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Provides legal representation in family law matters including child support and enforcement, custody, and divorce cases

Provides a wide variety of sexual health services and specialized care for LGBTQ individuals, including: - Annual exams, pap tests & colposcopy - Birth control, including IUDs and Implanon - Comprehensive sexual health education in the community - Comprehensive STI testing and treatment - Emergency contraception - Gender Affirming Hormone Care - Legal help for queer and trans people - Limited primary care services, including cold/flu, rash checks, and immunizations (Hepatitis B, HPV and Tdap) - Low-cost and no-cost Rapid HIV testing for uninsured patients - Mammogram referrals and breast/chest exams - Menopause care - Preconception planning and referrals - Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) HIV prevention - Pregnancy testing and all-options counseling - Urinary and vaginal infection testing and treatment

- Diversity trainings to increase the understanding of Islam for non-Muslims and Muslims in the community, tailored to the needs of employers, schools, media professionals, public service agencies, and government - Free brief advice legal clinics are scheduled occasionally, providing discrimination assistance - Free pocket guides for employers, health care providers, educators, and law enforcement/correctional institutions

Provides free legal advice and referrals on most civil legal issues, including: - Criminal expungement - Employment law - Family law (custody related to divorce) - Landlord/tenant - Legal Kiosk: Provides a private room with a computer and secure password login for use by youth to maintain court dates, appointments with the county, and other legal appointments. Must reserve the legal kiosk room. Volunteer Lawyers Network attorneys may or may not specialize in a given area but should be able to point clients towards resources if they are unable to offer assistance in a client's particular need.

Free legal advice and brief services from volunteer attorneys with the Volunteer Lawyers Network. Services focus on civil issues such as: - Debt and consumer issues - Housing (tenant/landlord) - Immigration Appointments are typically brief, 15 - 30 minutes per client, and volunteers may occasionally need to cancel due to emergencies. Call the center to confirm schedules and availability.

Clinic gives people the opportunity to make a half-hour appointment to come in and talk to a volunteer attorney regarding general questions about the legal processes of family court

Consultation with attorney in regard to tenant/landlord issues. Depending on the circumstances, the attorney may provide legal advice only, brief service or extended court representation.

Provides civil legal assistance for older adults in the areas of social and economic needs. Assistance may include: - Elder abuse - Assisted living and nursing home discharges - Public benefits assistance

- Judicial Center - Main Site: Has collections of print and electronic resources. The collections support federal, state, and local legal research. Also has a print collection of ordinances for cities and townships in Dakota County. Many materials are also available for the general public needing basic resources on legal issues that affect their day-to-day lives. - Galaxie Library Site: Has a core print collection of Minnesota law and practice materials. On Westlaw, it also has federal and state primary law from all U.S. jurisdictions, plus analytical and practice materials. - Reference assistance - Family and Consumer Clinics for brief legal advice - Monthly Continuing Legal Education sessions

Provides legal services including: - Creditor problems and harassment by bill collectors - Contract-for-Deed issues - Custody and visitation issues - Divorce - Evictions - Family issues - Fuel assistance - Garnishment - Housing code violations - Landlord-tenant issues including leases, evictions, denials of subsidized housing, fair housing, repair issues, etc. - Mortgage foreclosures - Representation for General Assistance, MFIP, Food Benefits, and Medical Assistance - Unemployment compensation - Utilities - Supplemental Security Income Legal Clinics: Virtual advice regarding Bankruptcy, Family Law, and Social Security is available Home visits may be possible Legal Aid does not handle adoption, paternity, or wills, but special circumstance cases are considered Assistance may involve representation, advice, or referral. The demand for services is high and Legal Aid is unable to handle all requests for assistance. There are established case priorities and, in some instances, waiting lists have become necessary to allocate services. Advice appointments may occur in person, on the phone, electronically, at clinics, or outreach.

Provides Minnesota's veterans with legal information, referrals, and legal advice regarding most legal topics. Legal representation services for veterans who are in housing court on a case-by-case basis. Veteran advocate lawyers are only licensed to advise on Minnesota state law, but can connect veterans with legal resources in other states that will meet their legal needs. Legal clinics are also available across the state throughout the year to assist veterans with questions, legal forms, and counsel. Visit website for event details.

Provides legal services including: - Creditor problems and harassment by bill collectors - Contract-for-Deed issues - Custody and visitation issues - Divorce - Evictions - Family issues - Fuel assistance - Garnishment - Housing code violations - Landlord-tenant issues including leases, evictions, denials of subsidized housing, fair housing, repair issues, etc. - Mortgage foreclosures - Representation for General Assistance, MFIP, Food Benefits, and Medical Assistance - Unemployment compensation - Utilities - Supplemental Security Income Legal Clinics: Virtual advice regarding Bankruptcy, Family Law, and Social Security is available Home visits may be possible Legal Aid does not handle adoption, paternity, or wills, but special circumstance cases are considered Assistance may involve representation, advice, or referral. The demand for services is high and Legal Aid is unable to handle all requests for assistance. There are established case priorities and, in some instances, waiting lists have become necessary to allocate services. Advice appointments may occur in person, on the phone, electronically, at clinics, or outreach.

