For business inquiries, you can call (407) 841-7777. This number is not intended for persons seeking legal assistance. We engage our clients with respect and dignity and involve them as full participants in the solution of their legal problems. You can also search for options using the Florida Bar Foundation`s National Legal Aid Directory, which is usually updated once a year. Find out if you are entitled to free legal assistance. If you believe you have been deprived of legal services or unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of any of the protected characteristics listed above, you may contact one of the following entities to file a complaint: Lawyers in a legal aid office provide the same legal services as all other lawyers. They can advise and represent you in most areas of civil law, although each program has priorities for the type of cases they will accept. If your Florida county is not listed above, the Florida Courts website provides a list of legal aid organizations that serve the county where you live or where your legal problem arose. CLSMF can help you with a variety of legal issues, including: If you need legal assistance, please call our helpline on Monday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Our helpline specialists will guide you through a short aptitude testing process. If you are eligible for our services, speak to a lawyer who will discuss your problem with you. Cases that require more than one telephone consultation are handled at local offices according to our case acceptance criteria. TRLS is an LSC Fellow and provides free civil legal assistance to low-income individuals. We do not charge our clients for legal services and we will not ask you to provide your credit card or bank details over the phone. If a scammer posing as a representative of Three Rivers Legal Services calls you and asks for money, please report the incident to the Florida Attorney General`s Office by calling 1 (866) 9NO-SCAM or filing a complaint online. In addition, legal aid firms generally do not deal with cases where a person asks for money as a settlement.
In such cases, a private lawyer usually represents a client with no upfront costs and only charges a fee if the client`s case is won. Attorneys` fees are a percentage of the client`s compensation. This is called contingency fees. Appropriate legal aid is available to all eligible clients, regardless of race, age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disabled veteran and/or Vietnamese-era veteran, or other features protected by federal, state, or local laws. *Please note that we cannot accept requests for legal assistance via our Facebook page. You can send us your request for legal assistance at any time by clicking here to complete an online application. You`ll need 15-30 minutes to answer all the app`s questions, and your app can`t be saved halfway, so plan accordingly. CLSMF offers free legal assistance to eligible clients. Our terms and conditions are based on where you live and whether you comply with certain guidelines described below.
When you call the helpline, we will ask you questions to determine if you are eligible to receive our services. You can also request legal assistance via our chat function and online application on our website. Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida`s (CLSMF) HELPline is a telephone, short-term, pro-se, and referral counselling system for low-income, seniors, and other vulnerable individuals with civil law issues in Central Florida. Lawyers who answer helpline calls provide immediate brief legal services and/or referrals to eligible clients. Since the number of people using legal services exceeds the number of staff and money available to process cases, the CMHLC cannot handle all cases. We build productive and innovative partnerships within and outside the legal community to effectively and strategically resolve our clients` legal issues and increase opportunities for low-income and vulnerable communities. Florida Free Legal Answers is a virtual legal clinic where qualified users ask their civil law questions. Volunteer lawyers register on the website, select questions to answer, and provide legal information and advice. Users receive an email when they answer their questions. We recommend that you call our helpline as soon as possible if a legal problem arises and as often as necessary.
Due to our high number of appellants, there may be longer wait times to speak to a lawyer. Our phone system offers a reminder feature that can record your place in the queue and prevent you from being on hold while waiting to speak to a lawyer. If you have a civil law problem but can`t afford to hire a private lawyer, you can still access the legal system through your local legal advice and legal aid organization, which provides free or low-cost legal services to low-income people.