There are a variety of issues in which you may find yourself in need of a lawyer, for example: tenant/ landlord issues, employment issues, business/consumer issues, family issues. The services of lawyers can become expensive especially if there is a…
RI Legal Services (RILS): provides a full range of legal advice, representation and assistance to low income individuals. RILS addresses civil legal problems such as: family matters, housing, employment, government benefits or consumer disputes. Location: 56 Pine Street, Fourth Floor…
RILS also helps support a program of the RI Bar Association where RI attorneys provide free legal assistance to low income and elderly Rhode Islanders. To be eligible for the program, you must meet income eligibility guidelines and have legal…
The RWU School of Law collaborative connects law firms, attorneys and law students to community-based organizations (CBO) that need free legal services for their clients. The CBO, not an individual, applies to the collaboration to develop a legal assistance project.…
Mediation can be an alternative to going to court. From their website: Mediation is not a determination of who is right and wrong, and the mediator is not a judge, fact-finder, or decision-maker. Mediators do not give legal advice. Choosing to…
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