CLSPHILA

Since its founding in 1966, Community Legal Services (CLS) has provided free civil legal assistance to more than one million low-income Philadelphians. Almost 13,000 clients were represented by CLS in the past year. CLS assists clients when they face the threat of losing their homes, incomes, health care, and even their families. CLS attorneys and other staff provide a full range of legal services, from individual representation to administrative advocacy to class action litigation, as well as community education and social work. CLS is nationally recognized as a model legal services program... CLS also plays a prominent role nationally. CLS is routinely at the forefront of emerging legal issues that have particularly dire consequences for poor people, including pay and hiring problems faced by low-income workers, predatory consumer lending scams, and access to disability benefits for vulnerable groups such as teens in foster care and elderly immigrants. Because of our broad legal..

Also known as: CLS

Primary location: Philadelphia United States