witness Rights in Virginia (Smyth County)
  
  

Services for Families of the Incarcerated:

• Inmate Locator
• Assisting Families of Inmates, Inc.
  
• Clemency (Pardons; Restoration of Civil Rights)
• Legal Aid Justice Center - Charlottesville (Virginia Institutionalized Persons Project)
  
• Virginia CURE
• Community Action Partnership/Jefferson Area Community Corrections
  
• Drive to Work (Restoring Driving Privileges)
• Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
• Whitman Walker Legal Clinic (Section 1983 Pamphlet)
• CASA – Court-Appointed Special Advocate Programs (VDCJS)

VA Dept. of Consumer Affairs – Legal and Other Charities Registered to Solicit Monetary Donations from the Public

Guidestar - IRS Database (includes legal nonprofits)

Updated: August 25, 2010

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