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Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc. is the largest staff-based provider of civil
legal services for low-income Wisconsin persons. Our priorities are
based on the most crucial needs of our clients — safe and affordable housing,
adequate income and nutrition, access to health care, preservation of the
family and protection from domestic violence, and the elimination of legal
barriers to employment. Through direct representation
and training and education programs, we are helping clients break the cycle
of poverty.
INCOME ELIGIBILITY
Click to see if you qualify for assistance from Legal Action.
Legal Action’s staff and volunteer attorneys provide advice and legal representation
in the following areas: click on link to learn more.
Family Law
Family Law lawyers and paralegals provide advice and representation in cases involving
actions affecting the family, including divorce, paternity, domestic violence
and child custody.
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Child support and maintenance
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Custody/visitation
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Divorce
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Restraining orders / injunctions
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Debts and property division
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Paternity, annulments and legal separation
Intake Hours for Family Cases:
Green Bay Office
Telephone at 920-432-4645 or 800-236-1127
Monday -- Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
LaCrosse Office
Telephone at 608-785-2809 or 800-873-0927
Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 a.m.-- 11:30 p.m.
Milwaukee Office
Telephone only at 414-278-7430
1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month beginning at 8:00 a.m.
Only the first 7 callers will be taken
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Legal Emergency Assistance Project (Family Violence
Emergencies in Milwaukee County)
LEAP is a collaboration between Legal Action and the Task Force on Family Violence.
The purpose of the project is to provide emergency legal assistance and
supportive family services at the same time to families attempting to escape
domestic violence.
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In case of emergency, call the Milwaukee Police Department. For information or referral to L.E.A.P contact the Task Force
on Family Violence at 414-276-1911.
Madison Office
Telephone only at 608-256-3304 or 1-800-362-3904
1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month starting at 9:00 a.m.
Only the first 19 callers will be taken
Oshkosh Office
Telephone at 920-233-6521 or 800-236-1128
Monday -- Friday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Racine Office
Telephone at 262-635-8836 or 1-800-242-5840
Please call between 9:00 a.m. -- 4:30 p.m. for screening information
Public Benefits/Health Law
Legal Action’s Public Benefits/Health Law unit helps low-income persons obtain
and maintain a source of income, achieve access to health insurance or
medical care and secure supportive services, such as daycare, job training
and educational services, that enable clients to secure employment at a
living wage.
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Wisconsin Works (W-2), including denial, reduction and improper
assignments
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Food Stamps
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Availability of child care
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Kinship Care
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Overpayments and tax intercepts
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Disability benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
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General Assistance
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Energy assistance
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Medicaid, BadgerCare, Healthy Start,
Healthy Start-OBRA Kids
Intake Hours for Public Benefits and Health Law Cases:
Green Bay Office
Telephone at 920-432-4645 or 800-236-1127
Monday -- Friday 8:30 a.m.-- 5:00 p.m.
LaCrosse Office
Telephone at 608-785-2809 or 800-873-0927
Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 a.m.-- 11:30 p.m.
Milwaukee Office
Walk-in at 230 W. Wells Street, Room 800
Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:30 p.m..-4:30 p.m.
16th Street Community Health Center
By appointment only. Call 414-278-7722 to make an appointment
Appointments are on Wednesday Mornings, at 1032 S. 16th Street, Milwaukee
Social Security telephone screening
Telephone at 414-278-5932
Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Providing assistance for residents of Milwaukee, Waukesha,
Racine, Kenosha, and Walworth Counties
To arrange a telephone call back for those unable to use
these intake opportunities because of work or other reasons, call 278-7722.
Madison Office
Telephone at 608-256-3304 or 800-362-3904
Call or come in, Monday 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
OR
Joining Forces For Families
- 2349 Allied Drive, Madison
First and Third Mondays, each month, 1:00 p.m. -- 3:00 p.m.
- 3030 Darbo Drive, Madison
Last Tuesday, each month, 9:30 a.m. -- 12:00 Noon.
Oshkosh Office
Telephone at 920-233-6521 or 800-236-1128
Monday -- Friday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Walk-in/Call-in: Monday, 1:00 -- 4:00 p.m.
Racine Office
Telephone at 262-635-8836 or 800-242-5840
Monday -- Friday 9:00 a.m. -- 4:30 p.m.
Education
Legal Action's education goal is to ensure that low-income children receive adequate
and appropriate education in an effort to be free from lifelong poverty.
To that end, Legal Action seeks to enforce the requirements of bilingual
education laws, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Americans
with Disabilities Act, and laws governing school
discipline
Intake Hours:
Milwaukee Downtown Office
Telephone screening at 414-278-7722
Madison Office
Telephone at 608-256-3304 or 800-362-3904
Call or come in, Monday 9:00 a.m.-- 12:00 p.m.
Oshkosh Office
Telephone at 920-233-6521 or 800-236-1128
Monday -- Friday 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Walk-in/Call-in: Monday, 1:00 -- 4:00 p.m.
Legal Intervention for Employment
The LIFE project is built around the two concepts: 1) that
legal services, targeting issues affecting employment, will
improve the ability of individuals to find and keep family-supporting
employment; and (2) that individuals will need additional
nonlegal support in their effort to advance.
As a result, the project is directly linked, through its intake
system, to other organizations engaged in employment training or
education. In Milwaukee, the referral agencies are the Urban
League, New Hope, Word of Hope, Project Return, MATC, and
Esperanza Unida. In Green Bay, the referral agencies include
the Job Service, Brown Co. Department of Human Services, Family
Services, Forward Service (W2 agency), Integrated Community
Services, Child Support Enforcement and Oneida Behavioral Health
and Self-Sufficiency programs.
Access to the LIFE project is only by referral from the other
partner agencies or, through an in-house referral if Legal Action
is helping the client with another issue. The partner agency
screens the client for one or more of the legal issues handled by
the project. A referral to the LIFE project is made when an
individual wants our help and an appropriate legal issue is
identified. A paper referral is prepared and faxed to Legal
Action with client contact information so that we can complete a
conflict check prior to the first appointment. At the same time,
and with the client present, the partner agency calls Legal
Action to schedule an appointment. In this way, the client
immediately knows the date and time of the first appointment.
Migrant Project
Legal Action’s Migrant Project focuses on ensuring that migrant farmworkers in
Wisconsin receive wages owed them, are not misled in recruiting, are not
housed in substandard quarters and receive necessary medical care and public
benefits for which they qualify.
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Employment problems, including wages and illegal deductions
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Housing conditions
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Pesticide exposure and other harmful working conditions
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Public benefits, including Medical Assistance and Food Stamps
Intake Hours:
Interviews and intake are done on-site at migrant labor camps throughout
Wisconsin.
Migrant farmworkers can also call the Madison office at
1-800-362-3904 anytime during normal business hours, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Migrant Project attorneys provide technical support and referrals to private attorneys
in cases involving civil rights, workers’ compensation, immigration and
income maintenance issues.
SeniorLAW
SeniorLAW provides free legal service to Milwaukee County
residents who are 60 and older regardless of income. SeniorLAW’s goal is to promote
the dissemination of accurate information and to provide quality
representation, counseling, education and referral services to
older adults in Milwaukee County. The program’s desired outcome
is to secure and retain the legal rights and benefits to which older
adults are entitled, in a manner which promotes the older person’s
dignity and autonomy to the greatest extent possible.
Volunteer Lawyer Project
Staff attorneys and paralegals also train and provide technical support to private
attorneys who contribute free legal services through Legal Action’s Volunteer
Lawyers Project and other pro bono programs.
The Volunteer Lawyers Project may be able to assist with the following types of
of cases:
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