Oregon Law Center - Legal Services
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| Group | Legal Services |
| Category | Legal Services |
| Name | Oregon Law Center |
| Provider | Oregon Law Center |
|---|
Description
Portland Regional Office 522 SW Fifth, Suite 812 Portland, Oregon 97204 1-800-672-4919 https://oregonlawcenter.org/
Oregon Law Center (OLC) is a non-profit organization that provides free legal help to people struggling to make ends meet on matters related to their homes, livelihoods, medical care, and physical safety against domestic violence. Oregon Law Center is part of a coordinated statewide system designed to offer access to legal information and effective legal assistance for low-income people. The mission of the Oregon Law Center is to achieve justice for the low-income communities of Oregon by providing a full range of the highest quality civil legal services.
Areas of legal help include: Administrative Law - health care, unemployment insurance, food stamps, the Jobs program, public benefits, Social Security and child support; Employment Law - wage claims, discrimination claims, family leave, working conditions and safety; Family Law with the highest priority for matters involving domestic violence; Farmworker Law - wage claims, working conditions, housing and health care. The Indigenous Project provides services to farmworkers who speak indigenous languages from Mexico and Guatamala, including Mixteco, Zapoteco, Triqui, Kanjobal and other languages. The Project Against Workplace Sexual Assault , part of the Indigenous Project, supports, educates, informs and helps farmworkers regarding sexual harassment and assault at their place of work; Housing Law -Fair Housing, government subsidized housing, landlord-tenant law and issues related to homelessness, including the Eviction Defense Project ; and Civil Rights - race discrimination, immigrants’ rights, education issues, and fines-and-fees matters.
Oregon Law Center’s Eviction Defense Project Service area: All of Oregon Eligibility: Free legal assistance to low-income tenants living afacing eviction court cases. Eligibility is based on income. Services are provided regardless of immigration status and there is no immigration consequence to anyone for receiving help from the Eviction Defense Project.
Available services: Review court filings, 1-on-1 consultation, representation in court (depends on availability of attorneys, ability to appear remotely, and may be subject to qualification). Phone: (888) 585-9638