Legal Services Resources

Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 15-19-51) prohibits law students (and other people who are not licensed attorneys) from giving legal advice or providing legal assistance without attorney supervision.

If you need legal services and cannot afford a lawyer, the resources below may assist you.

Civil/General Legal Services

GeorgiaLegalAid.org a joint project of Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc. and Georgia Legal Services Program, provides basic legal information and forms on a variety of topics, links to self-help centers, and a list of free legal service providers you might contact.

Georgia Free Legal Answers allows low-income users to submit civil legal questions and receive written answers from licensed attorneys at no cost.

Atlanta Legal Aid Society (for the five-county metro Atlanta area) offers civil legal help for low-income individuals.

  • Downtown/Main Office: (404) 524-5811
  • DeKalb: (404) 377-0701
  • Cobb: (770) 528-2565
  • Gwinnett: (678) 376-4545
  • Clayton & South Fulton: (404) 669-0233
  • Georgia Senior Legal Aid (for persons 60 or older): (404) 389-9992
  • Spanish-Speaking Applicants: (404) 377-5381

Georgia Legal Services Program for Georgia residents outside of Atlanta. Assistance with health, family, housing and education issues for residents outside the metro area, (833) 457-7529 or (404) 206-5175

Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation: Assistance with domestic violence, landlord-tenant issues, unpaid wages, (404) 521-0790

DeKalb Pro Bono assists low-income DeKalb County residents with domestic violence, landlord-tenant, probate and family law matters. (404) 373-0865

Veterans Legal Services

Atlanta Legal Aid Veterans’ Law Project: Civil legal matters including eviction defense, VA benefits, public benefits and health insurance, access to appropriate support services, disability rights, poor housing conditions, end of life planning, family law, and consumer law, (404) 614-3915

Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School Homeless Veterans Legal Clinic: Misdemeanor criminal representation for veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, (678) 916 -2645 or vetclinic@johnmarshall.edu

UGA Veterans’ Legal Clinic provides veterans in Georgia with legal assistance they might not otherwise have access to or be able to afford, with particular regard to denied or deferred claims before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (706) 542-6439 or veteranslegalclinic@uga.edu

The Warrior Alliance connects Georgia veterans with a network of service providers. (404) 210-1776 or info@thewarrioralliance.org/

Veterans’ Consortium Pro Bono Program Free legal representation nationwide for:

Veterans’ Consortium Women Veterans’ Legal Assistance Program: Free legal representation nationwide to women and women identifying veterans who are filing for VA disability compensation or appealing claims for conditions related to military sexual trauma, (202) 733-3329 or wvlap@vetsprobono.org.

National Veterans Legal Services Program, Lawyers Serving Warriors: (202) 265-8305 Option 5 or email LSW.intake@nvlsp.org. Pro bono legal help with:

  • Discharge upgrades
  • Medical retirement
  • Combat-related special compensation
  • Service members' Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection Program (TSGLI)

Immigration Legal Services

Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network, 678-335-6040 ext. 110

Southern Poverty Law Center, Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative: Pro bono representation of immigrants detained in immigrant detention centers, (229) 838-6500

Criminal Defense Legal Services

Fulton County Public Defender Office

  • Adult Division: (404) 612-5200
  • Juvenile Division: (404) 612-4410
  • State & Magistrate Court Division: (404) 612-5419

DeKalb County Public Defender Office, (404) 371-2222

Georgia Public Defender Council for other public defender offices throughout Georgia, (800) 676-4432

Lawyer Referral Services

Georgia Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service (attorneys may charge fees)

Atlanta Bar Lawyer Referral Service (consultation fees may apply), (404) 521-0777