Free Legal Help

The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center is dedicated to recruiting, training, and mobilizing lawyers to make desperately needed legal services available to individuals and families living in poverty in the District of Columbia, and to the community-based nonprofits and disadvantaged small businesses that are critical to the strength of the District’s low-income neighborhoods.

Help for Individuals

The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center offers neighborhood brief advice and referral clinics and resource centers at the D.C. Superior Court that may help you as you navigate your legal issues.

Help for Nonprofits

Since 1999, the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center has operated the Nonprofit Legal Assistance Program to provide legal assistance to the District’s community-based nonprofit organizations.

Help for Small Businesses

Since 1999, the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center has operated the Small Business Legal Assistance Program to provide legal assistance to the District’s small businesses.

LawHelp

You can find free information about a wide range of topics, including housing law, family law, employment law, immigration law, and public benefits law, at LawHelp.org/DC.