Legal Clinic

The Accessing Identifying Documents Project helps residents who hit barriers in getting a DMV-issued ID, which is necessary to pursue critical opportunities like employment and housing.

Check out our latest ID packet here to receive guidance to:

• Obtain a Non-Drivers ID
• Obtain a Limited Purpose ID
• Obtain a Replacement or First-Time Social Security Card
• Obtain a DC Birth Certificate
• Or find assistance with paying for Identification Documents.

Materiales de identificación en español

The Child Support Community Legal Services Project, in partnership with the Legal Aid Society of DC (Legal Aid), provides same-day advice and representation to parents at a critical stage of their child support case. Our attorneys often meet these new clients for the first time in court.

The Community Lawyering Project uses legal advocacy and organizing to help achieve solutions to community-identified issues in ways that develop local leadership and institutions that can continue to exert power to effect systemic change, including representing groups of tenants in preserving affordable, safe housing in the District.

The Domestic Violence Community Legal Services Project staffs an office once a week at the Domestic Violence Intake Centers in NW and SE DC and offers necessary legal services to individuals experiencing domestic violence.

The Housing Right to Counsel Project, in partnership with Legal Counsel for the Elderly and Legal Aid, expands access to representation to tenants at risk of eviction and losing an invaluable housing subsidy that is the only way they can afford to live in the District.

The Immigrant Justice Project provides direct legal representation to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and family abuse in humanitarian-based immigration petitions. The Project also provides legal advice and brief services to immigrant DC residents on a range of immigration-related matters.

The Landlord-Tenant Court-Based Legal Services Project, in partnership with Legal Aid, offers same-day advice and representation to tenants facing eviction from their homes in a part of the court where 90-95% of landlords are represented by an attorney and only 5-10% of tenants have an attorney by their side.