Legal Services, General

A free referral website, provided by the Utah State Bar, of Licensed Paralegal Practitioners (LPP) established to assist those who do not qualify for free services, but cannot afford high attorney rates. Assists with Family Law, Debt Collections, and Landlord/Tenant and eviction issues. Please do not call; visit website for additional information.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and State guidelines.

• Lawyer Referral Services

• Legal Counseling

First and third Thursday nights from 5 - 7 pm

Closed during the summer months, July-August.

Domestic Violence Assistance Center and the Sexual Assault Assistance Center provide services 24/7 to victims and their families. Provides child care centers, clothing donation programs, shelters, support groups, counseling, skills classes, hotlines, thrift shops, and volunteer opportunities to support and enhance the quality of life for individuals and families.COVID-19 UPDATE: Walk-ins accepted, appointments preferred. Closed to the general public. For immediate assistance, call or visit the website.

• Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
• Child Care Centers
• Sexual Assault Counseling
• Crime Victim Support
• Legal Counseling
• Transitional Housing/Shelter
• Thrift Shops
• Clothing Donation Programs
• Domestic Violence Shelters
• Domestic Violence Volunteer Opportunities
• Rent Payment Assistance
• Domestic Violence Support Groups
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
• Sexual Assault Hotlines

A nonprofit organization that provides shelter, supportive services, and advocacy to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Also provides domestic violence and sexual assault education, awareness, resources to community and related volunteer opportunities. COVID-19 Update: following all CDC and state guidelines.

• Sexual Assault Counseling
• Domestic Violence Shelters
• Domestic Violence Volunteer Opportunities
• Foster Care/Temporary Shelter for Animals
• Fundraising Volunteer Opportunities
• Domestic Violence Hotlines
• Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
• Sexual Assault Hotlines
• Protective/Restraining Orders
• Transitional Housing/Shelter
• Sexual Assault Treatment
• Domestic Violence Support Groups

• Advocacy
• Legal Representation
• Constitutional/Civil Rights Groups
• Class Action Litigation
• Political Action/Lobbying Groups

• Hair and Nail Care
• Personal/Grooming Supplies
• Shoes
• Baggage Check Facilities
• Christmas Meals
• Public Showers/Baths
• Household Goods Donation Programs
• Holiday Gifts/Toys
• General Clothing Provision
• Job Finding Assistance
• Food Stamps/SNAP Applications
• Case/Care Management
• Homeless Drop In Centers
• Legal Counseling
• Rent Payment Assistance
• Soup Kitchens
• Winter Clothing
• Laundry Facilities
• Court Ordered Community Service Sites
• Free School Supplies
• Donations Sorting/Packing Volunteer Opportunities
• Food Production/Preparation/Delivery Volunteer Opportunities

The regulatory agency responsible for preserving the balance established by the legislature for protecting the health, safety, and economic well-being of employees and employers. Provides assistance related to child labor laws, minimum wage standards, housing and employment discrimination, workers compensation, elevator permits, and disaster-related cash grants.

COVID-19 Update: The Small Business Quarantined Employee Grant program provides reimbursement to small businesses with less than 50 employees that maintain salaries for employees required to quarantine or isolate due to COVID-19. Grants distributed to qualified applicants on a first-come-first-served basis until the funds are fully disbursed.

• Housing Discrimination Assistance
• Elevator Permits
• Child Labor Laws
• Minimum Wage/Hour Standards
• Employment Discrimination Assistance
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Workers Compensation
• Disaster Related Cash Grants

• Self Representation Assistance
• Legal Representation
• Divorce Assistance
• Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
• Child Custody/Visitation Assistance

• Legal Services Volunteer Opportunities
• Legal Information Services
• Legal Representation
• Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
• Housing Discrimination Assistance
• Patient Rights Assistance
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Adult Protective Services
• Disability Rights Groups
• Advocacy
• Mediation

• Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
• Legal Counseling
• Legal Representation
• General Benefits Assistance
• Elder Law
• Advocacy/Ombudsman Volunteer Opportunities
• Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
• Legal Services Volunteer Opportunities
• Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
• Bankruptcy Assistance

ULS serves the entire state with offices in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, and St. George.

