Legal Services for Seniors
- To Volunteer, Contact:
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Location:
11 Thomas Owens Way#101Monterey, CA 93940
- Phone: 831-899-0492
- Website: https://www.lssmc.net/
Legal Services for Seniors is a nonprofit organization providing legal assistance and representation to Monterey County seniors (60 years of age and above) at no charge. LSS can help with: consumer fraud, debt collection problems, physical abuse, Medicare, Medi-cal and private health insurance problems, financial elder abuse, housing rights, social security, advanced health care directives, wills, identity theft, scams, grandparent/relative guardianships, and much more.
LSS provides weekly legal outreach in South Monterey County (King City, Greenfield, Soledad, and Gonzales); North Monterey County (Castroville and Prunedale) and on the Monterey Peninsula (Carmel Valley, Monterey, Pacific Grove, and Carmel.) Call our offices for locations, dates and times.
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Monterey
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Community Development, Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Elder Law, Employment, Foreclosure, Health, Homeless, Housing, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Veterans
- Populations Served: Elderly
- Opportunities For: Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors, Paralegals
- Need for non-English services: Spanish, Tagalog
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: No
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: No
- CLE credit for trainings: No
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Client counseling (e.g., brief advice), Client intake and screening, Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Legal Research, Legislative or policy advocacy, Litigation: Appellate, Litigation: Support (e.g., discovery), Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation, Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students, Prepare legal education materials, Transactional work, Translate legal documents
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
