Legal Aid
St. Joseph County Legal Resources
Indiana Legal Services, Inc.​
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Free legal counseling, representation, and advice to clients who meet income eligibility guidelines​​
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Representation offered in cases of family law, consumer law, senior law, housing issues, and public benefits
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Serves residents of St. Joseph, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaGrange, LaPorte, Marshall, Noble, Pulaski, and Starke Counties​
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) Phone: 574.631.7795
l Address: 401 E. Colfax, Suite 116, South Bend, IN 46617
¸ Hours: M-F: 9a-3p (intake hours) | M-F: 8a-4:30p (office hours)
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Notre Dame Law School Clinics​
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Free legal services to individuals, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations
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Applied Mediation: Provides mediation services to individuals litigating civil matters such as child custody, parenting time, landlord-tenant disputes, and contract disputes
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Community Development: Offers non-litigation services to nonprofit organizations and small businesses
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Economic Justice: Provides legal services to low-income clients in consumer law matters
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Exoneration Justice: Committed to correcting the miscarriage of justice and investigating, litigating, and overturning wrongful convictions
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Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship: Offers counsel to businesses and entrepreneurs on IP-related issues
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Tax: Represents low-income clients in controversies with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)​
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) Phone: 574.631.6704
l Address: 725 Howard St., South Bend, IN 46617
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The Volunteer Lawyer Network​
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Accepts cases concerning adoptions, guardianship, dissolution, landlord/tenant, consumer/collection, estate law, wills/powers of attorney/healthcare directives, contracts, bankruptcy, immigration, and real estate​
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) Phone: 574.277.0075
l Address: PO Box 1358, South Bend, IN 46624
: Email: volunteerinc@att.net
¸ Hours: M-F: 9a-5p
Page Index
All resources are listed here in alphabetical order.
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Indiana Legal Services, Inc.
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Notre Dame Law School Clinics
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The Volunteer Lawyer Network
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