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Included in this list are organizations that provide free or low-cost legal services to victims and survivors of abuse, as well as to others who qualify. Even if the organization does not have a lawyer available to represent you in court, you may want to ask if there is a lawyer with whom you can consult to obtain advice. We list the organizations by the county where the office is located, but many offices serve multiple counties. We indicate the “counties served” whenever possible. You can click “View All” to look through the complete list of organizations.
Please note: WomensLaw does not have a relationship with or promote the organizations listed on these pages. Because we include thousands of resources, we cannot review them regularly or vouch for the information or services they provide. We share these resources to help all victims and survivors of abuse find essential direct services and support their needs and safety concerns.
Anoka
Central Minnesota Legal Services (CMLS) – Anoka Office
2150 3rd Avenue, Suite 100Anoka, MN 55303
Phone: (612) 332-8151
Fax: (612) 334-3402
URL: https://centralmnlegal.org/
Provides free legal help to low-income individuals and families in civil legal issues in 21 central Minnesota counties. CMLS can help with issues of family law (custody, divorce, child support), orders for protection, evictions, public benefits, employment, and more. This location serves Anoka and Hennepin counties.
Beltrami
Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota (LSNM) – Bemidji Office
215 4th Street NorthwestBemidji, MN 56601
Phone: (800) 450-8585
Phone 2: (218) 751-9201
Fax: (218) 761-9217
URL: https://lsnmlaw.org/
Provides free civil legal help to low-income individuals and families in 22 northwest Minnesota counties. The types of cases they handle include: family law, protective orders, housing, public assistance, disability benefits, employment, and more. Apply for help by phone, in person, or online. Serves Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Roseau, Stevens, Traverse, Wadena, and Wilkin counties.
Blue Earth
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) – Mankato Office
12 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 3000Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: (507) 396-6815
Fax: (507) 387-2321
URL: https://www.smrls.org/
Email: [email protected]
SMRLS offers legal services to low-income and senior citizen (60+) individuals in civil matters. They can help with family law, protection orders, refugee and immigrant services, housing, senior issues, employment, and more. SMRLS serves 33 counties of southern Minnesota. Their agricultural worker project serves individuals statewide.
Clay
Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota (LSNM) – Moorhead Office
1015 7th Avenue NorthMoorhead, MN 56560
Phone: (800) 450-8585
Phone 2: (218) 233-8585
Fax: (218) 422-7701
URL: https://lsnmlaw.org/
Provides free civil legal help to low-income individuals and families in 22 northwest Minnesota counties. The types of cases they handle include: family law, protective orders, housing, public assistance, disability benefits, employment, and more. Apply for help by phone, in person, or online. Serves Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Roseau, Stevens, Traverse, Wadena, and Wilkin counties.
Dakota
Legal Assistance of Dakota County (LADC)
7300 147th StreetApple Valley, MN 55124
Phone: (952) 431-3200
URL: https://dakotalegal.org/
Email: [email protected]
LADC provides free legal advice, brief services, and full representation to low-income people in some civil legal cases. Their focus is on family law cases. Apply for services by phone or complete the online intake form. LADC also offers legal advice clinics on family law, consumer law, and eviction prevention; register in advance for a 30-minute consultation.
Douglas
Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota (LSNM) – Alexandria Office
426 Broadway StreetAlexandria, MN 56308
Phone: (800) 450-8585
Phone 2: (320) 762-0663
Fax: (320) 762-0740
URL: https://lsnmlaw.org/
Provides free civil legal help to low-income individuals and families in 22 northwest Minnesota counties. The types of cases they handle include: family law, protective orders, housing, public assistance, disability benefits, employment, and more. Apply for help by phone, in person, or online. Serves Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Roseau, Stevens, Traverse, Wadena, and Wilkin counties.
