Legal Resources in the IE

 

Whether you need legal information, referrals, or assistance with finding community support services beyond the state-level, these resources are designed to help individuals navigate their options for legal assistance here in the Inland Empire.

 


Consulate of Guatemala
 
  • Free services and civil registries, documentation services, “Consulate Saturdays”, outreaches/partners with immigration firms and community resources. 

 


Consulate of Mexico 
 
  • Free services civil registries, documentation, and notary services, emergency assistance, outreaches/partners with immigration firms and community resources.
  • ConsulApp Contigo (Mobile App)

 


CHIRLA
 

 


Domestic Violence Advocacy Project
 
  • Free legal services to qualifying low-income persons and seniors. Help with restraining orders, divorces, and child support related to domestic violence.

 


TODEC Legal Center
 
  • TODEC works to ensure equitable access to information, immigration legal services, community education, advocacy, and civic engagement for limited and non-English speaking people including immigrants and migrant workers throughout Riverside, San Bernardino, Inyo, and Imperial counties.

 


Inland County Legal Services
 
  • Provides various public benefits and has eight practice groups specializing in different areas of law, along with a free tenant housing hotline staffed by legal advocates assisting with eviction/housing issues. Free legal assistance to low-income and seniors.

 


Inland County Legal Services – Housing Hotlines
 
  • Riverside: (888) 455-4257
  • Indio: (800) 226-4257
  • San Bernardino: (900) 677-4257
  • Rancho Cucamonga: (800) 977- 4257
  • Victorville: (888) 805-6455

 


Inland County Legal Services Family Law Access Project at the Riverside Court
 
  • The Family Law Access Project provides free legal assistance and document preparation for the Larson Justice Center in Indio and Riverside Superior Court, for issues including:
    • Divorce
    • Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
    • Paternity Actions
    • Child Custody and Visitation
    • Child Support
    • Spousal Support

 


Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice
 
  • Provides immigration guidance and collaborate with Pro Bono legal advocates.
  • Hotline to Report ICE sightings: (909) 361-4588
  • A document with Immigrant Legal Resources can be found in the attachment.

 


San Bernardino Community Service Center, Inc
 

 


Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino
 
  • Offers a variety of legal clinics, legal support, along with self-help services in the following areas:
    • Family Law, including divorce, child custody, and support
    • Paternity issues
    • Housing matters, encompassing landlord-tenant disputes and unlawful detainers (evictions)
    • Assistance with restraining orders in cases of domestic violence
    • Fee waivers to alleviate financial burdens
    • Record expungement for a fresh start
    • Referrals for various other forms of assistance

 


Riverside Legal Aid Clinic
 
  • Provides consultations for the following areas:
    • Bankruptcy
    • Consumer debt defense
    • Eviction defense
    • Expungements
    • Family Law
    • Probate & Decedent Small Estates
    • Conservatorships
    • Guardianships

 


San Bernardino County Bar Association
 
  • Lawyer Referral Service that meets the California State Bar Association’s standards. They provide free consultations in many subjects; others require a nominal appointment fee.
  • Legal Aid volunteers provide free consultations and services to low-income clients.
  • Fee Arbitration Service assists clients in resolving disputes about an attorney's fees.
  • Volunteer attorneys provide free consultation in the event of disasters.

 


San Bernardino County Family Law Facilitator
 
  • Divorce and family law facilitator
  • A family law facilitator is a lawyer with experience in family law who works for the superior court to help parents and children involved in family law cases with child, spousal, and partner support problems.
  • The family law facilitator provides educational materials that explain how to establish parentage; and get, change, or enforce child, spousal, or partner support orders. The family law facilitator can also: Provide needed court forms; help fill out forms; help determine support amounts; and refer to one’s local child support agency, family court services, and other community agencies that help parents and children.

 


(Redlands) YMCA Legal Aid Clinic
 
  • Family Law, Guardianships, and Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

 


Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino, Inc
 
  • Criminal, Divorce, Family, and Real Estate

 


Option House
 
  • Legal services for victims of domestic violence

 


Inland Empire Latino Lawyers Association, Inc.
 
  • Consumer, Criminal, Divorce and Family

 


Riverside County Bar Association Public Service Law Corp.
 
  • Adoptions, Consumer, Custody, Criminal, Divorce and Estate Planning

 


Riverside County Family Law Assistance Center, Hemet Branch
 
  • Criminal, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
  • 880 N. State Street, Hemet, CA 92343
  • Phone: 951-766-2525

 


From the Office of the Attorney General: