Aging and Disability Resource Center
Bankruptcy Pro Se Help Desk

(414) 289-6660

Catholic Charities Refugee and Immigration Services
Provides legal representation and resources for persons who need assistance with their legal status for living in the United States.
(414) 643-8570

 

Centro Legal
Serves clients with family law and criminal misdemeanor defense cases
(414) 384-7900

 

Clean Slate Milwaukee
Helps individuals to expunge eligible court criminal records. This clinic meets periodically. Check their website or Facebook page for upcoming events and related handouts.
(414) 627-0067

 

Community Advocates
Serving people in need of urgent help, victims of domestic violence, people living with mental illness, and people dealing with substance abuse. Services include assistance with housing, utilities, health care, SSI and disability, homelessness and mental illness, and family violence.
(414) 449-4777

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Disability Rights Wisconsin
Disability Rights helps people across Wisconsin gain access to services and opportunity through its advocacy and legal expertise. Legal support addresses access, inclusion, dignity, most-integrated choices and equal rights issues.
(414) 773-4646

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Eviction Defense Project
Meets in room 406 of the Milwaukee County Courthouse on Mondays and Wednesdays starting at 12:30PM. Limited Capacity (First Come - First Served)

• Free Legal Answers Wisconsin

• Free to Wisconsin residents. Ask your legal question online and volunteer attorneys may answer your question through the website provided by the American Bar Association.

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Hmong American Friendship Association Sexual Assault Victim Services
Crisis intervention, ongoing case management, mediation, and support groups, to Southeast Asian (including Hmong) survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
(414) 322-9522

 

IMPACT 2-1-1
Dial 2-1-1 to learn about access to services and assistance in times of crisis.

 

International Institute of Wisconsin
Services to immigrants and refugees.
(414) 225-6220

 

Kids Matter Casa
Provide court-based advocacy for children who are under court jurisdiction due to of abuse or neglect.

 

Language Assistance Program, Clerk of Circuit Court
The Language Assistance Plan serves to help ensure access to court services for persons with limited English proficiency (LEP). It also covers interpreter services to deaf and hard of hearing persons.
(414) 278-5295

 

Law for Learners
Lawyers for Learners partners with colleges across Wisconsin to connect students and prospective students with free legal help. Virtual or in-person help may include criminal background and arrest records from civil and municipal court proceedings, such as retail theft citations, driver's license recovery, expungement, pardons, gender marker change and name change, and referrals for other legal issues (example: immigration, family law, housing). Fill out the form on their website to request an appointment.

 

Lawyer Referral and Information Service - Milwaukee Bar Association
Provides referrals to attorneys and community resources including government or nonprofit agencies when possible. Attorneys are available for a wide variety of legal issues. Attorneys will charge standard fees for services. The first half hour consultation with an attorney will cost $20 or less.
(414) 274-6768

 

Legal Action of Wisconsin
Provides civil legal services for WI low-income persons. Assists people with legal issues involving family law, housing matters, public benefits, and consumer matters.
(855) 947-2529

 

Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee
Provides representation in family law, consumer and bankruptcy matters, housing issues, public benefits, HIV issues, elder law, tax controversies, and civil rights.
(414) 727-5300

 

Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, Children's Court Office
Provides representation in family law, consumer and bankruptcy matters, housing issues, public benefits, HIV issues, elder law, tax controversies, and civil rights.
(414) 257-7159

 

LIFT Wisconsin
Provides a legal tune up tool to search public data and help users resolve civil legal issues, fill out forms, and resolve issues with background check, criminal court records, and eviction court records.

 

Lotus Legal Clinic
Provides free legal counsel to survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking regardless of income

 

Marquette Legal Initiative for Nonprofit Corporations (M-LINC)
Free legal advice for qualifying Wisconsin nonprofits and organizations seeking tax exempt or nonprofit status.

 

Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinics
Provides appointment-based services (some statewide) for nonprofit and small business help, adult guardianship, pardons, civil, and family issues. Some services may only be available in Milwaukee.

 

Metro Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation Program
Provides clients with an opportunity to negotiate in a more equal bargaining process, preserve home equity for borrowers, cash flow for lenders, and prevent blight in communities.
(414) 939-8800

 

Milwaukee County Law Library
Milwaukee County Victim/Witness Assistance Program
Provides assistance, support and notification services to crime victims and witnesses in exercising their rights throughout the prosecution of criminal and juvenile cases. Crisis response program available.
(414) 278-4667

 

Milwaukee Justice Center
Services include the family law forms clinic, family law appointments for the second half of the divorce process, and a legal advice and referral clinic which covers family law, landlord/tenant, probate, small claims, and large claims questions.

 

Name Change Project, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
Pro bono legal name change services to low-income TGNCNB (transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary) people.

 

Rental Housing Center

Rent and utilities help for tenants, landlord/tenant dispute resolution, relocation assistance.

 

SeniorLAW
Free legal assistance to Milwaukee County residents who are 60 and older

 

Sojourner Family Peace Center
Domestic Violence Hotline Provides "courthouse advocacy and restraining order clinic, legal emergency assistance, children's advocacy" and a 24-hour domestic violence hotline.
(414) 276-1911; (414) 933-2722

 

State Bar of Wisconsin Lawyer Referral and Information Service
Request a referral to a Wisconsin attorney by calling (800) 362-9082.

 

Transgender and Non-binary services
Includes name change workshops for transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming individuals and assistance with filing forms at the Courthouse.

 

United Migrant Opportunity Services
Adjustment of Status, U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
(414) 389-6000

 

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Legal Clinic
Assistance for currently enrolled University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students, with some limitations.

 

Voces de la Frontera
Worker's rights and immigration matters. Legal clinic is held Saturdays from 9-11am, at Voces de la Frontera 1027 S. 5th St. Milwaukee, WI 53204.

 

Wisconsin Foreclosure Mediation Network

 

Wisconsin Law Help
A statewide directory of legal assistance organizations, law-related services, and clinics.

 

Wisconsin Legal Assistance For Military Personnel
Legal help for service members, veterans, and their families.