San Antonio Legal Aid

If you need free, discounted or low cost legal help in San Antonio, there are a number of places to turn.

The Community Justice Program (CJP)

The Community Justice Program is a joint venture of the the San Antonio Bar Association and Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA). 

The program was established to offer FREE help and legal aid to lower-income residents of San Antonio and its surrounding areas.

CJP maintiains a large list of volunteer attorneys who do pro bono work for low income San Antonio residents.  Lawyers who take pro bono cases do so to serve the community and give back. 
 

Additionally, the CJP offers educational opportunities, rescources and clinics for issues related to Divorce and Family Law, Legal and Social Justice related maters as well as legal help for Verterans through Audie Murphy Veterans Hospital.

You must meet CJP’s requirements to attend these clinics.  To learn more go to the The Community Justice Program(link is external) website.

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA)

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid also known as “TRLA” offers free legal services to low income individuals.  You must qualify to get legal help by filling out an application.  Apply here(link is external) to see if you qualify.  

TRLA is a non-profit which offers free legal help to residents of more than sixty counties in Southwest Texas.  They are the largest provider of legal services in Texas with more 20,000 clients served per year and tens of thousands of lawyers in their legal network.

St. Mary’s University Center for Legal and Social Justice

The Center for Legal and Social Justice offers services to low income San Antonio residents.  Cases are handled by law students under the supervision of an experienced attorney.  Some of the services offered follow:

Drafting legal documents

Negotiating cases

Trying actual cases in the courts

For morn information, contact:

Saint Marys University of San Antonio: Saint Marys University of San Antonio School of Law

Sarah Minter
210.431.5747
sminter@stmarytx.edu(link sends e-mail)

 Advocate Legal Senior Center

3611 Ennis Houston, TX 77004

713-527-4029

http://www.senioradvocatetx.org(link is external)

Advocates for Victims of Crime (AVOICE)

Austin, TX 78727

888-343-4414

http://www.tlsc.org/programs/vicars.asp(link is external)

AIDS/HIV Legal Aid Program and Legal Redress Program, NAACP

2002 Wheeler Houston, TX 77004

713-526-3389

http://www.naacphouston.org(link is external)

AIDS Outreach Center

400 North Beach Street Fort Worth, TX 76111

817-335-1994

http://www.aoc.org(link is external)

AIDS Services of Austin

LSC Funded

PO Box 4874 Austin, TX 78765

http://www.asaustin.org(link is external)

Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse (AVDA)

1001 Texas Ave, Suite 600 Houston, TX 77002

713-224-9911

http://www.avda-tx.org(link is external)

American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (ACLU)

P.O. Box 12905 Austin, TX 78711

512-478-7300

http://www.aclutx.org/(link is external)

American Gateways

314 E. Highland Mall Blvd., Suite 501 Austin, TX 78752

(512) 478-0546

http://www.americangateways.org/(link is external)

Asian Family Support Services of Austin (AFFSA), formerly known as SAHELI

PO Box 16254 Austin, TX 78761

Local Hotline: (512) 651-3743

http://www.afssaustin.org(link is external)

This group does not provide legal representation in court.

Baylor University – Veterans Legal Clinic

Address Not Displayed Waco, TX 76798

254-710-4244

http://www.baylor.edu/law/Public/(link is external)

This group does not provide legal representation in court.

Bernardo Kohler Center

4009 Banister Lane, Suite 352, Two Park Place Austin, TX 78704

512-626-3719

http://www.bernardokohler.org(link is external)

Boat People SOS, Inc.

11360 Bellaire Boulevard, Suite 910 Houston, TX 77072

(281) 530-6888

http://www.bpsos.org(link is external)

Brazos County Legal Aid Referral, Inc.

200 So. Texas Avenue, Ste. 168 Bryan, TX 77803

979-775-5274

http://www.brazoslegal.com(link is external)

Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Inc. — Immigration Services

1801 W. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd. San Antonio, TX 78207

(210) 433-3256

http://www.ccaosa.org/imm_ref/imm_ref.html(link is external)

Catholic Charities of Central Texas

1625 Rutherford Lane Austin, TX 78754

512-651-6100

http://www.ccctx.org(link is external)

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