There are nine legal aid programs in Virginia available for the public to call directly. These programs help low-income families and individuals maintain the basics of life: income, shelter, food, health care, education, and family stability and range in size from eight employees to 80. Volunteer lawyers also assist these organizations through pro bono programs. Please contact your local legal aid office for more information about the services offered and types of cases handled. You may also call 1-866-LEGLAID (1-866-534-5243) to reach your local legal aid office.
Blue Ridge Legal Services
Blue Ridge Legal Services provides free civil legal assistance to low-income residents of the Shenandoah Valley and Roanoke Valley of Virginia; main office in Harrisonburg, offices in Winchester, Lexington, and Roanoke.
— (540) 433-1830 or www.brls.org.
Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
Provides free civil legal assistance to low-income people who live
in, or have legal problems arising in, Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights, and
Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Fluvanna,
Goochland, Greene, Hanover, Henrico, Louisa, Nelson, New Kent, Powhatan, Prince George, and Surry;
main office in Richmond, with offices in Petersburg and Charlottesville.
— (804) 648-1012, 1-800-868-1012, or apply online at www.cvlas.org.
Legal Aid Works
Provides free civil legal assistance to low-income residents; main office in
Fredericksburg with additional offices in Culpeper and Tappahannock.
— (540) 371-1105 or www.legalaidworks.org.
Legal Aid Justice Center
Provides legal services to low-income individuals and communities through zealous individual representation, group and class litigation, community organizing, policy advocacy, and media relations; main office in Charlottesville; offices in Richmond, Petersburg, and Falls Church.
— (434) 977-0553 or www.justice4all.org.
Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia
Provides free civil legal services to low-income residents of Accomack, Chesapeake, Gloucester, Hampton, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, Newport News, Norfolk, Northampton, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, and Yorktown; main offices are located in Norfolk and Hampton.
— (757) 627-5423 or www.laseva.org.
Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley
(540) 344-2088.
Provides free civil legal assistance to low-income residents of the Roanoke Valley and surrounding counties,
including a full range of legal services in select cases.
— (540) 344-2088 or www.lasrv.org.
Legal Services of Northern Virginia
Provides a full range of free civil legal services to people living in the following counties and cities: Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, Alexandria, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park, Herndon, and Vienna; and a more limited range of services to residents of the City of Fredericksburg and the following counties: Caroline, Culpeper, Essex, Fauquier, King & Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Madison, Northumberland, Orange, Rappahannock, Richmond County, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Westmoreland. Main office is in Fairfax and branch offices are in Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Leesburg, Manassas, and Fredericksburg. Permanent outreach offices are along the Route One Corridor (Fairfax County) and inside the Fairfax County Courthouse.
— (703) 778-6800 or www.lsnv.org.
Southwest Virginia Legal Aid
Provides free civil legal services to low-income families in 17 counties and
four small cities in southwestern Virginia; main office in Marion, with offices in Castlewood and
Christiansburg.
— (888) 201-2772 or www.svlas.org.
Virginia Legal Aid Society
(434) 455-3080.
Provides free civil legal services to low-income residents in 20 counties and six
cities in Central, Southside, and Western Tidewater Virginia; main office in Lynchburg, offices in
Danville, Farmville, Martinsville, and Suffolk.
— (434) 455-3080 or www.vlas.org.