Legal Services Referral Listing

Adoption

• A Lifetime Adoption Foundation - external link
  • Personalized counseling and choices in adoption. All services to birth parents are free.

Adult Services

• Sacramento County Senior and Adult Services - external link
  • Responsible for the receipt, investigation and assessment of reports pertaining to abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation of elderly and dependent adults.
• 2-1-1 Sacramento - external link
  • A free, confidential information and referral service that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Assistance is available in multiple languages, and services are accessible to people with disabilities. Utilizing a comprehensive computerized database of more than 2,400 nonprofit and public agency programs, trained information and referral specialists give personalized attention to each caller.
• Senior Legal Hotline - external link
  • Free, confidential legal advice by phone on almost any civil issue for Sacramento seniors over age 60 (no income restrictions) and for low income grandparent caregivers of any age. Phone hours: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday. Clients may also submit questions by e-mail from the web site.
  • 916-551-2140
  • 1-800-222-1753 (toll free)
• Women Escaping a Violent Environment (WEAVE) - external link
  • Legal advocacy hotline. Provides assistance to domestic violence victims. 24 hour crisis line for peer counseling and referrals (no legal information).
• University of the Pacific & McGeorge School of Law - external link
  • Elder Law and Health Clinic - Clinic students provide legal advice and undertake representation of individuals 60 and older in the greater Sacramento area. Priority cases include nursing home residents' rights, conservatorships and alternatives, family law, social security, Medicare, SSI, health care access, housing, elder abuse, creditor/debtor disputes, powers of attorney, advance health care directives, wills and trusts.
  • Intake Line: 916-340-6080

Child Services

• Child Protective Services - external link
  • Investigate and determine the necessity for providing initial intake services an crisis intervention to maintain child safety.

Complaints and Consumer Protection

• Better Business Bureau - external link
  • Provides company information and files disputes.
• Department of Consumer Affairs - external link
  • Consumer service representatives can answer consumer and licensee questions in 140 different languages, assist in the filing of complaints, mail helpful publications, and refer callers to the appropriate government or private agency for more assistance.
• Senior Legal Hotline - external link
  • Free, confidential legal advice by phone on almost any civil issue for Sacramento seniors over age 60 (no income restrictions) and for low income grandparent caregivers of any age. Phone hours: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday. Clients may also submit questions by e-mail from the web site.
  • 916-551-2140
  • 1-800-222-1753 (toll free)

Disabilities

• California Department of Rehabilitation - external link
  • Information regarding rights under Title 1 of the American Disabilities Act and benefits available from Rehabilitation Department.
• Nor-Cal Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing - external link
  • Provides social services to deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, late deafened, deaf developmentally disabled adults and children. Provides sign language interpreting and real-time captioning services.
• Disability Rights California (DRC) - external link
  • Advocacy for people with disabilities; legal representation

Education

• Consultants in Educational and Personal Skills - external link
  • Advocacy for clients of SSI and SSA; attorney referrals for seniors.

Family Law

• Domestic Violence Restraining Order Workshop
  • The Court offers a free workshop on form preparation at the William R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse.
• Family Law Facilitators Office (Sacramento Superior Court)
  • Assistance with form completion, procedural instructions, service of documents, and referrals for family pro per litigants.
• Senior Legal Hotline - external link
  • Free, confidential legal advice by phone on almost any civil issue for Sacramento seniors over age 60 (no income restrictions) and for low income grandparent caregivers of any age. Phone hours: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday. Clients may also submit questions by e-mail from the web site.
  • 916-551-2140
  • 1-800-222-1753 (toll free)
• UC Davis Family Protection Clinic (Woodland)
  • Only accepts domestic violence cases.
  • 530-661-4477
  • Web site not available.

• California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)
  • Specializes in estate planning, personal injury, medical malpractice.
  • 1-800-474-1116
  • Web site not available.
• California HMO Center
  • Provides assistance to Californians to help resolve problems with their HMO, as well as, ensure a more solvent and stable managed health care system.
  • 1-800-400-0815
  • Web site not available.
• California Health Advocates - external link
  • Assists Medicare beneficiaries and their families in regard to Medicare coverage, supplemental health insurance and long-term care insurance.
• Senior Legal Hotline - external link
  • Free, confidential legal advice by phone on almost any civil issue for Sacramento seniors over age 60 (no income restrictions) and for low income grandparent caregivers of any age. Phone hours: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday. Clients may also submit questions by e-mail from the web site.
  • 916-551-2140
  • 1-800-222-1753 (toll free)

Housing

• Department of Fair Employment and Housing - external link
  • Protects people in California from unlawful discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations, and from the perpetration of acts of hate and violence.
• Human Rights Fair Housing Commission - external link
  • Information to the public regarding landlord/tenant issues.
• 2-1-1 Sacramento - external link
  • A free, confidential information and referral service that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Assistance is available in multiple languages, and services are accessible to people with disabilities. Utilizing a comprehensive computerized database of more than 2,400 nonprofit and public agency programs, trained information and referral specialists give personalized attention to each caller.
• Senior Legal Hotline - external link
  • Free, confidential legal advice by phone on almost any civil issue for Sacramento seniors over age 60 (no income restrictions) and for low income grandparent caregivers of any age. Phone hours: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday. Clients may also submit questions by e-mail from the web site.
  • 916-551-2140
  • 1-800-222-1753 (toll free)
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - external link
  • Information on rental assistance. FHA Mortgages insurance programs, block grant programs, public housing and resale of HUD homes.

Immigration

• University of the Pacific & McGeorge School of Law - external link
  • Immigration Law Clinic - Low-income clients are provided legal assistance with immigration matters, including referrals, legal advice, form preparation, other brief assistance; direct representation in adjustment of status and naturalization matters, such as family petitions; NACARA and VAWA applications; citizenship applications.
  • Intake Line: 916-340-6080

Legal Services

• Attorney Referral Services (Sacramento County Bar Assoc.) - external link
  • One-half hour consultation appointments with an attorney. Available to every member of the public.
• California State Bar Association Attorney Referral - external link
  • General information regarding attorneys. Complaints and fee mediation regarding disputes with attorneys.
• CARES/AIDS - external link
  • Provides services only to people that are HIV positive. Simple wills and powers of attorney.
• California Commission on the Status of Women - external link
  • Strives to eliminate inequities in laws, practices and conditions that particularly affect women.
• Legal Services of Northern California - external link
  • Provides free assistance to low income people with housing and landlord/tenant disputes, and public benefits issues.
• Sacramento County Department of Child Support Services - external link
  • Enforces child support orders and establishes paternity, as requested by clients or by order of the court.
• Sacramento County Public Law Library - external link
  • Public Law Library located in Sacramento serving the judicial bench, bar and citizens of Sacramento County. The library is a practice library, focusing on practical materials for attorneys and lay persons.
• Sacramento Mediation Center - external link
  • Mediates private disputes, including neighbor/neighbor, employer/employee, contractor/customer, barking dogs, and relationships.
• Senior Legal Hotline - external link
  • Free, confidential legal advice by phone on almost any civil issue for Sacramento seniors over age 60 (no income restrictions) and for low income grandparent caregivers of any age. Phone hours: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday. Clients may also submit questions by e-mail from the web site.
  • 916-551-2140
  • 1-800-222-1753 (toll free)
• Small Claims Advisory Clinic (Sacramento Superior Court)
  • Staffed by attorneys and legal interns who provide procedural and legal information and legal advice to Small Claims litigants regarding their rights.
• University of the Pacific & McGeorge School of Law - external link
  • Community Legal Services - Specialized Clinics
  • Bankruptcy Clinic - The bankruptcy clinic is located on the campus of Pacific McGeorge School of Law and assists low income clients in debtor/creditor matters including debt collection disputes, and the representation of debtors and creditors in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of California
  • Elder Law and Health Clinic - Clinic students provide legal advice and undertake representation of individuals 60 and older in the greater Sacramento area. Priority cases include nursing home residents' rights, conservatorships and alternatives, family law, social security, Medicare, SSI, health care access, housing, elder abuse, creditor/debtor disputes, powers of attorney, advance health care directives, wills and trusts.
  • Immigration Law Clinic - Low-income clients are provided legal assistance with immigration matters, including referrals, legal advice, form preparation, other brief assistance; direct representation in adjustment of status and naturalization matters, such as family petitions; NACARA and VAWA applications; citizenship applications.
  • Intake Line: 916-340-6080
• Voluntary Legal Services Program - external link
  • Free legal aid organization that assists low-income clients with civil legal problems such as debt collection, bankruptcy, probate, expungement of criminal records, and driver's license reinstatement.
• U.S. IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service - external link
  • Specific tax problems answered.