Services: Offer legal advice at clinics throughout the city; primarily focus on civil cases; requires $30 administration fee.
Catholic Charities Legal Assistance Department
Services: Offer legal advice, direct representation and referral services to the department’s clients on a wide range of legal issues. Also, have a Pro Bono Program
Chicago Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association
Services: Legal Action Center
Chicago Law and Education Foundation
Free remote legal clinics on Thursdays: DACA initial applications, renewals, immigration and housing aid.
Services: Must start by contacting intake specialist (773-731-1762). Offer all types of immigration relief advice. Some services are free, but attorney fees on a sliding scale based on income.
Services: Legal research on cases
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Services: Weekly legal clinic on Tuesdays, from 5 pm – 8 pm. Immigration legal advice on family petitions, U-visa/VAWA cases, citizenship, and deportation cases. Immigration educational workshops and assitance with immigration application process.
Services: Offer consultations with attorneys for issues including citizenship, renewal of Green Card, family petitions, and representation in removal proceedings. $30 consultation/$50 for asylum cases.
Hana Center (Korean American Resource and Cultural Center)
Services: Services include citizenship, adjustment of status, Consular processing, family petition, re-entry permit, and the smaller steps in between (passport, interpretation and “Green Card” renewal and replacement. Offer a fee waiver for USCIS application fee for those in citizenship program. Legal clinic offering advice in Spanish, Korean, and English.
Services: Free legal consultations and representations for immigrants
Services: DOJ accredited legal services
Law Offices of Lara Wagner
Location: 318 W Adams, Suite 1804, Chicago, IL 60606
Services: Offer free walk-in clinics across Chicago
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
Location: 11 E Adams St #700, Chicago, IL 60603
National Immigrant Justice Center
Services:
Immigration Court Helpdesk: Free legal information to unrepresented individuals at the Chicago Immigration Court Legal services for unaccompanied immigrant children. Provide legal orientation and representation to immigrant adults and children who are held by the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement in immigration detention Free legal representation for asylum seekers.
National Partnership for New Americans
Services: Partnered with pro-bono attorneys, private law firms and national partners to increase legal services for all.
New Americans Initiative
Services: Coalition of immigrant and refugee community based organizations led by ICIRR. Offer legal assitance, citizenships classes, and assistance with DACA renewal applications.
NAI Hotline: 1(855) 624-2005
Services: Representation for family-based immigration and employment based immigration.
Services: Weekly legal clinic on Saturdays at 9 am. Services include citizenship, family petitions, adjustment of status, DACA renewals, U-Visa and VAWA for victims of domestic violence, removal defense, bond hearings, and asylum.
Services: DACA Renewal, Offer toolkits on website