• Protective/Restraining Orders
• Crime Victim Support

• Adult High School Diploma Programs
• Alternative Education
• English as a Second Language
• Legal Counseling
• GED/High School Equivalency Test Instruction

• Legal Counseling
• Lawyer Referral Services
• Legal Associations
• Lawyer Complaints
• Legal Representation
• Specialized Information and Referral

• Drop In Centers
• Legal Counseling
• Thanksgiving Meals
• Wellness Programs
• LGBTQ2+ Community Centers
• In Person Crisis Intervention
• Holiday Meal Preparation/Serving Volunteer Opportunities
• Counseling/Information Support Volunteer Opportunities
• LGBTQ2+ Advocacy Groups
• Event Coordination Volunteer Opportunities
• LGBTQ2+ Support Groups
• Court Ordered Community Service Sites
• Aging/Older Adult Support Groups
• Youth/Student Support Groups

• Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution
• Mediation
• Divorce Assistance
• Legal Services Volunteer Opportunities

Provides shelter and advocate services for victims of domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault in Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne Counties.

• Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
• Domestic Violence Hotlines
• Legal Counseling
• Domestic Violence Shelters
• Protective/Restraining Orders
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Domestic Violence Support Groups
• General Counseling Services

Assist adult women (and their children) who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, rape, or stalking.

• Protective/Restraining Orders
• Crime Victim Support

Provides crisis shelter, advocacy and counseling to support survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Prevention and awareness education to the community, including teens and young adults.

• Domestic Violence Hotlines
• Transitional Housing/Shelter
• Protective/Restraining Orders
• Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
• Domestic Violence Shelters
• Domestic Violence Support Groups
• Domestic Violence Volunteer Opportunities

Formerly Erin Kimball Memorial Foundation

• Crime Victim Support
• Protective/Restraining Orders
• District Attorney

• Domestic Violence Shelters
• Court Ordered Community Service Sites
• Crime Victim Support
• Protective/Restraining Orders
• Domestic Violence Volunteer Opportunities
• Domestic Violence Hotlines
• Domestic Violence Support Groups

Provides crisis intervention, advocacy, shelter, counseling, legal information, and prevention education to alleviate individual suffering due to domestic violence, sexual violence, dating violence, and stalking. Related volunteer opportunities also available. COVID-19 UPDATE: office is open, following CDC guidelines.

• Domestic Violence Hotlines
• Crime Victim Support
• Legal Information Services
• Domestic Violence Shelters
• Protective/Restraining Orders
• Domestic Violence Support Groups
• Life Skills Education
• Domestic Violence Volunteer Opportunities

• Crime Victim Support
• Protective/Restraining Orders

• Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
• Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
• Protective/Restraining Orders

• Legal Services Volunteer Opportunities
• Mediation

Provides free legal information and education about legal issues so people are more familiar with the law, common court procedures, accessing and completing court forms, and other self-help resources. Staff attorneys also provide information about mediation services, representation through pro bono and low-cost legal services, and legal aid programs. Patrons may seek assistance with Utah State law related matters, including divorce, custody, parentage, name change, paternity, adoption, annulment, enforcing a domestic order, child support, parent time, small claims, consumer, debt collection, eviction, landlord, tenant, adoption, collecting a debt, motions, protective order, civil stalking injunction, child protective order, dating violence, guardianship, conservatorship, probate, power of attorney, refunding tenant security deposit, expungement, 402 reduction (criminal sentence reduction), small estate affidavit, etc. COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and State guidelines.

• Certificates/Forms Assistance
• Legal Information Services

• Certificates/Forms Assistance
• Legal Information Services

M - Th 11 - 5 Services provided by phone.
Text: 801-SHC-1TXT (742-1898)
Internet resources.

• Legal Counseling
• Comprehensive Family Law Services
• Elder Law

Tuesday evenings 5 - 8 pm

• Certificates/Forms Assistance
• Legal Information Services
• Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
• Legal Counseling

Provides legal services including family law, landlord tenant, contract, and mediation for low-income families and individuals.

Provides legal services to those seeking SSD and SSI benefits. Takes disability cases for physical disabilities, mental disabilities, critical disability cases, supplemental security income, and disabled child benefits.  Will help with SDD/SSI applications and take a fixed percentage of the lump sum if the case wins. There is no attorney fee if they do not win your SSI or SSD case.

