Directory of Public Interest Legal Organizations
Below is a list of public interest law agencies, programs and projects that serve Philadelphia's neediest citizens. For more detailed information, including the organization's mission, eligibility guidelines, intake process, areas of practice and special programs or projects, you may download or print a pdf file of the directory for easy reference.
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AIDS Law Project
1211 Chestnut Street, Suite 600, Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-587-9377 (phone) 215-587-9902 (fax) View Website Ronda B. Goldfein, Esq. (Executive Director) -
American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania
P.O. Box 60173, Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-592-1513 (phone) 215-592-1343 (fax) View Website Reginald Shuford, Esq. (Executive Director) Mary Catherine Roper, Esq. (Deputy Legal Director) -
Community Legal Services
Main Office: 1424 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102; North Philadelphia Law Center: 1410 W. Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19140 Main Office: 215-981-3700; North Philadelphia Law Center: 215-227-2400 (phone) Main Office: 215-981-0434 North Philadelphia: 215-227-2435 (fax) View Website Deborah L. Freedman, Esq. (Executive Director) -
Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project
718 Arch Street, Suite 300N Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-523-9511/9510 (phone) 215-981-3866 (fax) View Website Sherry L Hoban (Executive Director) -
Disability Rights Pennsylvania
1800 JFK Blvd, Suite 900 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-238-8070 (phone) 215-772-3126 (fax) View Website Peri Jude Radecic (CEO) Kelly Darr (Legal Director) -
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Federal Litigation and Appeals Clinic
3320 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 571-4709 (phone) (215) 571-4712 (fax) View Website Richard H. Frankel, Esq. (Director) -
Education Law Center
1800 JFK Blvd., Suite 1900A Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-238-6970 (phone) 215-772-3125 (fax) View Website Deborah Gordon Klehr, Esq. (Executive Director) -
Elder Justice & Civil Resource Center
Room 278, City Hall Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-686-7027, 7028, 7029 (phone) 215-686-7055 (fax) View Website Brian Kisielewski, Esq. (Legal Director) Erica Bray erica.bray@courts.phila.gov (Manager) -
Face to Face Legal Center
109 E. Price Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144 215-438-1390 (phone) 215-843-8040 (fax) View Website Mary Kay Meeks-Hank (Executive Director) Anna Brickman Esq. (Legal Director) -
Family Court Help Center
1501 Arch Street, 11th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 Susan Pearlstein, Esq., Philadelphia Legal Assistance (Contact ) -
Friends of Farmworkers, Inc.
699 Ranstead St, Suite 4 Philadelphia, PA 19106-2334 5450 Second Ave, 2nd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15207 215-733-0878 and 800-729-1607 (phone) 215-733-0876 (fax) View Website Meredith Rapkin, Esq. (Executive Director) Arthur N. Read (General Counsel) -
Good Shepherd Mediation Program
Suite 301 Rodin Place 2000 Hamilton Street Philadelphia, PA 19130 215-843-5413 (phone) 267-534-2122 (fax) View Website Sue Wasserkrug, Esq. (Program Administrator) -
HIAS Pennsylvania
2100 Arch Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-832-0900 (phone) 215-832-0919 (fax) View Website Cathryn Miller-Wilson, Esq. (Executive Director) Philippe Weisz, Esq., Managing Attorney (Legal Director) -
Homeless Advocacy Project
1429 Walnut Street, 15th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-523-9595 1-800-837-2672 (phone) 215-523-9599 (fax) View Website Marsha Cohen, Esq. (Executive Director) Michele Levy, Esq. (Legal Director) -
Juvenile Law Center
1315 Walnut Street, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-625-0551 (phone) 215-625-2808 (fax) View Website Susan V. Mangold, Esq. (Executive Director) Marsha L. Levick, Esq. (Deputy Director & Chief Counsel) -
Legal Clinic for the Disabled, Inc. (LCD)
1513 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102 215.587.3158 (phone) 215-587-3166 (fax) View Website Linda Peyton, Esquire (Executive Director) Theresa Brabson, Esquire (Legal Director) -
Mazzoni Center, LGBTQ Legal Services
1348 Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 215-563-0657 (phone) 215-563-0664 (fax) View Website Thomas W. Ude, Jr., Esq. (Legal & Public Policy Director) -
Military Assistance Project
2005 Market Street Suite 3500 Philadelphia, PA 19103 267.449.6067 (phone) View Website Dr. Cecilia M. Cardesa-Lusardi (Executive Director) -
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
125 S. 9th Street, Suite 302, Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-351-0010 or 800-903-0111 ext 3 (phone) 215-351-0779 (fax) View Website Sue Osthoff (Executive Director) -
Nationalities Service Center
1216 Arch Street, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-893-8400 (phone) 215-735-9718 (fax) View Website Margaret M. O'Sullivan (Executive Director) Steven Larin (Senior Director of Legal Services and Immigration Policy) -
Pennsylvania Health Law Project
123 Chestnut Street, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19106 800-274-3258 (HelpLine); 215-625-3990 (Administrative) (phone) 215-625-3879 (fax) View Website Laval Miller-Wilson, Esq. (Executive Director) -
Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
P.O. Box 20339 112 Pleasant Acres Road, Suite I York, PA 17402 717-600-8099 (phone) 717-600-8044 (fax) View Website Mary Studzinski (Executive Director) Christina Powers - Detained Programs Diana Locke - Community Programs (Managing Attorney) -
Pennsylvania Innocence Project
