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Legal Assistance

Grahams Legal Clinic at Creighton University School of Law

2120 Cass St.
Omaha, NE 68178

Phone: (402) 280-3068

Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Contact: Contact by telephone only.

Services: Legal Assistance

Type of Legal Assistance: Housing issues, Family.

Explain Your Legal Assistance: Assistance with landlord/tenant issues, subsidized housing issues, divorce, guardianships, wills, custody, name change, expungements and more. We do not handle any criminal law. We do not handle bankruptcy.

Cost: Free

Additional Details: Third-year law students take applications for legal assistance over the phone. The students are unable to answer questions or give legal advice unless we take a case.

 

 

Iowa Legal Aid

532 First Ave. Ste. 300
Council Bluffs, IA 51503

Phone: (712) 328-3982

Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30am - 4:30pm

New Intakes: Mon - Fri 9:00am - 11:00 am and 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Website: www.iowalegalaid.org

Services: Legal Assistance

Type of Legal Assistance: Family (including childcare debt repayment), Employment issues, Housing issues.

Explain Your Legal Assistance: Legal services are offered for those with low income, family law cases for victims of domestic abuse, and unemployment cases/Social Security. Criminal law and personal injury law are not offered.

Cost: No Charge for Attorney Services. Filing fees at court may vary.

 

 

Latino Center of the Midlands

4821 S. 24 St.
Omaha, NE 68107

Phone: (402) 733-2720

Hours: Mon - Fri 8am - 5pm

Website: www.latinocenterofthemidlands.org

Contact: Carolina Quezada, Director
cquezada@latinocenterofthemidlands.org

Services: Adult basic education, community services and referrals, legal assistance, student & parent advocac.

Type of Legal Assistance: General, Family (including childcare debt repayment), Immigration, Criminal Defense.

Explain Your Legal Assistance: Clients recieve first consults here at the Center. After the consult, the client can choose to continue recieving services from the Lawyer at their law office.

Additonal Details: The first consult is free. Further appointments and fee agreements are made privately with the lawyer.

*Updated 2/2012

Legal Aid of Nebraska

1904 Farnham St.

Omaha, NE 68102

www.legalaidofnebraska.com

Services: Legal Assistance

Process: General applications must be submitted online. If you are coming out of incarceration and would like help modifying child support issues or establishing paternity you may go to the Access to Justice Pro Se Clinic. This is located on the first floor.

Hours of Access to Justice: Mon - Fri 1pm - 3pm

Cost: Approximately $10, however, these services are extensive and thorough.

*Updated 3/2012

 

Nebraska Appleseed

941 "O" St. Ste. 920 Lincoln, NE 68516

Phone: (402) 438-8853

Hours: Mon - Fri 9:00am - 5:00pm

Website: www.neappleseed.org

Services: Information and Referral.

Type of Legal Assistance: Public Benefits.

Explain Your Legal Assistance: Public Benefits/Health Care Access: Information
about Aid to Dependent Children (ADC), Employment First, Food Stamps, Medicaid, Kids Connection, Title 20 Child Care Subsidy; and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP), including information about sanctions,
appeals, and overpayments.

  • Immigration: Information about your rights and
    about resources in Nebraska for other immigration issues such as taxes and finance, legal services, worker safety, education (ESL, GED, or In-State Tuition), public benefits, and detention related to immigration status.
  • Child Welfare: Information about system-wide problems in the child welfare system (Child Protective Services (CPS), Foster Care) including issues involving Native American children and families as well as non-English speaking children and
    families.
  • Other: Referral information about landlord/tenant issues, divorce cases, individual immigration
    cases, individual child custody cases, child support cases, consumer issues, employment issues and
    information about voting rights.

Cost: Free

Additional Details: Please see our brochure here: http://neappleseed.org/gethelp

 

 

 

 
 
 
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