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Dallas Bar Association
2101 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201

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214-220-7400
214-220-7465 (fax)

Advocacy, Incorporated
1420 W. Mockingbird Lane, Ste. 450 Dallas Texas 75247-2884
Voice: 214-630-0916; Voice/TDD 800-880-2884
Purpose: Provides referrals to programs to persons with disabilities and assists in training persons in self-advocacy and accessing services from state agencies.

American Civil Liberties Union of North Texas
P.O. Box 710356 Dallas Texas 75371
Voice: 214-939-8089
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Purpose: Accepts referrals from Dallas Civil Liberties Union and other community agencies of cases involving First Amendment rights and various other constitutional issues.

Catholic Charities Immigration and Legal Services
5415 Maple Ave. Ste. 400 Dallas Texas 75235
Voice: 214-634-7182
Fax: 214-634-2531
Purpose: Provides Immigration and Legal Services provides low-cost (and in some cases, no-cost) legal counseling and representation for individuals who are unable to afford private lawyers for their immigration matters. ILS is a Recognized Organization, authorized by the U.S. Department of Justice to help immigrants with their immigration legal needs. ILS represents immigrants in the following types of cases:
· Family petitions
· Citizenship
· Abused immigrant women
· Immigrant victims of crime
· Refugee and asylee adjustment of status
· Deportation and Removal

Center for Nonprofit Management
2902 Floyd Street Dallas Texas 75240
Voice: 214-826-3470
Fax: 214-826-3845
Purpose: to build a stronger community by increasing the performance and impact of nonprofit organizations.
E-mail: info@cnmdallas.org

Child Support Enforcement Division
3400 Carlisle, Ste. 300 Dallas Texas 75204
Voice: 214-953-0380
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Purpose: Provides referrals to appropriate office. This Texas Attorney General's office obtains and enforces orders for the payment of child support.

Dallas Bar Association LegalLine

Voice: 214-220-7476
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Purpose: Answers simple legal questions on the phone on the second and third Wednesdays of each month from 5:15 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Dallas Legal Hospice
3626 N. Hall, Suite 820 Dallas Texas 75219
Voice: 214-521-6622
Fax: 214-521-3310
Purpose: The Dallas Legal Hospice provides free legal assistance to residents of Dallas, Collin, Denton, Henderson, Hunt, Rockwall, Kaufman, Ellis, Cooke, Navarro, Grayson and Fannin counties who:
1) cannot afford an attorney;
2) are either HIV positive or have AIDS or a terminal illness; and
3) have legal problems relating to or impacted by their health. E-mail: info@dlh.org

Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program
1515 Main Street Dallas Texas 75201
Voice: 214-748-1234 ext. 3348
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Purpose: In addition to sponsoring the Pro Se Family Law Clinic, Debt Counseling Clinic, Legal Clinic for the Elderly, Mental Health Law Clinic, and Wills Clinic, the Dallas Volunteer Attorney program provides telephone referral of low-income individuals to volunteer attorneys who provide free legal services. Applicants must be Dallas County residents. Training, support and malpractice insurance are offered to participating attorneys.

Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program -- Neighborhood Legal Clinics

Voice: 214-748-1234 ext. 3348
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Purpose: Conducts evening clinics and provides legal representation for low-income applicants with problems in civil law matters, including family, bankruptcy, housing, consumer, employment termination and wage claims, guardianships, wills, and small estates. Clinics are held at the Martin Luther King Center -- South Dallas; Grace United Methodist Church -- East Dallas; Marillac Social Center -- West Dallas; and the Garland Legal Clinic (Salvation Army).

DBA Speakers Committee
Purpose: Receives requests from groups, organizations and classes for information on law-related topics and provides lawyers to speak to the requesting group.

Dispute Mediation Services, Inc.
3400 Carlisle, Ste. 240, LB 9 Dallas Texas 75204
Voice: 214-754-0022
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Purpose:Assistance is offered in resolving a wide range of disputes in non-criminal matters from family problems to business problems. Trained mediators assist parties in finding mutually agreeable solutions. Fees range from $10 per party in individually referred cases to $50 per party in court referred cases.

