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If you are active duty, a retiree drawing retirement or disability pay, or an eligible dependent, check Armed Forces Legal Assistance first - military legal offices draft wills and powers of attorney at no cost. Otherwise this State Bar of Wisconsin service connects the public to attorneys pre-screened for good standing and experience in the practice area you need, including estate planning. Legal assistants help work out whether you need a lawyer at all. In-state toll-free 800-362-9082; from outside Wisconsin call 608-257-4666.
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If you are active duty, a retiree drawing retirement or disability pay, or an eligible dependent, check Armed Forces Legal Assistance first - military legal offices draft wills and powers of attorney at no cost. Otherwise the Iowa State Bar Association's directory lets you search attorneys by city or county, practice area and language. Participating lawyers charge between nothing and $25 for an initial consultation of up to 30 minutes. Note it lists only ISBA members who opted in, so it is not every lawyer in Iowa.
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How to get help from Iowa State Bar Association Find-A-Lawyer
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If you are active duty, a retiree drawing retirement or disability pay, or an eligible dependent, check Armed Forces Legal Assistance first - military legal offices draft wills and powers of attorney at no cost. Otherwise the State Bar of South Dakota runs a public referral service to help you find a qualified local attorney by practice area, including estate planning and wills.
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How to get help from State Bar of South Dakota Lawyer Referral Service
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If you are active duty, a retiree drawing retirement or disability pay, or an eligible dependent, check Armed Forces Legal Assistance first - military legal offices draft wills and powers of attorney at no cost. Otherwise the State Bar Association of North Dakota refers members of the public to qualified local attorneys statewide for a nominal fee. Useful for estate planning, wills and powers of attorney when the free military route does not apply.
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How to get help from State Bar Association of North Dakota Lawyer Referral Service
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Locator for military legal assistance offices, which prepare wills, powers of attorney and advance directives at NO COST. Eligible: active duty (including reservists released from active duty after 30+ days), retirees receiving retirement or disability pay, and their dependents with a DoD ID card. Retiree service is subject to available resources, and active duty preparing to deploy get first priority - call ahead. This is the free route to the documents a private estate-planning attorney would charge for.
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Find a VA-accredited VSO, attorney or claims agent for claims and decision reviews. VSO help is free; attorneys and claims agents may charge. Contact the representative before appointing them. Current intake availability has not been confirmed with the provider. Check before applying.
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How to get help from VA Accredited Representatives
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VA claimants seeking accredited representation
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Accredited VSO assistance on VA benefit claims is free; accredited attorneys and claims agents may charge fees.
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Published example: VA Form 21-22 for a VSO representative. Ask the provider which documents apply and how to send them securely.; Published example: VA Form 21-22a for an attorney or claims agent. Ask the provider which documents apply and how to send them securely.
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Federal consumer-protection resources for service members, veterans, and military families, including SCRA and Military Lending Act rights and scam alerts. Its complaint system forwards issues to financial companies and tracks their responses.
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Free walk-in civil legal clinic for low-income veterans, staffed by Legal Services of North Dakota and held at the North Fargo VA Clinic (Community Resource & Referral Center). VA's national legal-clinic list, dated March 2026, shows walk-in hours the 3rd Wednesday of each month, 1-4 p.m., for civil matters only - housing, benefits, debt, wills and family law. Legal Services of North Dakota screens income eligibility at 1-800-634-5263; the Fargo VA justice outreach coordinator can confirm the clinic date at 701-200-2723.
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How to get help from Fargo VA / Legal Services of North Dakota veterans legal clinic
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Justice North is a nonprofit civil legal aid firm with an office in Moorhead; it took this name on January 1, 2026, when Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota merged into it, and the former LSNM offices continue to operate. It provides free civil (non-criminal) legal help (housing and eviction, family, domestic violence, public benefits, health care, wage garnishment and immigration) across 33 northern Minnesota counties including Clay, Becker, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk, Wilkin and Roseau. Apply online at justicenorth.org/apply or by phone; intake asks about household income and assets, and they cannot help with criminal charges or traffic tickets.