Freeborn
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) - Albert Lea Office
146 College Street WestAlbert Lea, MN 56007
Phone: (507) 377-2831
Fax: (507) 377-2832
URL: https://www.smrls.org/
Email: [email protected]
SMRLS offers legal services to low-income and senior citizen (60+) individuals in civil matters. They can help with family law, protection orders, refugee and immigrant services, housing, senior issues, employment, and more. SMRLS serves 33 counties of southern Minnesota. Their agricultural worker project serves individuals statewide.
Hennepin
Central Minnesota Legal Services (CMLS) – Minneapolis Office
111 N. 5th Street, Suite 402Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone: (612) 332-8151
Fax: (612) 334-3402
URL: https://centralmnlegal.org/
Provides free legal help to low-income individuals and families in civil legal issues in 21 central Minnesota counties. CMLS can help with issues of family law (custody, divorce, child support), orders for protection, evictions, public benefits, employment, and more. This location serves Hennepin and Anoka counties.
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid - Minneapolis Office
111 N. Fifth Street, Suite 100Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone: 877) 696-6529 (intake line)
Phone 2: (612) 334-5970
URL: https://mylegalaid.org/
Email: [email protected]
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid serves low-income individuals in 20 counties, seniors (60+) in 26 counties, and people throughout the state living with disabilities. They can help with legal issues including divorce, custody/visitation, youth abuse, domestic violence, immigration and citizenship, evictions, public benefits, and more.
Kandiyohi
Central Minnesota Legal Services (CMLS) – Willmar Office
415 7th Street SW, Suites 1&2Willmar, MN 56201
Phone: (320) 253-0138
Fax: (320) 253-9208
URL: https://centralmnlegal.org/
Provides free legal help to low-income individuals and families in civil legal issues in 21 central Minnesota counties. CMLS can help with issues of family law (custody, divorce, child support), orders for protection, evictions, public benefits, employment, and more. This location serves Big Stone, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Meeker, Renville, Swift, and Yellow Medicine counties.
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid – Willmar Office
415 SW Seventh StreetWillmar, MN 56201
Phone: (877) 696-6529 (intake line)
Phone 2: (877) 696-6529 (intake line)
URL: https://mylegalaid.org/
Email: [email protected]
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid serves low-income individuals in 20 counties, seniors (60+) in 26 counties, and people throughout the state living with disabilities. They can help with legal issues including divorce, custody/visitation, youth abuse, domestic violence, immigration and citizenship, evictions, public benefits, and more. The Willmar office serves Big Stone, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Meeker, Renville, Swift, and Yellow Medicine counties.
Leech Lake Reservation
Anishinabe Legal Services – Cass Lake Office
411 1st Street NWCass Lake, MN 56633
Phone: (218) 335-2223
Phone 2: (800) 422-1335
URL: https://alslegal.org/
Email: [email protected]
Provides free legal assistance to low-income individuals living on or near the Leech Lake, Red Lake, and White Earth Reservations. Services are culturally-sensitive and informed. They represent victims of crime or domestic violence with civil legal problems, such as custody/visitation, orders for protection, and divorce. Other practice areas include child protection, evictions, Indian law, social security, and more.
Nobles
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) - Worthington Office
1567 North McMillan Street, Suite 6Worthington, MN 56187
Phone: (507) 372-7368
Fax: (507) 372-2574
URL: https://www.smrls.org/
Email: [email protected]
SMRLS offers legal services to low-income and senior citizen (60+) individuals in civil matters. They can help with family law, protection orders, refugee and immigrant services, housing, senior issues, employment, and more. SMRLS serves 33 counties of southern Minnesota. Their agricultural worker project serves individuals statewide.
Olmsted
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) - Rochester Office
903 West Center Street, Suite 230Rochester, MN 55902
Phone: (507) 292-0080
Fax: (507) 292–0060
URL: https://www.smrls.org/
Email: [email protected]
SMRLS offers legal services to low-income and senior citizen (60+) individuals in civil matters. They can help with family law, protection orders, refugee and immigrant services, housing, senior issues, employment, and more. SMRLS serves 33 counties of southern Minnesota. Their agricultural worker project serves individuals statewide.