Cannon Disability Law attorneys are admitted to the bar in Utah, Nevada, California, and Idaho and have won over 20,000 disability cases in the last 30 years.

Provides shelter and advocate services for victims of domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault in Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne Counties.

• Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
• Domestic Violence Hotlines
• Domestic Violence Support Groups
• General Counseling Services
• Domestic Violence Shelters
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Legal Counseling
• Protective/Restraining Orders

Provides legal services, including appealing Social Security denials, appearing before a Judge, support throughout the disability process and answering any legal questions.

We have licensed attorneys to represent clients in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, California and Washington.

Ensures that people have equal access to and receive services from US Department of Health & Human Services programs without facing unlawful discrimination; and protects the privacy and security of health information in accordance with applicable law.

• General Legal Aid

• Clerical Volunteer Opportunities
• Divorce Assistance
• Legal Services Volunteer Opportunities
• Mediation
• Landlord/Tenant Dispute Resolution

Provides shelter and advocate services (support and resources) for all victims, but primarily domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault in Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne Counties.

• General Counseling Services
• Domestic Violence Shelters
• Domestic Violence Support Groups
• Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Domestic Violence Hotlines
• Legal Counseling
• Protective/Restraining Orders

Individual legal representation to help with specific problems. Information about services to and rights of persons with disabilities. Legal representation and system advocacy to expand or improve available services/legal rights and protection. Monitoring services to empower Native Americans with disabilities so that they are able to gain or maintain control over their lives and independently exercise their rights. Training to businesses on how to best accommodate employees with disabilities. Training to empower individuals with disabilities and their families to advocate for themselves.

• Crime Victim Support
• Medication Disposal
• Municipal Police
• Protective/Restraining Orders

Provides shelter and advocate services for victims of domestic violence, rape, and sexual assault in Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne Counties.

• Domestic Violence Hotlines
• General Counseling Services
• Legal Counseling
• Parenting Skills Classes
• Protective/Restraining Orders
• Domestic Violence Shelters
• Counseling for Children Affected by Domestic Violence
• Domestic Violence Support Groups

• Eviction Prevention Legal Assistance
• Legal Counseling
• Legal Services Volunteer Opportunities
• Legal Information Services
• Legal Representation

Sponsors a number of legal consultation clinics along the Wasatch Front, including:

• American Indian Law
• Debtors Counseling
• Expungement
• Family Law
• Rainbow Law- provides 20-30 minutes of short legal advice about LGBTQ legal issues, including how to ask the court for a gender marker change and how to update your birth certificate and other ID documents.
• Street Law
• Community Legal Sites (Immigration)

• Job Finding Assistance
• Career Development
• Legal Counseling
• Small Business Development

Advocates for the rights of adults and children who have mental disabilities. The Bazelon Center envisions an America where people who have mental illnesses or developmental disabilities exercise their own life choices and have access to the resources that enable them to participate fully in their communities.

The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPAA) is an independent, nonprofit, §501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization of attorneys, advocates, parents and related professionals. COPAA focuses on the rights of children who receive special education services and supports, and who are eligible to be served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and other statutes. This includes working to ensure that children with disabilities receive a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE). COPAA endeavors to improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities. COPAA does not represent individual parents but provides a network to assist, train, and inform advocates, attorneys, parents, and related professionals.

Member Search: Parents who are looking to find a special education attorney, a special education advocate, or a related professional may look up referrals in the COPAA Member Directory. This directory is to serve as a resource for members and the public to find attorneys, advocates and other professional who belong to COPAA and advocate on behalf of children with disabilities.

Provides free legal forms. Online forms and documents include a medical power of attorney (POA), living will, do-not-resuscitate orders (DNR), and health care proxy. 

Assists crime victims and promotes leadership in changing attitudes, policies, and practices to promote justice and healing for all victims of crime.

Administers the Crime Victims Fund (the Fund), which is financed by fines and penalties paid by convicted federal offenders, not from tax dollars. OVC channels funding for victim compensation and assistance throughout the United States, raises awareness about victims’ issues, promotes compliance with victims’ rights laws, and provides training and technical assistance and publications and products to victim assistance professionals.

Improves the health and well-being of vulnerable populations in partnership with the medical community through the work of volunteer attorneys.

Local programs can be identified using Directory of Programs.