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Free civil legal help for low-income and elderly North Dakotans - housing and foreclosure, government benefits, family, consumer and elder law; the legal problem generally has to be a North Dakota matter. A separate veterans program helps veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with VA benefits, housing, family, consumer and employment issues, with no income or asset limits. Apply Mon-Thu 9am-3pm Central at 1-800-634-5263 (under 60) or 1-866-621-9886 (60 and over), through the online application, or in person; applications are not taken by email, fax, or voicemail.
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How to get help from Legal Services of North Dakota - Fargo office
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Court-supervised treatment and veteran-mentor program run by the Northeast Central Judicial District in Grand Forks for justice-involved veterans; admission is by petition, and participants work with a judge, probation officer, and a veteran mentor alongside treatment. Eligible participants are current or former service members (including National Guard and Reserve) who need mental health or substance use treatment and live in Grand Forks County, Nelson County, or another county the judge approves - it is not a Fargo/Cass County program. The Fargo VA's Veterans Justice Outreach coordinator handles VA-side eligibility at 701-461-7330 ext. 7364.
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How to get help from North Dakota Veterans Treatment Court (Northeast Central Judicial District)
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Free legal advice and limited pro bono representation for low-income veterans and their families in Travis and surrounding counties, delivered through monthly clinics plus free legal advice by phone; veterans complete an intake form to see if they qualify, and there is no charge to the veteran. Volunteer attorneys most often help with divorce, child support and custody, consumer and contract problems, criminal matters, wills, estate planning, guardianship and probate, housing and landlord/tenant, and bankruptcy. The two official sources disagree on logistics: the State Bar's 07/30/2026 clinic calendar lists the Austin clinic as appointment-only, 12:00-4:00 p.m., location varying by month, while the Austin Bar's own page says no appointment is needed and clinics run 1:30-4:00 p.m. at the Austin VA Outpatient Clinic, 7901 Metropolis Drive, so call 512-472-0279 extension 110 or email [email protected] before going anywhere.
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How to get help from Austin Bar Foundation Veterans Legal Assistance Program (VLAP)
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Free civil legal help for veterans, held at the Heart of Texas Veterans One Stop in Waco: family law, consumer debt and bankruptcy, real estate disputes and similar matters; Baylor takes some cases in-house for full representation by supervised students and refers others to a network of local pro bono attorneys. Applicants must be at or below 200% of the federal poverty line under Texas Access to Justice Foundation guidelines and live in McLennan County or a surrounding county (Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Hill or Limestone), so Killeen, Harker Heights, Temple, Belton and Copperas Cove are inside the service area. Everything is by appointment: call 254-710-4244 or email [email protected]; as of the State Bar's 07/30/2026 calendar the general veterans clinic shows "Fall and Winter dates to come," while the separate wills and estate planning service for veterans, first responders and their spouses is open by appointment now.
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How to get help from Baylor Law Veterans Clinic
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Operating since March 2015 in the 478th District Court, this is a supervised treatment alternative for veterans and service members (including active duty, reservists and National Guard members) charged in Bell County, aimed at getting participants back on track and preventing repeat offenses. Download the county's Veterans Treatment Court application from this page; an intake interview is scheduled once it is submitted, the specialty court team reviews it, and every applicant must be approved by the County Attorney's Office or the District Attorney's, so applying does not guarantee acceptance. Expect a minimum of 12 months, ongoing substance use and/or mental health treatment, court appearances at least twice a month, high-frequency random drug and alcohol testing, and Moral Reconation Therapy groups; the published contacts are 254-933-5389 and [email protected].