Fathers for Equal Rights Inc.
701 Commerce, Suite #302 Dallas TX 75202
Voice: 214-953-2233
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Purpose: Fathers For Equal Rights is a 30 year old organization helping fathers, families and children of Dallas. They have 14 attorneys who hold individual sessions for members in our offices everyday. There is also a general information meeting held every Thursday night (except holidays) at 7:00 p.m. and is open to the public. Service is provided without regard to gender.

Homeless Law Project - Legal Services of North Texas
1515 Main Street Dallas Texas 75201
Voice: 214-748-1234
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Purpose: Conducts legal clinics at area shelters for homeless persons. Cases involving civil matters are referred to attorneys.

Housing Crisis Center
4210 Junius Street Dallas Texas 75246
Voice: 214-828-4244
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Purpose: Conducts legal clinics for persons with rental and landlord/tenant problems. Seeks to assist individuals threatened with eviction and other cases in the Justice of the Peace and County Courts.

Human Rights Initiative of North Texas, Inc.
2501 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 850 Dallas Texas 75219
Voice: 214-855-0520
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Purpose: Provides legal representation and social services free of charge to those who have fled persecution and arrived in Dallas, Texas with nothing.

Lawyer Referral Service

Voice: 214-220-7444
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Purpose: This service of the Dallas Bar Association makes referrals to attorneys on various types of legal matters on a fee basis. The initial half-hour consultation cost $20.

Legal Services of North Texas
1515 Main Street Dallas Texas 75201
Voice: 214-748-1234
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Purpose: Provides free legal services to low-income persons in a variety of fields, principally public entitlements, landlord/tenant disputes, consumer and employment matters and family law. Clinics are held at the main office on a weekly basis.

Mosaic Family Services
4144 North Central Expressway, Suite 530 Dallas Texas 75204
Voice: 214-821-5393
Fax: 214-821-0810
Purpose:To provide legal services in the areas of immigration and family law to immigrant and refugee victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.

Protective Orders Division
133 N. Industrial Blvd., 10th Floor Dallas Texas 75202
Voice: 214-653-3528
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Purpose: This division of the Dallas County District Attorney's office obtains protective orders in family violence and child abuse cases.

SMU Civil Legal Clinic
3315 Daniel Dallas Texas 75275
Voice: 214-768-2562
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Purpose: Holds clinics which assist low-income Dallas County residents with legal matters involving consumer fraud, landlord/tenant disputes, civil rights, and nursing home disputes.

SMU Criminal Legal Clinic
3315 Daniel Dallas Texas 75275
Voice: 214-768-2562
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Purpose: Holds daytime clinics which assist low-income Dallas County residents in need of help with criminal prosecution of misdemeanor cases. No fraud cases are handled.

SMU Tax Clinic
3315 Daniel Dallas Texas 75275
Voice: 214-768-3462
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Purpose: Handles tax-related cases for low-income Dallas County residents in the areas of audits, liens, negotiated settlements and collection plans.

The Family Place
P.O. Box 7999 Dallas Texas 75209
Voice: 214-941-1991 -- 24-hour hotline
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Purpose: Counseling and shelter for battered women and their children. The 24-hour hotline provides advice on family violence. Counseling is available for women and children and perpetrators.

Women's Advocacy Project

Voice: 800-374-HOPE, Family Violence Legal Line
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Purpose: Maintains a statewide toll-free hotline for women with legal problems relating to family violence or abuse.

Women's Resource Center of the YMCA
4621 Ross Avenue Dallas Texas 75204
Voice: 214-821-9595, ext. 2301
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Purpose: Conducts bi-monthly evening clinics providing, on a fee basis, consultation services for persons with non-criminal legal problems involving family law, bankruptcy, etc.

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