Maxwell Street Legal Clinic - Kentucky Equal Justice Center
The Kentucky Equal Justice Center (KEJC) provides immigration legal assistance to low-income clients at its Maxwell Street Legal Clinic in Lexington.
Services Provided
| Are immigration legal services provided? |
Yes |
| Areas of immigration legal assistance: |
Adjustment of Status, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
| Types of immigration legal services provided: |
Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS |
| Non-legal services: |
Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Legislative advocacy (state or national), Referrals to other services |
| Populations served: |
Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
| Languages spoken: |
English, Spanish |
| Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: |
Yes |
| Nominal fee charged? |
Yes |
| Other information: |
Offers monthly self-help wage claims clinics. |
Staffing Information
| Number of attorneys on staff: |
3 |
| Is organization BIA recognized? |
Yes |
| Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: |
0 |
| Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: |
1 |
| Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: |
3 |
Additional Details
| Pro Bono opportunities? |
Yes |
| Network affiliations: |
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Immigration Advocates Network |
Administrative Information
| Contact Person: |
Allison Hight
(859) 233-3840
|
| Executive Director: |
Rich Seckel
(859) 233-3840
|
| Last contact date: |
July 25, 2017 |
| Administrator comments: |
9/20/11: change request, updated.
10/8/12: tickler
12/4/13: tickler
3/18/15: phone
10/06/16: tickler
7/25/17: self-update
4 Nov 2021: tickler
8 Nov 2021: updated from tickler responses |
| IAN Members? |
No |
