Can LawNY Help Me?
Can LawNY Help Me?
About LawNY®
Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.® (LawNY®) provides free legal aid to people with civil legal problems. This means that if you are having a legal problem with a person or agency, and it is not a criminal matter, LawNY® may be able to give you help or advice. Here are a few examples of legal problems that LawNY® often handles:
-Your landlord is threatening to evict you.
-You have been denied Unemployment Insurance benefits.
For more details about services available in your area, click on your county below. Each office works on a wide variety of legal problems in addition to these examples.
Can LawNY®help me?
The best way to find out if LawNY can help you is to call the nearest LawNY office. When you call, you will be asked about the kind of problem you are having, where you live, and some specifics about your situation. This will help us figure out whether we can help you. For some legal problems, we are only able to help people who have low income and few assets, and who are U.S. citizens or have a U.S. citizen in the household. We will keep confidential any personal information that you give to our office. We will not share the information with other people or agencies, unless you ask us to do so.
Unfortunately, we cannot represent everyone who asks for our help. Even if we don't have funding or advocates available to help with your specific problem, we can usually give you general information about your problem. Or, we can usually give you the name of another agency which might be able to help you. LawNY® offices are not allowed to give advice about criminal criminal law problems.
If we do think we can help, we may ask you to come in to the office for an appointment so we can get more information. Sometimes we can get all the information we need from you over the phone. If we are able to take you on as a client, we will send you a letter to confirm that decision.
Where do I go if LawNY® can't help me?
There may be another legal aid office near you that can help. Visit www.lawhelp.org/ny to find one. If you don't qualify for free help, the New York State Bar Association has a lawyer referral service to help you find a local attorney. For more information, read our article: Finding other legal help in western New York
You may also be able to learn more about your legal problem here: I Need Legal Information
Where are the LawNY® offices?
We have seven offices and serve 14 counties. Click on your county to find out more about the office that serves your area.
Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Livingston,Monroe, Ontario,Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, Yates.
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This article provides general information about this subject. Laws affecting this subject may have changed since this article was written. For specific legal advice about a problem you are having, get the advice of a lawyer. Receiving this information does not make you a client of our office
