Legal Services Offices

Low income individuals seeking free legal services should contact a local legal services office.  To find practical information about your legal rights, go to the MassLegalHelp website.

Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau
(781) 893-4793
(781) 736-9006 TTY
(Newton, Waltham, Watertown)
(Elder Law – Belmont, Needham, Newton, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, Weston)

Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services
(617) 494-8222
(Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, Belmont, Winchester, Woburn)

Catholic Lawyers Guild (legal services for homeless people)
(617) 523-2640

Center for Public Representation (legal services for the mentally challenged)
(617) 965-0776

Community Legal Services and Counseling Center
(617) 661-1010
(Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Medford, Somerville, Watertown)

Disability Law Center, Inc.
(617) 723-8455 or (800) 872-9992 – Boston Office
(617) 227-9464 or (800) 381-0577 – TTY Boston Office
(508) 979-7150 – Southeastern MA Office
(413) 684-6337 or (800) 222-5619 – Western MA Office
(413) 582-6919 – TTY Western MA Office

Greater Boston Legal Services
(617) 371-1234 x700
(Boston, Braintree, Brookline, Canton, Chelsea, Cohasset, Everett, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Milton, Newton, North Reading, Norwell, Quincy, Randolph, Reading, Revere, Scituate, Stoneham, Wakefield, Waltham, Watertown, Weymouth, Winthrop)

Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Inc.
(978) 681-4900
(Andover, Danvers, Lawrence, Methuen, Middleton, North Andover, Peabody)

Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School
(617) 522-0135

Harvard Legal Aid
(617) 495-4408

Housing Assistance Corporation
(508) 771-5400
(Barnstable, Nantucket, and Dukes Counties)

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
(617) 482-1145

Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts
(508) 752-3718 or (800) 649-3718

Legal Services for Cape Cod and Islands, Inc.
(508) 775-7020 or (800) 742-4107 – Hyannis
(508) 746-2777 or (800) 585-4933 – Plymouth
(Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties, and towns of Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marion, Marshfield, Middleborough, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rochester, Wareham)

Merrimack Valley Legal Services
(978) 687-1177
(781) 592-6971- Lynn

Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
(781) 599-773
(978) 686-6900 – Lawrence

Southeastern Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation
(800) 244-9023
(508) 226-7678 – Attleboro
(508) 676-6224 – Fall River
(508) 824-0888 – Taunton
(508) 586-8393 – Brockton
(508) 996-8576 – New Bedford
(508) 990-7755 – TTY

South Middlesex Legal Services, Inc.
(508) 620-1830
(Central Middlesex County and Southern Norfolk County)

TAP (Tenant Advocacy Project)
(617) 367-7260

UMass Advocates Law Office (closed during summer)
(617) 287-7370

Volunteer Lawyers Project
(617) 423-0648

Western Massachusetts Legal Services
(413) 781-7814