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Attorney Access: 2016 Findings

1.  Civil Legal Aid Attorney Count Ranking & Scores2.  Comparison: Legal Aid Attorneys & All Attorneys3.  Civil Legal Aid Attorneys per State4.  Qualifying Civil Legal Aid Organizations

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Civil Legal Aid Lawyers per 10,000 People Under 200% of Federal Poverty Line

Comparison of Civil Legal Aid Attorneys to All Attorneys

Highest Ratio of Legal Aid Attys to All AttorneysColorado!–!1:484!(rank!48)!New!Jersey!–!1:339!(22)!Alabama!–!1:307!(51)!

MassachuseDs!–!1:307!(10)!New!Hampshire!–!1:293!(36)!

Lowest Ratio of Legal Aid Attys to All AttorneysOregon!–!1:88!(rank!8)!

Maine!–!1:98!(9)!New!York!–!1:103!(2)!Hawaii!–!1:104!(5)!

West!Virginia!–!1:108!(17)!

Number of Civil Legal Aid Attorneys per StateData for the Justice Index attorney count was provided by the Legal Services Corporation (“LSC”) and by 236 non-LSC organizations that responded to NCAJ’s request for their number of full-time equivalent attorneys who provide direct legal services to people under 200% of the federal poverty line.

The 370 Qualifying Civil Legal Aid Organizations

The following 11 pages list the 134 organizations funded by the Legal Services Corporation in 2014 and the 236 non-LSC organizations that provided NCAJ with their number of full-time equivalent attorneys who provide direct legal services to people under 200% of the federal poverty line.

Legal Services Alabama, Inc. Montgomery County Bar Foundation

Alaska Alaska Legal Services Corporation Catholic Charities Community Services - Familias Unidas Immigration ProgramChristian Legal Aid of ArizonaCommunity Legal Services, Inc. DNA-People's Legal Services, Inc.Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights ProjectProject AlwaysSouthern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc. William E. Morris Institute for JusticeCenter for Arkansas Legal Services Legal Aid of Arkansas, Inc. Affordable Housing AssociatesAsian Law AllianceAsian Pacific Islander Legal OutreachBay Area Legal Aid Bet Tzedek Legal ServicesCalifornia Indian Legal Services, Inc. California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. Central California Legal Services Centro Legal de la RazaEast Bay Community Law CenterGreater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, Inc. Homeless Action CenterHomeless Action CenterInland Counties Legal Services, Inc. Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay AreaLearning Rights Law CenterLegal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Legal Aid of San Bernardino Legal Aid of San Mateo CountyLegal Aid of Sonoma CountyLegal Aid Society of Orange County, Inc. Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc.

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Legal Aid Society-Employment Law CenterLegal Services of Northern California, Inc. Los Angeles Center for Law and JusticeMental Health Advocacy ServicesNeighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County Prison Law OfficePublic CounselRiverside Legal AidVoluntary Legal Services Program of Northern CaliforniaAlpine Legal ServicesColorado Legal Services Metro Volunteer LawyersCenter for Children's AdvocacyChildren's Law Center of ConnecticutConnecticut Fair Housing CenterConnecticut Legal Rights ProjectConnecticut Legal ServicesConnecticut Veterans Legal CenterGreater Hartford Legal AidLawyers for Children America (CT Office)New Haven Legal Assistance AssociationStatewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Inc. Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.Delaware Volunteer Legal ServiceswLegal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc. Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center AyudaCatholic CharitiesCatholic Charities Legal Network of the Archdiocese of WashingtonChildren's Law CenterLegal Aid DCNeighborhood Legal Services Program of the District of Columbia The DC Employment Justice Center Whitman-Walker Health Legal Services Bay Area Legal Services, Inc.

Delaware

D.C.

Florida

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Brevard County Legal AidCoast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida, Inc. Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc. Cuban American Bar Association Pro Bono ProjectDade Legal AidFlorida Justice Institute Florida Legal ServicesFlorida Rural Legal Services, Inc. Jacksonville Area Legal AidLegal Aid of ManasotaLegal Aid Service of Broward CountyLegal Aid Society of Palm Beach CountyLegal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. Legal Services of North Florida, Inc. Northwest Florida Legal ServicesSeminole County Bar Association Legal Aid SocietySouthern Legal CounselThree Rivers Legal Services, Inc. Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc. Atlanta Volunteer Laywers FoundationGeorgia Legal Services Program Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic JusticeHawaii Disability Rights CenterLegal Aid Society of Hawaii Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation

Idaho Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc. Cabrini Green Legal AidCARPLSCenter for Economic ProgressChicago Alliance Against Sexual ExploitationChicago House & Social Service AgencyChicago Legal Clinic, Inc.Chicago Volunteer Legal ServicesDomestic Violence Legal ClinicDuPage Legal Aid Service

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

LAF (Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago) Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation, Inc. Legal Council for Health Justice Lawyer's Committee for Better HousingPrairie State Legal Services, Inc. Uptown People's Law CenterNeighborhood Christian Legal Clinic

District 10 Pro Bono ProjectIndiana Legal Services, Inc. Indianapolis Bar AssociationLegal Aid Society of EvansvilleValpariso School of Law ClinicIowa Legal Aid Polk County Bar Association - Volunteer Lawyers Project

Kansas Kansas Legal Services, Inc. Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky Kentucky Legal Aid Legal Aid of the Bluegrass Legal Aid Society Acadiana Legal Service Corporation Advocacy Center of LouisianaLegal Services of North Louisiana, Inc. Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporation Immigrant Legal Advocacy ProjectLegal Services for ElderlyMaine Equal Justice PartnersPine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc. University of Maine School of Law Foundation, Cumberland Legal Aid ClinicAllegany Law FoundationAsian Pacific American Legal Resource Center Community Legal Services of Prince Georges County, Inc Esperanza CenterFree State Legal ProjectHomeless Persons Representation ProjectHopeWorks (formerly Domestic Violence Center of Howard County)

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Illinois

House of RuthLegal Aid Bureau, Inc. Marjorie Cook Foundation Domestic Violence Legal ClinicMid-shore Council on Family ViolenceMid-shore Pro Bono IncWomen's Law Center Inc.Casa MyrnaCatholic Social Services of Fall River, Inc. Community Legal Aid, Inc. Franklin County Bar AssociationGreater Boston Legal ServicesIrish International Immigrant CenterJeanne Geiger Crisis CenterMetrowest Legal ServicesNortheast Legal Aid, Inc. Prisoners’ Legal Services of MassachusettsPolitical Asylum/Immigration Representation ProjectSouth Coastal Counties Legal Services Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association Free Legal Aid ClinicFreedom HouseGuild/Sugar Law CenterJustice for our Neighbors Southeastern MichiganJustice for Our Neighbors West MichiganLegal Aid and Defender Association, Inc. Legal Aid of Western Michigan Legal Services of Eastern Michigan Legal Services of Northern Michigan, Inc. Michigan Advocacy Program Michigan Indian Legal Services, Inc. Anishinabe Legal Services, Inc. Central Minnesota Legal Services, Inc. Children’s Law Center of MinnesotaImmigrant Law Center of MinnesotaIndian Child Welfare Act Law Center

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Maryland

Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota Legal Assistance of Dakota CountyLegal Assistance of Olmsted CountyLegal Services of Northwest Minnesota Corporation Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc. The Advocates for Human RightsMississippi Center for Legal Services North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, Inc. Legal Aid of Western Missouri Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc. Legal Services of Southern Missouri Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corporation Cascade Countly Law ClinicMontana Legal Services Association

Nebraska Legal Aid of Nebraska Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada Nevada Legal Services, Inc. Legal Advice & Referral Center, Inc. New Hampshire Legal Assistance Central Jersey Legal Services, Inc. Community Health Law ProjectEssex-Newark Legal Services Project, Inc. Legal Services of Northwest Jersey Lutheran Social Ministries of New JerseyNortheast New Jersey Legal Services Corporation Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services, Inc. SCARC Guardianship Services, Inc.South Jersey Legal Services, Inc. Catholic CharitiesDisability Rights New MexicoNew Mexico Legal Aid Pegasus LawAdvocates for ChildrenBrooklyn Bar Assoc. Volunteer Lawyers ProjectBrooklyn Legal Services Corporation A

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

CAMBA Inc.Catholic Charities Community Services of the Archdiocese of New YorkCentral American Refugee CenterEmpire Justice CenterErie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.

Housing Conservation Coordinators, Inc.inMotion, Inc.Legal Action CenterLegal Aid Bureau of BuffaloLegal Aid Society Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc. Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc. Legal Aid Society of Rochester Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled or Disadvantaged of WNYLegal Services NYC Legal Services of the Hudson Valley Make the Road New YorkMental Health Association of Erie CountyMFY Legal ServicesNassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc. Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. New York Lawyers for the Public InterestNew York Legal Assistance GroupNMIC Legal ServicesOnondaga County Bar AssociationQueens Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.Safe Horizon, Inc.Sanctuary for Families, Inc.The Bronx DefendersThe DoorThe Family CenterThe Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, Inc.Urban Justice CenterVolunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.

