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

Provides legal assistance to community members, including legal advice on immigration, housing, and other legal matters. Does not cover family law.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Closed in person until further notice. Email communitylegalclinic@law.byu.edu to see if they can assist via email.

• Legal Counseling

First and third Thursday nights from 5 - 7 pm

Closed during the summer months, July-August.

Provides comprehensive services to support and enhance the quality of life for all men, women, children, and families. Domestic Violence Assistance Center and the Sexual Assault Assistance Center provide services 24/7 to victims and their families.

COVID-19 UPDATE: The YCC is closed to walk-ins/general public. For immediate assistance, call or visit website.

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

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

Legal assistance specific to constitutional violations such as free speech, freedom of religion, system problems within counties, incarceration/jail and prison conditions, or police force cases (excessive force).

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

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

Provides assistance to those in need through the St. Vincent de Paul Dining Hall and Weigand Homeless Resource Center. Provides seasonal services such as school supplies each fall, and holiday gifts and meals. 

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

COVID-19 UPDATE: Temporary funding for rent is available for those directly affected by COVID-19, that reside in specific zip codes in Salt Lake City.

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

Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake is a non-profit organization that promotes safety, stability, and self-sufficiency for low income families and individuals, as well as victims of domestic violence, through effective, efficient legal advocacy and assistance. Includes self representation, child custody, and divorce assistance.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and state guidelines. Services are by appointment only, and some are offered virtually. Computers are not available at this time; please call or visit website for service specific guidelines.

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

The Disability Law Center (DLC) is a private and non-profit organization working to enforce and strengthen laws that protect the opportunities, choices, and legal rights of Utahns with disabilities. The focus is disability discrimination, areas related to disability, where it provides information about but does not provide assistance with filing for disability benefits, personal injury, family law, guardianship, or evictions.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and State guidelines. No walk-ins at this time.

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

Provides legal assistance to low-income Utahns in civil cases throughout Utah including family law, domestic violence, public assistance, housing and consumer, with special programs for seniors, migrant farmworkers, and Native Americans. Call to speak with an intake assistant, or begin your application online.

COVID-19 Update: For services, please call or visit the website. Consultations and screenings are happening over the phone. Assisting with evictions through the Federal Moratorium program that runs through July 25 2020. Eviction assistance is still available after the Federal Moratorium program ends; please call.

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

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

Addresses the immediate needs of victims of crime, assists in the process of recovery from crime and provides information and services which may prevent re-victimization. Program is for residents of Salt Lake City or those who have been the victim of crime while in Salt Lake City.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Police Station is closed. All services can be conducted over the phone; please call.

• Protective/Restraining Orders
• Crime Victim Support

Provides adult and alternative education for the Salt Lake City community, and offers services such as the Debtor's Counseling Legal Clinic & Street Law Free Legal Clinic.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and State guidelines. Many services online only.

• 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

Provides information, programs, referrals, and services to a diverse LGBTQ community in the Salt Lake metropolitan area.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Offices are closed at this time. Please call, visit website, or email for additional information.

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

Provides information and assistance to those with low income, regarding nutritional programs, rights, and benefits of program/participants. Also provides advocacy on hunger and poverty issues and training on all federal food programs for individuals and groups. Utahns Against Hunger is not an emergency food provider but instead works to expand the reach of nutritional programs to 1 in 9 households in Utah struggling to afford food.

COVID-19 UPDATE: The Pandemic-EBT program provides students who were eligible in March for free or reduced-fee lunches a prepaid Horizon Card with Pandemic EBT benefits of $308 per eligible child, for addressing emergency food needs during the pandemic.

• Advocacy
• Welfare Rights Assistance
• Public Relations Volunteer Opportunities
• Food Stamps/SNAP Applications

Utah Dispute Resolution offers mediation services for a wide variety of disputes. In the mediation process, parties communicate their individual concerns, develop options, and reach mutually satisfactory solutions. Mediation is not and does not replace legal advice or representation.

COVID-19 Update: UDR is now providing mediations via Zoom. To schedule an appointment, please visit their website and fill out an online questionnaire.

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

Provides advocates for abused, neglected, and/or abandoned children within the legal system. Advocates visit the children and all other interested parties and turn in a monthly report with their observations and recommendations.

COVID-19 UPDATE: All in person events have been cancelled but training can be done online. Services are handled virtually; please call as usual.

