To support Access to Justice for All by recruiting volunteer lawyers to provide legal information, advice, and representation in civil legal matters to low-income persons who are residents of Lake, Porter, Jasper, & Newton Counties. For Applicants: We screen for eligibility, provide immediate legal advice, information or referrals to other agencies, and, where appropriate, refer applicants to a volunteer attorney for further legal services - civil cases only.
NOTE: YOU MUST RESIDE IN LAKE, PORTER, JASPER, OR NEWTON COUNTY of Indiana. If you do not, please ask for assistance from the legal aid or pro bono project that serves the county that you do live in. If your case is in our region, they can send a referral to us. For Attorney Volunteers: We offer low-cost CLE, links to mentors, and follow up with you on the progress of your case and the services that you donate.
Coming Events for Attorneys: Currently all events are on hold. Our Recognition for our awesome attorneys will not be held this year.
NOTE: YOU MUST RESIDE IN LAKE, PORTER, JASPER, OR NEWTON COUNTY of Indiana. If you do not, please ask for assistance from the legal aid or pro bono project that serves the county that you do live in. If your case is in our region, they can send a referral to us. For Attorney Volunteers: We offer low-cost CLE, links to mentors, and follow up with you on the progress of your case and the services that you donate.
Coming Events for Attorneys: Currently all events are on hold. Our Recognition for our awesome attorneys will not be held this year.
Services
Residents of Lake, Porter, Jasper or Newton Counties of Indiana whose gross household income meets applicable federal poverty level guidelines.
Not-for-profit charitable organizations that primarily serve low-income persons and are officed in one of our counties.
What Legal Problems are eligible for possible assistance from one of our volunteer attorneys?
An Indiana non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 2001 under the Indiana Supreme Court's pro bono initiative, Rule 6.5 of Indiana's Rules of Professional Conduct.
Not-for-profit charitable organizations that primarily serve low-income persons and are officed in one of our counties.
What Legal Problems are eligible for possible assistance from one of our volunteer attorneys?
An Indiana non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded in 2001 under the Indiana Supreme Court's pro bono initiative, Rule 6.5 of Indiana's Rules of Professional Conduct.
Foreclosure Defense (primary residence only) - 250% (Example: 2 person household: weekly gross income from all sources not over $838.00).
Appeals: To apply for pro bono assistance with appeal of a civil case, please contact the Indiana Bar Foundation.
Housing: tenant/landlord issues, foreclosure defense, warranty of habitability, title to property.
Elder law: simple probate/estates, powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney, guardianship of impaired adults.
We will need complete information, with details, about you, your legal problem, and the name of all persons involved in your case.
Appeals: To apply for pro bono assistance with appeal of a civil case, please contact the Indiana Bar Foundation.
Housing: tenant/landlord issues, foreclosure defense, warranty of habitability, title to property.
Elder law: simple probate/estates, powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney, guardianship of impaired adults.
We will need complete information, with details, about you, your legal problem, and the name of all persons involved in your case.
We made a promise: I do solemnly swear or affirm that.
I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless, the oppressed, or those who cannot afford adequate legal assistance.
Oath of Attorneys, Indiana Rules of Admission to the Bar and Discipline of Attorneys.
Doing pro bono work is almost always immensely satisfying to you as well as to your client.
As "James W. McElhaney, better known to the readers of the ABA Journal as "Angus", wisely counseled, "Success in the practice of law is not defined by the biggest salary, the largest firm or the most important cases.
I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless, the oppressed, or those who cannot afford adequate legal assistance.
Oath of Attorneys, Indiana Rules of Admission to the Bar and Discipline of Attorneys.
Doing pro bono work is almost always immensely satisfying to you as well as to your client.
As "James W. McElhaney, better known to the readers of the ABA Journal as "Angus", wisely counseled, "Success in the practice of law is not defined by the biggest salary, the largest firm or the most important cases.
New ProBono Reporting Rule: Let us help you keep track of your hours.
If you do Pro Bono work on your own or Modest Means/Reduced Fee, complete our Outside Probono Form, we will contact you to update hours.
Then come Registration call, email or mail us and we will give you your hours for the prior year!
Filing Fees: Except for bankruptcy cases, civil filing fees for pro bono cases referred through our office are automatically waived by the Clerk.
Download Petition for Fee Waiver & Client Affidavit of Indigency.
If you do Pro Bono work on your own or Modest Means/Reduced Fee, complete our Outside Probono Form, we will contact you to update hours.
Then come Registration call, email or mail us and we will give you your hours for the prior year!
Filing Fees: Except for bankruptcy cases, civil filing fees for pro bono cases referred through our office are automatically waived by the Clerk.
Download Petition for Fee Waiver & Client Affidavit of Indigency.
9am - 4:45 pm Virtual via Zoom.
Contact Stephanie at probono@hobartlaw.net to sign up.
Note: Some of the presenters have chosen not to have their program materials shared, or the session did not include any materials.
The rights and responsibilities of individuals and organizations in the United States are increasingly defined in legal terms.
As a consequence legal assistance in coping with the web of statutes, rules and regulations is imperative for persons of modest and limited means, as well las for the relatively well-to-do.
Contact Stephanie at probono@hobartlaw.net to sign up.
Note: Some of the presenters have chosen not to have their program materials shared, or the session did not include any materials.
The rights and responsibilities of individuals and organizations in the United States are increasingly defined in legal terms.
As a consequence legal assistance in coping with the web of statutes, rules and regulations is imperative for persons of modest and limited means, as well las for the relatively well-to-do.
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