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Notice
Community Legal Services (CLS) is transitioning to a new case management system that will allow us to better serve our community.
Our online application will be closed to new clients during this transition from Tuesday, June 7 through Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
Our telephone application lines and all offices will be closed for applications (new clients) from Friday, June 10 through Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
We will resume taking new applications on Thursday, June 16, 2022.
If you wish to apply for services and have a court date or eviction between June 10 and June 17, 2022, please send an email to info@clsaz.orgcreate new email with your name, the best telephone number at which to call you and your court or eviction date. We will contact you within two business days. Otherwise, please contact us on or after June 16, 2022. Thank you.
Community Legal Services Press Release
For Immediate Release – January 10, 2022
After nearly four decades of leadership, Lillian O. Johnson to retire from Community Legal Services
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Important Message from Community Legal Services
Due to the Coronavirus Community Legal Services, Inc., will cease all in-office appointments with clients and walk-in applications for services until further notice except under the following circumstances: (1) Clients and new applicants for services who do not have a working phone or have insufficient or unreliable telephone service; (2) clients requiring preparation for trials and hearings.
Please visit our Office Locations page for specific office information.
COVID-19 Information and Resources
Information regarding the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and other local and national COVID-19 resources.
FREE Tax Preparation Information
The IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free tax help for taxpayers who qualify.
Do you have Stimulus Payment and other tax questions? Free help is available for those who qualify.
Find out how you can file your taxes for free and search for VITA and AARP tax preparation sites nearest you. Visit the IRS for help and information.
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites in the Phoenix Metro area will be virtual for the rest of the year. Download Phoenix Metro VITA sites and information here.
Our Mission
Community Legal Services is a non-profit law firm committed to increasing fairness in the civil justice system by advocating, litigating, and educating on behalf of Arizona’s most underserved communities.
Housing
Housing Law
Families & Children
Family Law
Employment
Employment Law
Consumer Protection
Consumer Law
Health & Economic Stability
HES
Farmworker
Farmworker Program
Tax Program
Tax Program
Set Aside Clinics
Set Aside Clinics
Five Year Impact.
Individuals Served by Community Legal Services
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Community Legal Services can help qualifying Arizonans with some types of civil cases.
“Most Americans don’t realize that you can have your home taken away, your children taken away and you can be a victim of domestic violence but you have no constitutional right to a lawyer to protect you.”
Civil legal aid helps ensure fairness for all in the justice system, regardless of how much money you have. It provides access to legal help for people to protect their livelihoods, their health, and their families. Civil legal aid connects Americans with a range of services including legal assistance and representation, self-help centers and other court-based services, free legal clinics and pro-bono assistance, and access to web-based information and form that help guide them through complicated legal proceedings. In doing so, civil legal aid helps Americans protect their livelihoods, their health, and their families.
Civil legal aid provides:
- Easy-to-understand forms, including online forms, that people can use in civil legal proceedings.
- Legal assistance, including legal self-help centers, so people can know their rights.
- Legal representation to those who cannot afford it — because justice should not depend on how much money you have.
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer your time, skills and expertise
Learn more about volunteer opportunities at Community Legal Services and the Volunteer Lawyers Program today!