Southeast Louisiana Legal Services

Free Legal Aid 

Southeast Louisiana Legal Services offers civil legal aid to low income people in Southeast Louisiana. All services are free. SLLS works with government and public service agencies to secure justice for persons in need. These partnerships often result in better long-term solutions for clients.

The People We Help:

SLLS services low income people who live in southeast Louisiana.

The Baton Rouge office helps people in the parishes of Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Pointe Coupee, St. James, St. John the Baptist, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana.

Our income guidelines vary. You may be eligible if your family income is below 200% of poverty.

Call to see if you qualify. 

SLLS does not handle criminal cases or personal injury lawsuits.

How to Apply:

You can call or walk in to the office nearest you. Or you can apply online at www.slls.org

Our Services:

SLLS accepts about 11,000 cases every year. Our services include legal advice and representation in civil cases. Here are examples of the kinds of legal issues SLLA handles:

Saving Homes

  • Eviction defense

  • Subsidy termination and grievance hearings

  • Subsidized housing rights in state and federal programs

  • Illegal lockouts

  • Fair housing rights for the disabled

  • Foreclosure prevention and defense

  • Problems with mortgage companies

  • Chapter 13 bankruptcy 

Title Clearing Work to Keep Homes

  • Wills and successions

  • Working out tax liens 

Consumer Protection

  • Consumer debt

  • Chapter 7 bankruptcy

  • Fraud and identity theft

Help for Families

  • Family violence

  • Divorce

  • Custody

  • Custody by Mandate

 Tax

  • Earned Income Credit denials

  • Defend IRS audits

  • Collection problems with IRS

 Public Benefits and Employment

  • Unemployment benefits

  • Kinship care and welfare

  • FEMA/Disaster benefits

  • Veterans benefits

  • Benefits overpayments

  • Food stamps

  • SSI disability

  • Medicaid and health insurance

  • Job terminations/wage claims

  • Expungements

 Child in Need of Care

  • Court appointments in child neglect/abuse or termination of parental rights cases

  • Special education issues for foster children

 Education

  • Public school suspensions and expulsions

  • Admission denials for homeless children

  • Special education issues

  • Special project for Delgado Community College students

Contact Information:

BATON ROUGE OFFICE:
715 S. Ferdinand St.
Baton Rouge, LA  70802
225.383.1087
225.448.0331 – applications only
855.512.3980 – applications only

Other Offices:

Covington – 985.893.0076

Hammond – 985.345.2130

Houma – 985.851.5687

Harvey – 504.374.0977

New Orleans – 504.529.1000