Community Legal Aid
Description
Community Legal Aid offers legal services to residents across Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester counties. The organization is dedicated to ensuring that all individuals have access to equitable justice and provides select legal aid at no cost to clients. In addition to five permanent office locations, Community Legal Aid makes use of satellite offices in the region to best serve individuals who may struggle to visit one of the main locations. Currently, Community Legal Aid attorneys are only equipped to assist individuals with civil litigation matters and cannot provide counsel or advice for ongoing criminal litigation. Some areas of speciality include assistance for individuals facing eviction or experiencing housing insecurity, help obtaining government benefits, support for individuals leaving domestic violence situations and services related to elderly autonomy. The Central West Justice Center exclusively assists with immigrant services such as legal matters related to worker exploitation and assistance accessing public benefits.