Legal Issues & Our Partners

Legal Services Provided

901 Legal Connect's Legal Service Providers only assist with civil legal issues, not criminal cases or violations. 901 Legal Connect may connect you to a free or reduced-cost Legal Service Provider in civil matters (non-criminal) related to the following legal issues:

• Benefits & Healthcare

• Consumer & Individual Rights,

• Elder Law

• Employment, Income, and Tax

• Family Law

• Housing

• Immigration

• Veterans Benefits

901 Legal Connect Partners

West Tennessee Legal Services

1407 Union Avenue, Suite 1100
Memphis, TN 38104

Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Phone: (901) 471-8006 or Toll Free 800-372-8346

Our Mission At WTLS Is To Provide Equal Access To Justice In West Tennessee. We offer no-cost civil legal aid to West Tennesseans, focusing on issues that affect family safety, cohesiveness, and stability.

WTLS offers free legal help with civil legal issues. Our funding is limited, and unfortunately, we cannot help everyone who needs it. We set our case priorities every year based on input from members of our community. Currently, WTLS priorities include:

• Consumer

• Benefits

• Housing

• Elder Law

• Victim Rights

• Family

For more details and for a complete listing of programs, please visit https://wtls.org.

https://clcmemphis.org/

Community Legal Center is a non-profit organization providing legal services to those with limited means.

The Community Legal Center has evolved over the past 20+ years into a legal aid agency offering a number of civil legal services to those of limited financial means and those at risk, including populations not served by other legal aid agencies. Our main programs focus on:

• Elder Law

• Immigrant Justice

Those who call us speak with a sensitive, bilingual intake coordinator. Each caller is treated with respect and, after detailed questioning, is either placed with the appropriate Community Legal Center program or referred out to another legal aid provider or appropriate social service agency. If callers do not meet our income restrictions, we refer them out to private attorneys. We offer the following programs to accomplish our vision of improving the lives of those we serve by giving them access to justice.

https://malsi.org/

Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc. (MALS) is a provider of civil legal representation to low-income families in the western Tennessee counties of Shelby, Fayette, Tipton and Lauderdale. 

What MALS handles

MALS may be able to assist with issues relating to:

• Family and Children orders of protection, divorces, conservatorships, guardianships, dependency and neglect, termination of parental rights – read more about:

  • Family Law Advice Groups

  • Pro Se Divorce Workshops

  • Opportunity Plus Program

• Housing and Real Property Discrimination in housing, landlord-tenant issues, Section 8 or other subsidized housing, repair issues, mortgage default counseling, foreclosure prevention, homeless Veterans services – read more about:

  • Fair Housing Center

  • Home Preservation Project

  • Supportive Services for Veterans and Families

• Consumer and Individual Rights car purchases, collections, student loans, public utility problems, employment matters, accessibility issues, special education rights, income tax problems – read more about:

  • Consumer Advice Clinics

  • Low Income Tax Clinics

  • Partnership for Educational Advocacy and Parity

• Health and Benefits Supplemental Security Income (SSI), TennCare, Medicaid, Unemployment Compensation, Veterans benefits, Food Stamps (SNAP) – learn about our Earn Benefits Program

• Elder Law Issues Medicare, PAE denials, Qualified Income Trust/Millers Trust, Wills, Powers of Attorney, Other Advance Directives, elder abuse issues, including financial exploitation

901 Legal Connect Excluded Legal Services

In addition to not handling criminal matters, 901 Legal Connect cannot connect you to free or reduced-cost legal assistance for any of the other following legal issues:

• Agricultural Worker Issues: Not Involving Wage Claims

• Assistance w/Wage Claims

• Class Actions

• Contested Divorces

• Criminal Cases

• Driving Issues: Insert Qualifiers

• Emancipation of a Minor

• Juvenile Delinquency

• Indian Tribal Law

• Malpractice

• Municipal Legal Needs: Failure to Pick Up Garbage

• Personal Injury

• Pre-purchase/Reverse Mortgage Counseling

• Product Liability

• State Tax Return/Other State Tax Issues

• Tax Preparation or Filing of Timely Federal Income Tax Return

• Workmen's Compensation

If your legal matter requires assistance with one of the legal issues listed above, we recommend that you contact Help4Tn. (Click here to be routed to the website.)