Connecticut Legal Services, Inc.

Connecticut Legal Services is a private, non-profit law firm dedicated to improving the lives of low-income people by providing access to justice.

Description:
CLS provides free civil legal services to low-income people throughout most of Connecticut. CLS represents, advises, and educates low-income individuals and families in matters relating principally to civil law, thereby helping them secure the protection, privileges, benefits, rights, and opportunities that this law provides. CLS is committed to providing access to justice as a means of improving the lives of low-income people.

CLS serves very low-income families and individuals – those whose incomes fall near or below the federal poverty line. Because these hundreds of thousands of people in our area have so many more legal problems than we can address, we screen applicants to ensure that we are providing legal help to those in the most urgent need, who are least able to manage without a lawyer, and on whose behalf we can be most effective. Many of our clients must cope with disabilities; many have limited English proficiency; many have limited education. We represent clients of all races and ages.

CLS works on over 8,000 cases each year. Our areas of concentration, in addition to housing/homelessness law, include children’s and education law, family/domestic violence law, public benefits law (including medical access), disability law, and elder law. CLS has six full-service offices and five satellite offices throughout the state of Connecticut.

History:
CLS provides free civil legal services to low-income people in 122 Connecticut communities. Founded in 1977, we have six full-service offices (including our Bridgeport and Stamford offices) and five satellite offices (including South Norwalk). CLS covers all of Connecticut except for areas of Hartford and New Haven counties. Our service area includes 146,000 poor people, and another 208,000 near-poor people financially eligible for our assistance. We represent clients of all races and ages.

Contact people:

Nadine Nevins, Managing Attorney, (phone), (email) Cecily Ziegler, Staff Attorney, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (203) 348-2589

Address:

20 Summer Street Stamford, CT 06901 (See a map)

Web Site: http://connlegalservices.org

Directions:

Directions to CLS Stamford Office 20 Summer Street Stamford, CT 06901 (203) 348-9216 South on I-95 Take Exit 7 (Atlantic Street) And second light, turn right onto Atlantic Street At the fourth light, turn left onto Broad Street At the next light, turn left onto Summer Street. 20 Summer. . . (more)

Miscellaneous Information

Does your agency have weekend volunteer opportunities?
	No
Does your agency have evening volunteer opportunities?
	Yes
Does your agecny accept court ordered communituy service volunteers?
	Yes
Does your agency accept and coordinate group projects for corporate volunteers?
	Yes
Does your agency accept and coordinate group projects for youth volunteers?
	No
Does your agency accept youth volunteers ages 8-13 with adult supervision?
	No
Does your agency accept youth volunteers ages 14-18?
	No

Last updated on October 16, 2009