• Guardians ad Litem
• Advocacy
• Guardians ad Litem Volunteer Opportunities

• 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

• Protective/Restraining Orders
• Crime Victim Support

• 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

Serves crime victims and administers protective and restraining orders.

• Crime Victim Support
• Protective/Restraining Orders

Works to assist victims through the criminal court process. A primary role is to ensure that victim rights are protected. Victim rights laws are designed to ensure that victims are kept informed, remain free from harassment, and are treated respectfully. Office includes the Civil Division, Juvenile Division, and the Criminal Division.

COVID-19 Update: All Cache County offices are in partial closure. Please contact employees through the website or by phone.

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

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

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

Assists victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, and other criminal acts. Also assists in court proceedings and many other emergency and bereaving environments.

COVID-19 UPDATE: No walk-in's at this time. All services can be provided over the phone.

• Crime Victim Support
• Protective/Restraining Orders

Provides legal representation to obtain an attorney or paralegal for assistance in garnering a protective order or a stalking injunction for adult or child victims of domestic violence, regardless of income. Helps victims through the entire legal process as well as providing information and referral to partner agencies who may assist with financial assistance, shelter, safety, and other basic needs.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Following CDC and State guidelines. Programs have updated procedures in response to the pandemic. Please call or visit the individual program sites for additional information. Offering virtual protective order intake interviews; apply online; not accepting walk-ins at this time.

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

Provides individuals who are representing themselves ("pro se") in a family law case (divorce, custody, guardianship,) with legal forms, information about the legal process, and assistance in scheduling court hearings with the court clerks. Forms from the court's website are accessible via on-site computers and hard copy forms that are not included online are also available.

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

• Divorce Assistance
• Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
• Self Representation Assistance

Offers family, community and court mediation services to settle disputes. In the mediation process, parties communicate individual concerns, develop options, and reach mutually satisfactory solutions.

COVID-19 UPDATE: providing mediations through Zoom, fill out the online questionnaire or send a text to schedule an appointment.

• 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.

• Comprehensive Family Law Services
• Legal Counseling
• Elder Law

Tuesday evenings 5 - 8 pm

Provides assistance to self-represented clients by drafting court documents. Also provides a free legal hotline to victims of crime and domestic violence.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Services provided via phone or online. Contact for details.

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

Provides legal services to those with cases about physical disabilities, mental disabilities, critical disability cases, supplemental security income, and disabled child benefits.  Will help with applications and take a percentage of the lump sum if the case wins.

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

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.

Seeks to fulfill the legal needs and counsel for individuals and the non-profit community who do not qualify for free legal assistance but are locked out of the legal system due to the expensive fees charged by most attorneys. Services for individuals include small claims, employment law, landlord/tenant disputes, contract disputes, collection and credit cards, criminal law, family law, and many other civil disputes. Nonprofit services include incorporation's, by laws, converting for-profit to non-profit, drafting and reviewing contracts, leases, litigation, and day to day legal needs. Nonprofit Legal Services of Utah's legal fees are below the market rate and based on client's ability to pay.

COVID-19 UPDATE: All in person visits are by appointment only; no walk-in's.

• General Legal Aid

Provides mediation and restorative justice services to the residents of Summit and Wasatch Counties. Facilitates dialogue and helps resolve conflicts involving contracts, divorces/family issues, eldercare, workplace disputed, victim/offender, small claims, school/student conflicts, landlord/tenant, and neighborhood disputes. Provides restorative justice education training, and leads community building circles with local groups/businesses/schools. Mediation is alternative dispute resolution, not legal advice, representation or legal services.

COVID-19 Update: Providing mediations via Zoom. Call to schedule.

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

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

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.

Provide professional police services through engaged community partnerships consistent with the values of South Jordan City.

COVID-19 Update: New SJPD lobby hours are M - Th 8 am - 12 noon; Closed Friday. Telephonic or online reporting is encouraged.

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

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

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

A non-profit legal services corporation that provides legal services and education related to eviction defense and debt collection defense in Utah.

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

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)

Employment centers help people find jobs and overcome problems that hinder them from keeping jobs. They also provide work opportunities for those receiving welfare assistance, training for those needing improved work skills, and opportunities for people to donate their time to help others.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Employment centers are temporarily closed, but continue to provide support to individuals looking for jobs. Services available via website tools or phone: group meetings for coaching from an employment professional; assistance in connecting with others who are searching for jobs; listening or asking a question in an "Ask an Expert" session; and participating in workshops about resumes, job leads, and interviews.

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

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. 

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.