What We Do

LAF provides legal assistance to low-income residents of Cook County in civil cases only.  We help individuals and families with problems in the areas listed below.  LAF does not do criminal, traffic, personal injury cases or wills/estates. 

Click on an area for more information:

• Family Problems; Domestic Violence
• Housing; Evictions
• Public Benefits; SSI; Social Security; Food Stamps; Health Law
• Home Ownership; Foreclosure
• Migrant Worker Problems
• Immigration
• Elder Law
• Crime Victims
• Consumer Problems; Bankruptcy; Medical Debt
• Special Education; Suspensions & Expulsions
  
• Employment Problems; Unemployment Compensation
  
• Children's Law
  
• HIV/AIDS
  
• Representing  Groups
  
• Veteran's Problems
  
• Nursing Home Problems

If you are dissatisfied with our decisions or services, click here to view our complaint procedure.