We want to hear from you! Tell us what you think about having more legal help available to people in DC.

Did you know that many people try to get legal help but don’t get it because the cost is too high or because free or low cost lawyers aren’t available? Current rules only allow licensed lawyers to provide legal help, but a court task force is trying to explore other ways for people to get legal help. One idea is to allow people who are not lawyers to be trained to give legal help to people with some types of civil legal problems, like housing/eviction, protection from abuse/domestic violence, family issues like child custody and child support, and money issues like public benefits and debt. The task force wants to know what you think about this idea.

For lawyers:
Take our 5-minute stakeholder survey before October 11 - Expansion of Legal Services for District Residents Survey

For other social service professionals:
Join our focus group on either September 30 at 12:00 noon or October 1 at 3:00 p.m.

• Register for September 30 at 12:00 noon focus group - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAldOqvqjIsH9V7QSF8s0SRvN56rKggQQob
• Register for October 1 at 3:00 p.m. focus group - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pdumsqjosHdFv98EfnvJh2KGrOIUBQM3Z

Community members:
Take our 5 minute community member survey before October 11
English - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Civil_Legal_Assistance-Community_Survey
Spanish - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Encuesta_a_la_Comunidad

If you have more thoughts to share, email CLRRTaskForce [at] dcsc.gov.