Our Mission
Rhode Island Legal Services provides high quality legal assistance and representation to low-income individuals and eligible client groups for the purpose of improving their economic condition and overall wellbeing by protecting and enforcing legal rights, stabilizing the family unit and communities where clients live, promoting self reliance, ending domestic violence, preventing homelessness, affording dignity to all people, and reaching out to groups with added burdens on their ability to access the civil justice system.
Useful Resources
Find information on specific legal topics and Rhode Island laws.
Find providers who may be able to help you with a specific legal problem. These groups provide free or low-cost legal services in Rhode Island.
Learn about Rhode Island courts and the free legal information they provide.
Learn about the Volunteer Lawyer program and how lawyers interested in pro bono work can participate.
Services provided by Rhode Island Legal Services are offered free of charge and are at no cost to low-income clients.
Topics
Consumer Automobile, Bankruptcy, Consumer Law, Identity Theft, Phone and Utilities, ...
Disability Rights
Education General, Special Education, Student Loans
Elder Law Abuse/Domestic Violence, Discrimination, Health Benefits, Other Resources, Social Security Benefits
Employment Criminal Records, Discrimination, If You Lose Your Job, Work Support
Family Law Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Divorce, Domestic Violence, ...
Health Care Addiction Support, Other Resources, AIDS/HIV, Home and Long Term Care, Medicaid, ...
Housing Court Forms, Evictions, Home Purchase, Improvement and Foreclosure, Landlord/Tenant, Mobile Home Parks
Legal Research Courts and Case Law, Statues and Regulations
Public Benefits Food Stamps, Social Security, Taxation, Temporary Disability Insurance, Unemployment Compensation, ...
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