Civil Legal Services provided to low-income residents of the 44 rural counties of New York state. The Rural Law Center of New York, Inc. is committed to focusing attention through our legal system and government institutions on the needs of low-income, rural New Yorkers. The Rural Law Center was established to meet a pressing need recognized by civil legal service attorneys practicing in New York’s rural regions. Specifically, that is the need to address legal issues which are characteristic of rural poverty by using common strategies, such as representing clients in impact cases, increasing public awareness and informing policy makers of the needs of rural, low-income New Yorkers.
- Legal Advice: Via telephone or zoom appointments with rural, income-eligible clients regarding civil law issues.
- Limited Scope Representations: Opportunities for volunteers to link with rural clients for advice and document preparation on several civil legal service matters.
- Consumer Debt: Representing clients in Judgments, debt collection matters and also filing Chapter 7 Bankruptcy.
- Housing/Foreclosure Prevention: Landlord / Tenant matters and Foreclosure.
- Income Maintenance Matters: SSD/SSI Benefits, Unemployment
- Pro Se Divorce Clinic: Assist clients in completing pleadings, answering questions in a virtual setting. This is a two-part series that we schedule with the clients via zoom.
- Wills, Health Care Proxies, Power of Attorney: preparing and executing documents. We do several presentations and clinics in elder law.