Day of community resources and assistance for individuals and their families. Services include free: - Activities for children - Flu shots - Groceries - Haircuts - Housing assistance - Legal resources - Lunch - Medical screening

Provides free telephone consultation services of up to 30 minutes with a volunteer attorney who need help representing themselves. The clinic offers free brief legal advice for people who represent themselves in appeals to the Minnesota Court of Appeals or Minnesota Supreme Court. The attorneys are not obligated to represent individuals and their case. However, the attorneys may help individuals with: - Answering questions about deadlines, papers needed to file, fee waivers, motions, appellate briefs, and serving the other party - Free legal advice during the clinic session but will not represent people in their legal case - Understanding the rules and procedures when filing an appeal with the Minnesota Court of Appeals NOTE: Attending the clinic does not extend an individual's time to appeal their case

- Judicial Center - Main Site: Has collections of print and electronic resources. The collections support federal, state, and local legal research. Also has a print collection of ordinances for cities and townships in Dakota County. Many materials are also available for the general public needing basic resources on legal issues that affect their day-to-day lives. - Galaxie Library Site: Has a core print collection of Minnesota law and practice materials. On Westlaw, it also has federal and state primary law from all U.S. jurisdictions, plus analytical and practice materials. - Reference assistance - Family and Consumer Clinics for brief legal advice - Monthly Continuing Legal Education sessions

Administers legal programs and services through offices in Anoka, Minneapolis, Saint Cloud, and Wilmar. Helps eligible clients through direct representation, brief advice, and through participating in community legal education programs and clinics. Services include: - Family law - Housing issues - Public benefits - Employment - Criminal expungement - Consumer dept Does not provide representation in CRIMINAL law matters

Free legal advice and brief services from volunteer attorneys with the Volunteer Lawyers Network. Services focus on civil issues such as: - Debt and consumer issues - Housing (tenant/landlord) - Immigration Appointments are typically brief, 15 - 30 minutes per client, and volunteers may occasionally need to cancel due to emergencies. Call the center to confirm schedules and availability.

Provides legal advice, advocacy and representation for tenants with issues related to tenant/landlord law including Eviction Actions or Unlawful Detainers, Lease Terminations, repair issues, problems with public housing, subsidized housing, Section 8 housing and programs such as Group Residential Housing (GRH).

Legal representation and/or advice with critical legal needs in family law: - Criminal Temporary Protective Orders, Emergency Protective Orders, Permanent Restraining Orders, Stalking/Harassment Orders, and Temporary Restraining Orders - Custody between parents - Divorce - Grandparent custody - Some other critical legal needs with other civil legal problems

Volunteer attorneys spend about 15 minutes per client providing legal advice and/or brief services on housing court issues involving a current landlord. Priority is given to individuals with a court hearing that day. - Free legal services for low income tenants and landlords - May provide a referral to full representation services - Provides advice for eviction actions (Unlawful Detainer), lease violations, repair problems, emergency repairs, lockouts, current landlord demanding rent owed, landlord harassment or access violations, Section 8 or public housing terminations, utility shut-offs, and help with expunging or sealing housing court records, such as past Unlawful Detainers Note: Individuals receive free legal advice and/or brief services, not representation, from an attorney. The attorneys are volunteers and may have emergencies that may require them to cancel at the last minute.

Provides legal services including: - Creditor problems and harassment by bill collectors - Contract-for-Deed issues - Custody and visitation issues - Divorce - Evictions - Family issues - Fuel assistance - Garnishment - Housing code violations - Landlord-tenant issues including leases, evictions, denials of subsidized housing, fair housing, repair issues, etc. - Mortgage foreclosures - Representation for General Assistance, MFIP, Food Benefits, and Medical Assistance - Unemployment compensation - Utilities - Supplemental Security Income Legal Clinics: Virtual advice regarding Bankruptcy, Family Law, and Social Security is available Home visits may be possible Legal Aid does not handle adoption, paternity, or wills, but special circumstance cases are considered Assistance may involve representation, advice, or referral. The demand for services is high and Legal Aid is unable to handle all requests for assistance. There are established case priorities and, in some instances, waiting lists have become necessary to allocate services. Advice appointments may occur in person, on the phone, electronically, at clinics, or outreach.

Provides legal help to incarcerated individuals, assisting with civil legal issues such as prison conditions, family law, and torts. Staffed by law students under supervision. LAMP does not handle appeals for inmates to contest their convictions.

Provides legal assistance for people who rely on cash, food, and medical assistance programs when their benefits are denied, terminated or reduced

Provides legal clinics on a variety of civil legal matters, not criminal matters. IRS and divorce cases accepted. Provides legal advice for legal matters, such as: - Benefits law - Consumer law - Family law - Housing law - Immigration law

Free legal advice and brief services from volunteer attorneys with the Volunteer Lawyers Network. Services focus on civil issues such as: - Debt and consumer issues - Housing (tenant/landlord) - Immigration Appointments are typically brief, 15 - 30 minutes per client, and volunteers may occasionally need to cancel due to emergencies. Call the center to confirm schedules and availability.