Looking for legal services?

We find volunteer attorneys to provide free legal services.

Volunteer Lawyers Network matches low-income clients with volunteer attorneys for free civil legal services. Services range from advice to full representation. For certain types of cases, such as bankruptcy and federal pro se cases, we work with individuals all across Minnesota.

VLN provides a variety of free civil legal services in Hennepin County. (We do not represent people in pending criminal matters, personal injury, worker's compensation, legal or medical malpractice, or any other fee-generating issue.)

How It Works

If you are seeking legal services, you may call the VLN Client Intake Line or go to one of our legal advice clinics listed below. If you call us, one of our case coordinators will talk with you and determine if we are able to assist with your issue. If we can, and you are income-eligible, we will look for a volunteer attorney to help you.

To find out if we can help you, please call our client intake line at 612-752-6677 between 9 am and 4 pm Monday through Friday. Intake, screening and case management are done by telephone only; we do not meet in-person with clients and we do not have attorneys in our office who can assist you.

Given the time it can take to find an attorney, it is best if you call us as soon as you know you need services; if you call the day before a hearing, we probably will not be able to find an attorney that fast.

Click below for:

• A detailed list of VLN's services.
• Our client brochure
• A chart of many of the free legal services providers in Hennepin County.
• Information and a map of our four downtown courthouse clinics (General, Family, Housing, and Conciliation Court).
• A map of all of our legal advice clinics.

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