Provides free legal counseling and representation for low-income individuals who need assistance in civil cases including government benefits, senior legal services, federal tax issue, unemployment insurance, disability, housing landlord/tenant, family law matters, and consumers issues.

Provides civil legal services regarding housing issues, consumer problems, income security/benefits, and language access.

Provides civil legal services regarding housing issues, consumer problems, income security/benefits, and language access.

Assist persons living with cancer, or their families, with various civil legal issues arising from their condition. Provides permanency planning for children, social security benefit issues, access to health care, public assistance, housing, education, advance directives and discrimination issues.

Provides civil legal services in the following areas: - Family Law: Assists with domestic violence cases, as well as with child support and divorce cases on a limited basis. - Housing: * Until further notice, the Housing Unit can only provide assistance with ERAP application issues and illegal lockout emergencies (ex: landlord changed locks, stopped a utility, etc. without going to court); cannot assist with any other housing-related issues at this time.* Typically assists with evictions, housing conditions, Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) issues, public and subsidized housing applications, terminations, illegal lockouts, landlord/tenant matters, and other issues. - Disability: Assists with SSI Appeals, SSI/SSD applications, advocacy for disabled individuals, benefits counseling, and funding of medical equipment. - Public Benefits: Assists with public assistance, food stamps/SNAP, Medicaid, denial of emergency rental and/or utility assistance, and homeless benefits. - Consumer Law: Assists with unfair debt collection practices and wage garnishment. Does not handle criminal cases, traffic tickets, money damage actions, estate work and real estate closings, torts, small claims court cases, worker's compensation cases, or unemployment.

Assists low-income individuals with various civil (non-criminal) legal needs.

Provide legal representation to low income residents who are ineligible for representation by local, federally-funded legal services programs because of alien status or other restrictions. Offers representation in civil legal matters including housing, immigration, public assistance and discrimination.

Provides free legal counseling and representation for low-income individuals who need assistance in civil cases including government benefits, senior legal services, federal tax issue, unemployment insurance, disability, housing landlord/tenant, family law matters, and consumers issues.

This partnership provides a paralegal to help identify appropriate legal assistance, provide education on legal resources, and provide referral and intake for legal services agencies in WNY. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Provides weekly programs at the Batavia Senior Center. Some of the programs offered are bridge, line dancing, cribbage, arthritis chair-based exercise, quilters, and painting classes. New groups are always being organized. Special programs such as 55 Alive Driver Refresher Course, educational, health, and informational programs are also offered. Day trips to concerts, exhibits, musical productions, restaurants, and areas of special interest are also scheduled in the spring, summer, and fall. Senior groups and clubs exist in most areas of the county which offer luncheons and pot luck dinners. Most groups offer programs of interest, entertainment, day trips, and other recreational activities.

Provides day-of advice on non-criminal matters for individuals with cases in Federal Court.

Offers a variety of legal clinics, outlined below. Access to Justice Hybrid Clinic: Students staff either the Help Desk in Erie County Family Court or the Pro Se Assistance Program in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (Buffalo and Rochester). Animal Law Clinic: The Animal Law Clinic focuses on national, state, and local policy addressing animal welfare issues, such as puppy mills, feral and community cats, and former racehorses. Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic: A litigation clinic focused on civil rights and civil liberties, spanning constitutional liberties like free speech, privacy, due process, and statutory civil rights against discrimination. COVID Response Legal Clinic: Student attorneys serve unmet access-to-justice needs of the community, helping individual and families who are facing unexpected legal matters due to the coronavirus. e-Law Center Clinic: Works with diverse companies who are confronting a variety of business challenges specific to startups and early stage high-growth ventures. Environmental Advocacy Clinic: Focuses on state, national, and international environmental policy issues that have a direct impact on Western New York, as well as national and international implications. Family Violence and Women's Rights Law: Focuses on attaining justice and safety for victims of intimate partner violence. Mediation Clinic: Working on cases referred by local courts or other mediation agencies, students help resolve disputes in family law, small claims, and the community. Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic: Provides practical legal research and thoughtful pro bono service through an ongoing collaborative effort to empower a resilient Puerto Rico.

Offers legal assistance in the following areas: - Disability: Offers disability rights services and legal advice/representation to developmentally disabled individuals and others. - Family Problems: Provides assistance with kinship custody and assistance for victims of domestic violence. - Housing Problems: Typically helps tenants who are facing eviction or who have been locked out of their apartments. Helps people who are applying for public or subsidized housing who have been denied, or tenants in public or subsidized housing who are worried about losing their subsidy or who have questions about how their rent has been calculated. Helps tenants whose landlords are not making necessary repairs and who are forced to live under unsafe or hazardous conditions. Also provides legal assistance and advocacy to people who have encountered discrimination while looking for housing, or during their tenancy. - Entitlements Advocacy: Assists tenants with welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, SSI, and utilities.

Provides legal aid assistance to low-income individuals in civil cases ONLY, regarding housing, eviction, utility shut-offs, foreclosure defense, public benefits including public assistance, SNAP/food stamps, Medicaid, Social Security and SSI, unemployment insurance benefit, wills, power or attorney/health care proxies.

LawNY offices may be able to help you with problems such as welfare terminations, divorces, evictions, SSI denials, or other legal problems if you are eligible for our services.

Legal Services for persons age 60 and older through a contract between the county and a private attorney.

Provides free legal counseling and representation for low-income individuals who need assistance in civil cases including government benefits, senior legal services, federal tax issue, unemployment insurance, disability, housing landlord/tenant, family law matters, and consumers issues.

Provides civil legal serivces such as advice and representation to survivors/victims of crime, including college students within the Capital Region.

Provide legal representation to low income residents who are ineligible for representation by local, federally-funded legal services programs because of alien status or other restrictions. Offers representation in civil legal matters including housing, immigration, public assistance and discrimination.

Assist persons living with HIV/AIDS, or their families, with various civil legal issues arising from their condition. Offers permanency planning for children, social security benefit issues, access to health care, public assistance, housing, education, advance directives and discrimination issues.

Provides legal assistance to individuals that have been denied SSI benefits by the Social Security Administration, including some disability help, public assistance, food stamps, and Medicaid. Also offers assistance to individuals being threatened with income garnishment or foreclosure due to bankruptcy and those who have frozen bank accounts on deposits that should be exempt. Offers civil legal advice and representation for individuals and families faced with HIV/AIDS.