Welcome to the Online Intake Application for the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland. This site allows you to apply for legal services. If you are already a client of Legal Aid and need to talk to your attorney call 216-861-5500. Legal Aid is a law firm that handles civil legal issues for people with low income. Legal Aid does not provide any financial assistance, including rental assistance. If you need that type of assistance please call 211. Any information sent over this site is secure and confidential. Before we take you to the actual intake, let's explain the process:
Step 1: You must complete an online application that will allow us to decide if we can help you. This application should take anywhere from 10 - 20 minutes to complete. We will ask you about:
- Your legal problem
- Others involved in your legal problem
- Basic personal information
- Household income
If you do not have this information, please gather it and come back to this application. You can't save information in this application and return to it later. You can access this application at any time.
You may receive a message that Legal Aid is not able to assist you during the online application. If so, you will also receive referral information to other agencies or organizations that may be able to help you.
Step 2: After you submit the online application, you will receive a phone call from Legal Aid during your scheduled appointment. You must provide a phone number for us to call you back in order to complete the intake process. When necessary, we will use interpreters to speak to you in your preferred language.
If you are unable to complete the Online Intake Application or prefer to apply by phone, you can call Legal Aid at 888-817-3777 on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday from 9am - 4pm or Thursday from 9am - 2pm.