New York

Volunteer Legal Serices Project of Monroe County, Inc.Volunteers of Legal ServicesWestern New York Law CenterWorker Justice Law Center of New YorkLand Loss Prevention ProjectLegal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. Legal Services of Southern PiedmontPisgah Legal Services

North Dakota Legal Services of North Dakota Community Legal Aid Services, Inc. Legal Aid of Western Ohio, Inc. Legal Aid Society of Columbus Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati Ohio State Legal Services The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. Oklahoma Indian Legal Services, Inc. Oklahoma Lawyers for Children, Inc.Oklahoma Senior Law Resource CenterLane County Legal Aid and Advocacy CenterLegal Aid Services of Oregon Oregon Law CenterAllegheny County Bar FoundationEducation Law Center - PAFriends of FarmworkersHomeless Advocacy ProjectLaurel Legal Services, Inc. Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania Legal Clinic for the Disabled, Inc.MidPenn Legal Services, Inc. Neighborhood Legal Services Association North Penn Legal Services, Inc. Northwestern Legal Services Pennsylvania Health Law ProjectPennsylvania Institutional Law Project

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

New York

North Carolina

Philadelphia Legal Assistance Center Philadelphia Volunteers for Indigent ProgramPublic Interest Law Center of PhiladelphiaRegional Housing Legal ServicesSouthwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc. Support Center for Child AdvocatesCommunity Law Office, Inc. Puerto Rico Legal Services, Inc.

Rhode Island Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. Center for Heirs' Property PreservationCitizens Opposed to Domestic Abuse (CODA) Low CountryOne-Eighty Place - Homeless Justice ProjectSisterCareSouth Carolina Legal Services, Inc. South Carolina Bar Pro Bono ProgramSouth Carolina Victim Assistance Network (SCVAN)Access to JusticeDakota Plains Legal Services, Inc. East River Legal Services Community Legal CenterJustice for Our Neighbors Legal Aid of East Tennessee Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. Southeast Tennessee Legal ServicesTennessee Coalition To End Domestic & Sexual ViolenceTennessee Justice CenterWest Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. American GatewaysBeacon lawCatholic Charities of Dallas, Inc.Family Violence Prevention ServicesHouston Volunteer LawyersLegal Aid of NorthWest Texas Officina Legal del Pueblo Unido, Inc.--Texas Civil Rights Project

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

South Carolina

Southern Disability Law CenterTexas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc. Access to Justice Department at Utah State BarCatholic Community Services Immigration ProgramHoly Cross Ministries’ Immigration ServicesLegal Aid Society of Salt LakeUtah Legal Services, Inc. Legal Services Law Line of Vermont, Inc. Vermont Legal Aid Blue Ridge Legal Services, Inc. Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc. Legal Aid Justice CenterLegal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia Legal Aid Society of Roanoke ValleyLegal Services of Northern Virginia, Inc. Rappahannock Legal ServicesSouthwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc. Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc. Virginia Poverty Law CenterBenton-Franklin Legal Aid SocietyBlue Mountain Action Council Volunteer Attorney ProgramCenter For JusticeChelan-Douglas County Volunteer Attorney ServicesClallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono LawyersClark County Volunteer Lawyer ProgramColumbia Legal ServicesCowlitz Wahkiakum Legal AidDisability Rights WashingtonEastside Legal Assistance ProgramKids In Need of DefenseKing County Bar Pro Bono ServicesKitsap Legal ServicesLegal Action CenterLegal Assistance by Whatcom (LAW)AdvocatesLewis County Bar Legal Aid

Virginia

Washington

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Northwest Consumer Law CenterNorthwest Immigrant Rights ProjectNorthwest Justice Project Seattle Community Law CenterSexual Violence Legal ServicesSkagit County Volunteer Lawyer ProgramSnohomish County Legal ServicesSolid Ground – Family Assistance ProgramSpokane County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyer ProgramTacoma-Pierce County Bar Association VLS ProgramTeamChild Advocacy for YouthThurston County Volunteer Legal Services FoundationUnemployment Law ProjectWhitman County Legal Services Yakima County Volunteer Attorney Services

West Virginia Legal Aid of West Virginia, Inc. Centro LegalLegal Action of Wisconsin, Inc. Wisconsin Judicare, Inc.

Wyoming Legal Aid of Wyoming, Inc.

Washington

Wisconsin