Legal Directory
Franklin County Legal Services
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Franklin County Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income individuals with civil legal problems. Practice areas include immigration, family, housing, and other areas of civil law. Immigration legal services are provided to individuals residing in the Pennsylvania counties of: Franklin, Fulton, Adams, Cumberland, Perry, Juniata, and Huntingdon (or had lived in one of those counties prior to their immigration detention).
Counties served: | Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Perry |
Services Provided
Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Habeas Corpus, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, 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, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals |
Other areas of legal assistance: | Civil Rights, Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Elder Law, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Public Benefits |
Non-legal services: | Citizenship / Civics classes, Referrals to other services |
Populations served: | Detained individuals, 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? | No |
Staffing Information
Number of attorneys on staff: | 2 |
Is organization BIA recognized? | Yes |
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 1 |
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 2 |
Additional Details
Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
Network affiliations: | Immigration Advocates Network |
Volunteering
Volunteer Coordinator |
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Administrative Information
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Executive Director: | |
Last contact date: | January 24, 2018 |
Administrator comments: | 24 Jan 2018: tickler 06 Dec 2021: tickler 12 Jan 2022: updated from tickler responses |
IAN Members? | No |