South Texas College of Law has dramatically enlarged its free legal assistance for low-income and disadvantaged populations in the Houston area.
Their civil practice clinics are:
Child Welfare Clinic - for youth aging out of foster care
Estate Planning Clinic - preparation of end-of-lice documents including powers of attorney and wills.
Family Law Basic Clinic - divorces without property and no children
Family Law Advanced Clinic - divorces with children, modification of custody or support, SAPCR, (suits affecting the parent child relationship -- usually unmarried couples), and amicus appointments
Government Benefits Clinic - helping people file for Social Security and veterans benefits
Guardianship clinic - assistance for incapacitated adults and special needs minors.
Probate Clinic - helping people with probate
Their transitional clinics are:
Trademark Clinic - helping people and small businesses in filing trademark applications
Patent Clinic - started in fall, 2014 - new clinic to assist inventors with filing for a patent
Their Special Focus clinics are:
Asylum and Human Trafficking Clinic
Actual Innocence Clinic
Domestic Violence Clinic
Mediation Clinic
South Texas College of Law
1303 San Jacinto Street
Houston, TX 77002
www.stcl.edu
713-646-2990
there is also
Houston Volunteer Lawyers
another pro bono organization
713-228-0732
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