Temple University Beasley School of Law 1515 Market Street, Suite 300 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-204-4255 (phone) 215-204-0199 (fax) View Website Nan Feyler, JD., MPH (Executive Director) Nilam Sanghvi, Esq. (Legal Director) -
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project
718 Arch Street, Suite 304, Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-925-2966 (phone) 215-925-5337 (fax) View Website Angus Love, Esq. (Executive Director) -
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts
Two Penn Center 1500 JFK Bouelvard, Suite 1140 Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-569-1150 (phone) 215-569-9153 (fax) View Website Maida R. Milone (President & CEO) -
Philadelphia Bar Association Lawyer Referral & Information Service
1101 Market Street 11th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-238-6333 (phone) View Website Charles J. Klitsch, Esq. Director of Public & Legal Services (Legal Director) -
Philadelphia Landlord/Tenant Legal Help Center, A Collaborative Project Administered by SeniorLAW Center
Municipal Court, 1339 Chestnut Street, 10th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (phone) View Website (Attorney/Coordinator) (Alternative Contact Person) -
Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity
1501 Cherry Street Philadelphia Pa 19102 267-519-5323 (phone) 215-839-3431 (fax) View Website (Managing Attorney) Carl Tobey Oxholm III (Interim Executive Director) -
Philadelphia Legal Assistance
718 Arch Street, Suite 300N Philadelphia, PA 19106-1535 215-981-3800 (phone) 215-981-3860 (fax) View Website Anita Santos-Singh, Esq. (Executive Director) -
Philadelphia VIP
1500 Walnut St, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-523-9550 (phone) 215-564-0845 (fax) View Website Sophie Bryan, Esq. (Executive Director) -
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
200 S. Broad Street, Suite 700 Philadelphia, PA 19102 (215) 790-3836 ext. 1 (phone) (215) 790-3790 (fax) View Website Ryan W. Morris, Esq. (215) 790-3822 rmorris@pvla.org (Executive Director) -
Public Interest Law Center
United Way Building, 1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19103 215-627-7100 (phone) 215-627-3183 (fax) View Website Jennifer R. Clarke, Esq. (Executive Director) Mimi McKenzie, Esq. (Legal Director) -
Regional Housing Legal Services
2 South Easton Road, Glenside, PA 19038-7615 215-572-7300 (phone) 215-572-0262 (fax) View Website Mark Schwartz, Esq. (Executive Director) Rachel Blake, Esq., Associate Director; Dina Schlossberg, Esq., Deputy Director and Senior Attorney for Multifamily Housing (Associate Director/Deputy Director) -
Rutgers-Camden Law School Lawyering Program
217 North Fifth Street, Camden, NJ 08102 View Website -
SeniorLAW Center
Two Penn Center, Suite 1501 1500 JFK Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19102 215-988-1244 (phone) 215-988-1243 (fax) View Website Karen C. Buck, Esq. (Executive Director) Dana N. Goldberg, Esq. (Legal Director) -
Support Center for Child Advocates
1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Ste. 1200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 267-546-9200 (phone) 267-546-9201 (fax) View Website Frank P. Cervone, Esq. (Executive Director) Marguerite Gualtieri, Esq. (Managing Attorney) -
Temple University Beasley School of Law Elderly Law Project
1719 North Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 215-204-6887 (phone) 215-204-2570 (fax) View Website Debra Kroll, Esq. (Executive Director) -
Temple University Beasley School of Law Legal Aid Office
1719 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122 215-204-1800 (phone) 215-204-5521 (fax) View Website Spencer Rand, Esq., Clinical Professor of Law (Attorney ) Sarah Katz, Esq., Associate Clinical Professor of Law (Attorney) -
Tenant Union Representative Network
The Land Title Building 100 South Broad Street, 8th floor Philadelphia, PA 19110 215-940-3900 (phone) 215-940-3910 (fax) View Website Philip Lord, Esq. (Executive Director) -
University of Pennsylvania Law School Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies
3501 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 215-898-8427 (phone) 215-573-6783 (fax) View Website Praveen Kosuri, Esq., Associate Dean for Clinical Education and Director of the Entrepreneurship Clinic (Clinic Director and Professor of Law) Beth Shapiro, Esq. (Clinic Administrator) -
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, Villanova Clinical Program
299 North Spring Mill Road, Villanova, PA 19085 610-519-5894 (phone) 610-519-5173 (fax) View Website Michael Campbell, Esq. (Clinic Director, Professor of Law) Andrea Meals (Clinical Program Administrator) -
Widener University School of Law Clinical Programs
4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803 302-477-2162 (phone) View Website Kenneth T. Kristl, Esq. (Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law ) -
Women Against Abuse Center
100 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19110 215-686-7082 Hotline: 1-866-723-3014 (phone) 215-686-7041 (fax) View Website Molly Callahan, Esq. (Legal Director) -
Women's Law Project
Philadelphia Office: 125 S. 9th Street, Suite 300, Philadelphia, PA 19107 Western Pennsylvania Office: 401 Wood Street, Suite 1020, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Philadelphia Office: 215-928-9801 Western PA Office: 412-281-2892 (phone) Philadelphia Office: 215-928-9848 Western PA: 412-281-3054 (fax) View Website Carol Tracy, Esq. (Executive Director) Terry Fromson, Esq. (Managing Attorney) -
Youth Sentencing & Reentry Project (YSRP)
1528 Walnut Street Suite 515 Philadelphia, PA 19102 267-703-8046 (phone) 267-543-7939 (fax) View Website Lauren Fine, Esq., Co-Director Joanna Visser Adjoian, Esq., Co-Director (Director)
