American Civil Liberties Union
207 E. Buffalo St. #325
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: (414) 272-4032
Fax: (414) 272-0182
Email: liberty@aclu-wi.org
Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 P.M.
Legal Assistance - help and support with legal issues surrounding civil liberties. No legal advice is given.
Eligibility - Services provided to all regardless of ability to pay. Intake procedure: http://www.aclu-wi.org/legal/index.shtml
Costs - Free services
Contact - No particular contact person
Staff - Legal assistants. Will have one attorney in the near future
Publications - A number of publications accessible via ACLU of Wisconsin's web site - http://www.aclu-wi.org
Community Justice, Inc.
222 South Hamilton St., Suite 22
Phone: (608) 204-9642
Hours: Monday-Thursday 1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Legal Assistance - Representation in many areas, including landlord/tenant, disability and mental health, employment, discrimination, consumer/credit child welfare, lad use, environmental, and criminal law.
Eligibility - Individuals who are underrepresented and/or unable to afford an attorney. Potential clients must first participate in an intake phone interview that lasts 10-30 minutes.
Costs - Affordable representation through income-sensitive fees
Contact - Mr Mitch, Executive Attorney, (608) 204-9642; Kathryn Peacock, Executive Attorney, (608) 204-9642
Staff - Six lawyers, five of whom are graduates of UW
Publications - Web page - http://www.communityjusticeinc.org/ (includes client brochure)
Fair Housing Center of Greater Madison
600 Williamson St, Suite L4
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 257-0853
Toll-free statewide complaint intake hotline: 1-877-647-3247
Fax: (608) 257-1445
Legal Assistance - Conducts intake of fair housing complaints from the general public and counsels complainants on their options for administrative or judicial remedy. Also provides investigative services for persons who allege housing discrimination.
Eligibility - Members of the general public who allege housing discrimination.
Costs - Contact office
Publications - Web site - http://www.fairhousingwisconsin.com
Legal Assistance to Institutionalized Persons
Frank J. Remington Center
University of Wisconsin Law School
975 Bascom Mall, Room 4318
Madison, WI 53703-2208
Phone: (608) 262-1002
Email: mjross1@facstaff.wisc.edu
Hours: Monday - Friday 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Legal Assistance - Civil legal services to inmates as part of a UW Law School clinical program including: Inmates in minimum-security institutions in the Wisconsin Prison System; Inmates in county jails in Wisconsin; Patients in mental health centers in Wisconsin, including the Wisconsin Resource Center; Inmates in prisons or jails outside of Wisconsin; Individuals on probation or parole supervision; or Any individuals who are not incarcerated.
Eligibility - Prisoners in maximum or medium-security prisons and prisoners in the federal prison at Oxford, Wisconsin.
Costs - Free services
Contact - Meredith Ross, Director. Inmates seeking assistance from LAIP must complete an "interview/information request form" (form # DOC-643) available at the particular institution. Inmates are scheduled for interviews on a "first come, first served" basis, and should bring relevant documents to the interview if possible. LAIP may decline to interview inmates who have already been assisted.
Staff - UW law students under supervision of the director, Meredith Ross, an attorney and Clinical Associate Professor, along with twelve supervising attorneys who are full-time clinical faculty members of the Law School.
Publications - Information available on a sub page of the UW Law School's web site at http://www.law.wisc.edu/FJR/laip/index.htm.
National Organization for the Advancement of Colored People
PO Box 45
Madison, WI 53701
Phone (608) 256-1942
Fax: (608) 256-2944
Email : naacpmadiosn@voyager.net
Hours: None Listed
Legal Assistance - Discrimination claims; prisoner
cases; and referrals. Legal Redress Committee investigates claims
and refers them to pro bono attorneys.
Eligibility - Low income Dane County residents
Costs - Unknown
Contact - Ms. Kirbie G. Mack
Publications - Crisis Magazine Loop Newsletter; See the national organization's web site at http://www.naacp.org
Note* - Information on the NACCP is incomplete
Outreach, Inc.
600 Williamson Street
Madison, WI 53703-3588
(608) 255-8582
Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00am-9:00pm; Saturday 12:00pm-4pm
Email: harrys@lgbtoutreach.org
Legal Assistance - Discrimination and family issues surrounding LGBT families
Eligibility -LGBT people and their families.
Staff - Includes counselors and pro bono attorneys.
Publications: Website at https://www.lgbtoutreach.org
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