Ramsey
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) – St. Paul Office
450 North Syndicate Street, Suite 285St. Paul, MN 55104
Phone: (651) 222-5863
Phone 2: (651) 291-2837 (refugee and immigration services)
Fax: (651) 645-0757
URL: https://www.smrls.org/
Email: [email protected]
SMRLS offers legal services to low-income and senior citizen (60+) individuals in civil matters. They can help with family law, protection orders, refugee and immigrant services, housing, senior issues, employment, and more. SMRLS serves 33 counties of southern Minnesota. Their agricultural worker project serves individuals statewide.
Red Lake Reservation
Anishinabe Legal Services – Red Lake Office
24195 Council Street, Suite 28Red Lake, MN 56671
Phone: (218) 335-2223, ext. 113
Phone 2: (800) 422-1335
URL: https://alslegal.org/
Email: [email protected]
Provides free legal assistance to low-income individuals living on or near the Leech Lake, Red Lake, and White Earth Reservations. Services are culturally-sensitive and informed. They represent victims of crime or domestic violence with civil legal problems, such as custody/visitation, orders for protection, and divorce. Other practice areas include child protection, evictions, Indian law, social security, and more.
St. Louis
Justice North
230 W. Superior Street, Suite 200Duluth, MN 55802
Phone: (877) 696-6529
Fax: (218) 726-4804
URL: https://www.justicenorth.org/
Email: [email protected]
Justice North is a non-profit law firm that provides representation, limited services, advice, and information to low-income individuals. They help people facing civil legal challenges, such as domestic violence, eviction, safety, health care, and more.
Stearns
Central Minnesota Legal Services (CMLS) – St. Cloud Office
110 6th Avenue South, Suite 205St. Cloud, MN 56301
Phone: (320) 253-0138
Fax: (320) 253-9208
URL: https://centralmnlegal.org/
Provides free legal help to low-income individuals and families in civil legal issues in 21 central Minnesota counties. CMLS can help with issues of family law (custody, divorce, child support), orders for protection, evictions, public benefits, employment, and more. This location serves Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, and Wright counties.
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid – St. Cloud Office
110 Sixth Avenue South, Suite 200St. Cloud, MN 56301
Phone: 877) 696-6529 (intake line)
Phone 2: (320) 253-0121
URL: https://mylegalaid.org/
Email: [email protected]
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid serves low-income individuals in 20 counties, seniors (60+) in 26 counties, and people throughout the state living with disabilities. They can help with legal issues including divorce, custody/visitation, youth abuse, domestic violence, immigration and citizenship, evictions, public benefits, and more. The St. Cloud office serves Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, and Wright counties.
White Earth Reservation
Anishinabe Legal Services – White Earth Office
White Earth Judicial Complex35500 Eagle View Road
Cass Lake, MN 56591
Phone: (218) 335-2223, ext. 114
Phone 2: (800) 422-1335
URL: https://alslegal.org/
Email: [email protected]
Provides free legal assistance to low-income individuals living on or near the Leech Lake, Red Lake, and White Earth Reservations. Services are culturally-sensitive and informed. They represent victims of crime or domestic violence with civil legal problems, such as custody/visitation, orders for protection, and divorce. Other practice areas include child protection, evictions, Indian law, social security, and more.
Winona
Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) - Winona Office
66 East 3rd Street, Suite 204Winona, MN 55987
Phone: (507) 454-6660
Fax: (507) 454-6667
URL: https://www.smrls.org-
SMRLS offers legal services to low-income and senior citizen (60+) individuals in civil matters. They can help with family law, protection orders, refugee and immigrant services, housing, senior issues, employment, and more. SMRLS serves 33 counties of southern Minnesota. Their agricultural worker project serves individuals statewide.
