Legal Resources
Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky: providing free legal services to the poor and vulnerable in Eastern and South Central Kentucky
Catholic Charities of Louisville, Immigration Legal Services: a BIA-recognized office, providing legal assistance and counseling to low-and moderate-income immigrants and refugees
Fayette County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service: making referrals to private attorneys in Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Madison, Scott, and Woodford counties
Kentucky Lawyer Referral Service (in conjunction with the Louisville Bar Association): making referrals to private attorneys in Breckenridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Larue, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, and Trimble counties
Kentucky Legal Aid: assisting low-income families, elderly, disabled, and other vulnerable individuals in South Central and Western Kentucky to resolve legal problems that are barriers to self-sufficiency
Kentucky Office of the Attorney General, Office of Victims Advocacy: providing support and resources to victims of crime across the Commonwealth.
Kentucky Protection & Advocacy: protecting and promoting the rights of Kentuckians with disabilities through legally-based individual and systemic advocacy and education
Kentucky Volunteer Lawyer Program: pro bono development project initiated to increase, strengthen and expand pro bono efforts on a statewide basis
Legal Aid of the Bluegrass: resolving the most important problems of low-income and other vulnerable people by providing high-quality legal assistance through direct representation, education, advice, advocacy, and coordination with other community resources in Central and Northern/Northeastern Kentucky
Legal Aid Society of Louisville: providing free legal representation to low-income people in Jefferson and surrounding counties.
Lexington Fair Housing Council: investigates complaints of discrimination in housing and lending practices, assists aggrieved individuals through the process of their complaints and in finding attorneys to represent them
Maxwell Street Legal Clinic: providing high-quality, low-cost legal assistance for immigrant and refugee communities of Kentucky
Northern Kentucky Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service: making referrals to private attorneys in Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, and Pendleton counties
National Legal Resources
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence: policy initiatives and training for attorneys who represent survivors
Battered Women’s Justice Project National Center on Protection Orders and Full Faith & Credit: resources, technical assistance, training, and support for battered women involved in the civil and criminal court systems, and the advocates and attorneys who represent them
Directory of Crime Victims Services: searchable directory of non-emergency crime victim service agencies in the United States and abroad from DOJ Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
National Domestic Violence Pro Bono Directory: comprehensive national database of programs providing pro bono legal services to victims of domestic violence
Womenslaw.org: a state-by-state domestic violence resource site, including legal resources for victims and their supporters