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Free personal civil legal advice, wills, powers of attorney, notary and claims help at the Consolidated Client Services Office on post, covering matters such as domestic relations, nonsupport, landlord/tenant, consumer protection and immigration. Eligibility under Army Regulation 27-3 is limited to military ID-card holders: active component members and their families, Reserve component members on active duty more than 29 days and their families, and active and Reserve component members receiving military retirement or disability pay ("gray-area" retired Reserve members are not eligible). A separated veteran who is not a military retiree cannot use this office and should use the civilian options on this page instead. Attorney meetings are by appointment only, Monday-Thursday 9:00-11:30 a.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.; the 1:00-4:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday walk-in window covers powers of attorney and notary services only. Second front-desk line 254-287-2509; email [email protected].
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How to get help from Fort Hood Client Legal Services (Consolidated Client Services Office): Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, III Armored Corps
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TRLA attorneys help low-income veterans and their spouses and dependents obtain VA and other benefits and handle other civil legal and administrative problems, at no cost. Service-area check for Central Texas: TRLA's published 68-county list includes Travis, Williamson, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Burnet, Blanco and Llano, so Austin, Round Rock, Georgetown, San Marcos, Kyle, Buda and Bastrop are covered. It does NOT include Bell or McLennan counties, so Killeen, Copperas Cove, Harker Heights, Temple, Belton and Waco are outside TRLA's area. Apply through the toll-free line, open weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; the State Bar lists a direct Austin office line of 512-374-2753 and advises identifying yourself as a veteran, spouse or dependent when leaving a message. Income eligibility applies.
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How to get help from Texas RioGrande Legal Aid: Veterans Advocacy Project (Austin office)
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A 12- to 24-month treatment-based alternative to traditional prosecution for veterans charged in Travis County whose traumatic brain injury, PTSD, military sexual trauma or other mental disorder resulting from military service materially affected the conduct at issue in the case. The veteran's defense attorney submits the application to the Veterans Court Program Manager, who consults the VA Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist on eligibility; participation is voluntary but requires the prosecutor's consent, so a veteran cannot self-enroll. Raise it with your defense lawyer at the earliest hearing. The application, VA release of information and attorney referral forms are posted on this page, but the county's own site flags the page "Expired" and it still names a judge who no longer presides, so confirm current details when you call.
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How to get help from Travis County Veterans Treatment Court
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Diversion and probation tracks for veterans, reservists, National Guard and active-duty service members 18 or older charged with a misdemeanor or felony in Williamson County; the pre-trial diversion track can let an eligible veteran avoid prosecution and a criminal conviction. Submit the county's application with a copy of your DD-214 or orders and a release of information to the program case manager, who routes it to the County Attorney's Office for eligibility review; the county says admission is not automatic and that attorney help preparing the application "is recommended, but not required." Honorable or general-under-honorable discharge is required, with other discharge conditions considered case by case; court is held at the Williamson County Justice Center in County Court at Law 2 on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays, with dockets at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
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How to get help from Williamson County Veterans Treatment Court
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Minnesota Judicial Branch list of operating treatment courts, including veterans courts in Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka and Carver counties and a multi-county veterans court in the Fifth Judicial District. These programs give eligible veterans charged with a crime an alternative to the traditional court process, pairing court supervision with treatment for substance use or mental health conditions, links to VA and county veterans services, and volunteer veteran mentors. A veteran facing charges should ask defense counsel about eligibility.
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How to get help from Minnesota Veterans Treatment Courts
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VA program whose specialists reach veterans in jails, courts and other points in the criminal justice system, including incarcerated veterans, to connect them with VA health care, mental health and substance use treatment, and housing help as early as possible. The page links to a directory of VJO specialists by location, and veterans can email the nearest specialist directly.
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How to get help from VA Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO)
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If you are active duty, a retiree drawing retirement or disability pay, or an eligible dependent, check Armed Forces Legal Assistance first, since military legal offices draft wills and powers of attorney at no cost. Otherwise this public service of the Hennepin and Ramsey County Bar Associations refers callers to vetted private attorneys, with a 30-minute consultation for $30 or less and a reduced-fee program for incomes between 125 and 250 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. It focuses on the Twin Cities metro, though counselors can look for attorneys in greater Minnesota. Phones are answered Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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How to get help from Minnesota Lawyer Referral and Information Service (MNLRIS)
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