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The Law Actually Works…When You Know How to
Use It!
A Practical Guide to D.C. Law for Teens and Young
Adults
Additional Resources
We hope that this pamphlet has answered some of your questions. After
many of the sections, phone numbers for additional information were listed.
The following list includes even more attorneys and legal service providers
who work with and assist youth. Remember, the law can work for you, if
you know how to use it…
Legal Resources
- D.C. Bar Pro Bono Legal Clinic
Phone: 202-737-4700
Overview: Advice and referral clinics sponsored by the D.C. Bar
Pro Bono Program run every second Saturday of the month, 10 a.m.–12
p.m. (once a month), at two locations. Here you can ask any legal questions
that you may have. The locations are: Max Robinson Building, 2301 Martin
Luther King Avenue SW and Bread for the City, 1525 7th Street NW.
- Legal Aid Society
Phone: 202-628-1161
Overview: They deal with child support problems, public assistance
benefits, housing issues where they represent the tenants only (landlord
suing tenants/tenants suing landlord), etc.
- Public Defender Service
Phone: 202-628-1200
- UDC Legal Clinic Program
Phone: 202-274-7320
- Worker’s Rights Legal Clinic
Phone: 202-659-9589
Overview: The attorneys here can assist with employment issues.
- Columbus Community Legal Services
Phone: 202-319-6788
Overview: Civil and criminal resources.
- AYUDA (Spanish spoken)
Phone: 202-387-0434
Overview: Domestic Violence Support for Immigrant Women
- U.S. Attorney’s Office
Phone: 202-353-8075
Overview: Domestic Violence Victim Assistance
Health Services
- Washington Hospital Center
Phone: 202-877-7101
Overview: Adolescent OB-GYN
- Children’s Hospital
Phone: 202-884-5464
Overview: Adolescent Medicine and Ambulatory Center
D.C. Metropolitan Police
- Emergency
Phone: 911
- Non-Emergency
Phone: 202-727-4326
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