Open to the general public, the clinic is sponsored by the District of Columbia Bar Pro Bono Program and held on the second Saturday of every month from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. You do not need an appointment to meet with an attorney, but you must arrive by noon.

The clinic provides individuals who have civil (not criminal) legal problems governed by D.C. law an opportunity to discuss with volunteer attorneys certain kinds of cases including:

• Bankruptcy and debt collection
• Consumer law
• Employment law
• Family law
• Health law
• Housing law, such as landlord–tenant issues
• Immigration and asylum
• Personal injury
• Probate matters, such as wills and medical directives
• Public benefits, such as welfare and SSI
• Tax law

Volunteer attorneys may help you identify legal issues that you may need to pursue further, help you fill out pro se pleadings, or complete an application for public benefits.

If brief service is not enough to resolve your problem or if you require a different type of service than the Advice and Referral Clinic offers, clinic volunteers may be able to refer you to or provide you with information about a legal or social service provider appropriately suited to handle your case. However, the clinic does not guarantee that you will obtain representation through one of the referred agencies.

The services at the clinic are provided free of charge. Please bring all of the documents concerning your legal problem to the clinic.

The walk-in clinic is located at two locations:

Bread for the City—Northwest Center
1525 7th Street NW
(Green Line to Shaw-Howard University)

NEW LOCATION:

Bread for the City—Southeast Center
1640 Good Hope Road SE
(Green Line to Anacostia)