Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc.
- To Volunteer, Contact:
- Location:
2901 North Classen BoulevardSuite 110Oklahoma City, OK 73106
- Map: maps.google.com
- Phone: 405-557-0020
- Fax: 405-524-1257
- Website: http://www.legalaidok.org
- Email: web@laok.org
Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma is: -a non-profit law firm -serving low-income and elderly Oklahomans -who have civil legal problems.
Legal Aid serves all 77 counties in Oklahoma, with 20 offices throughout the state. Legal Aid has attorneys assigned to each county in Oklahoma.
Eligibility for legal assistance is based on certain income guidelines and is dependant on the priorities of each office.
Legal Aid seeks to ensure basic needs for clients, especially those involving: -Freedom from harm and violence -Access to housing -Freedom from hunger -Access to health care -Income maintenance for survival. We help with civil legal problems such as divorce, child support, debt collections, bankruptcy, eviction and, social security disability.
Legal Aid helps Senior Citizens (over the age of 60) regardless of income in every county through Title III Older Americans grants. Click Here for the Pro Bono sign up form.
Contact one of the statewide Pro Bono Coordinators:
OKC --- Cindy Goble 405-488-6823 cindy.goble@laok.org
Tulsa --- Karen Langdon 918-295-9422 karen.langdon@laok.org
HIV/AIDS Legal Resource Project --- Marilyn Staats 405-488-
6782 marilyn.staats@laok.org
- Location of Volunteer Opportunity: Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cimarron, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Craig, Creek, Custer, Delaware, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Haskell, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnston, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Latimer, Le Flore, Lincoln, Logan, Love, Major, Marshall, Mayes, McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, Murray, Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Roger Mills, Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah, Stephens, Texas, Tillman, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington, Washita, Woods, Woodward
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Taxes, Veterans
- Populations Served: Children, Communities of Color, Domestic Violence Victims, Elderly, General Public, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Low Income, Military/Veterans, Native Americans, Persons with Disabilities, Women, Working poor and unemployed
- Projects For: Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors, Nonlitigation Projects, Paralegals
- Need for non-English services: Chinese, Russian, Signers for the deaf, Spanish, Vietnamese
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Evenings, Flexible, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Weekends
- Malpractice Insurance for Volunteer Lawyers: Yes
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: No
- CLE credit for trainings: Yes
- Training / supervision comments: Legal Aid holds periodic CLE trainings around the state at no cost to volunteer attorneys. Training materials are also available on the web site www.probono.net/ok.
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: No
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Alternative dispute resolution (ADR), Client intake and screening, Client counseling (e.g., brief advice), Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Hotline staffing, Legislative or policy advocacy, Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation, Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students, Prepare legal education materials, Legal Research, Translate legal documents
