For information about how to get involved with an FOSCC Program, how to navigate the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections, or find answers regarding marriage/divorce to prisoners, and much more.....

Phone number:  408:295-6033.

The Pro Bono Project provides quality, caring representation to clients with limited means. Their volunteer attorneys make the courts and the protection of the laws accessible to the most vulnerable members of our community.

The Pro Bono Project takes referrals in all areas of civil law including family, tort defense, immigration, housing, employment, and consumer law. Volunteer attorneys take cases, represent clients, and staff their office and clinics. Attorneys and law student volunteers coordinate clinics, research, write, and prepare administrative hearings, and help the Project recruit more volunteers. Their non-attorney volunteers coordinate activities and provide administration, bookkeeping, translation, and reception services. Their volunteers speak more than 21 different languages.

Although their attorneys handle only cases in Santa Clara County, their clients may reside in any county. When a resident of Santa Clara County has a case in another county, they attempt to refer the client to a provider in the county where the case is being litigated.

Visit their Website or call them to contact them if you are interested in their services

480 N. 1st St. Suite 219, San Jose 408.998.5298

The Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County (LAS) is a non-profit corporation founded in 1960 to provide free, civil legal services for those low-income persons unable to obtain access to the judicial system through other avenues.

LAS has established the following services:

• Family Law - a fully staffed Family Law Unit, with four full time attorneys and two paralegal assistants that provide legal services that include dissolutions, child custody and support, guardianship, conservatorship and juvenile law case work. LAS is the only agency in the county providing comprehensive family law services to the indigent. Our family law unit also provides comprehensive domestic violence victim legal assistance
• Fair Housing - staffed by an attorney and five housing counselors, the unit works to safeguard housing choices for families, children, the disabled and the homeless as well as a community education program.
• Landlord/Tenant Rights - provides advice, counseling and representation in all landlord and tenant matters.
• Special Education - established in collaboration with the Community Alliance for Special Education (CASE) to provide families with disabled children assistance to obtain special education support from their local schools and to promote greater understanding and cooperation among parents of disabled children, the special education community and the public school system.
• Immigration and Naturalization - to help in uniting families by providing assistance through the difficult immigration process, this includes preparation and filing of petitions under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
• Conflicts Project - they administer conflicts in indigent criminal defense cases which include Juvenile Court matters , Family Court contempt, mental health issues and criminal appeals.

Lawyers in the Library is offered at the King Library, Monday nights 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm  Map 

You may take advantage of a free 20-minute legal consultation with a volunteer attorney provided by the Pro Bono Project of Silicon Valley. The lawyer will meet with you in Lecture Room 257 on the Library's 2nd Floor

Two Ways for You To See an Attorney:

• Phone: You may call (408) 808-2355 on Monday-Friday during 8:00am-5:00pm to make an appointment for the following Monday. There are only 10 phone reservation openings (6:00, 6:20, etc.) per week and they fill up quickly. Note: A reservation made by phone guarantees a consultation only if you are present at the exact appointment time. If it is for 6:40, you must be present then.
  
• Walk-in: If you are unable to make an appointment by phone, you have the option to visit the King Library on Monday at 5:30 pm sharp and add your name to a signup sheet located near Lecture Room 257 on the Library's 2nd Floor. Attorneys will see as many people as possible between 6:00pm and 8:00pm that evening in the order that names appear on the signup sheet. Note: There is no guarantee that an attorney will see you even if your name appears on the sheet.

The sessions are designed to provide basic information on topics that can reasonably be covered in a single, 20-minute session, such as:

• Landlord/tenant issues (e.g. evictions, security deposits, how to get repairs done)
• Consumer law (e.g. debt collection, warranties, fraud, misrepresentation, bankruptcy)
• Government benefits (e.g. Social Security, SSI, welfare)
• Family law (e.g. divorce, custody matters)
• Employment (e.g. unemployment compensation, wrongful termination)
• Immigration (i.e. obtaining citizenship)
• Wills & trusts