Free Legal Aid
for Low-Income People
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS) provides free, civil legal aid to low-income people throughout southeast Louisiana.
We fight for fairness for vulnerable people by:
protecting domestic
violence victims
empowering abused
and neglected children
preserving housing for hard-working families
ending homelessness for disabled and veterans
protecting elderly
consumers
removing barriers to access medical care
improving access to employment and education
Latest News
Restore Louisiana Ownership Appeal
Denied a Restore LA Grant because you could not show ownership? On appeal, Restore LA now allows you to submit self-certified statements to prove you own your home. If you submitted a statement like the example below for FEMA, you can also use that one. With your...
Paralegal: Housing Tenants’ Rights – New Orleans
The Paralegal position will be working within the Housing Tenants' Rights Program in the SLLS New Orleans office. This position performs various functions to support the attorneys to serve clients facing eviction and housing insecurity. This position performs various...
Assistant Director of Litigation and Advocacy
The Assistant Director of Litigation and Advocacy will work with the Litigation & Advocacy Director to oversee the development of the firm’s major/complex litigation and law and systems reform advocacy. The focus of this position will be primarily on the firm’s...
Staff Attorney: Veterans and Innovative Projects Unit – Baton Rouge
This attorney will handle disability, food stamp, expungement, and other legal problems to help increase income for unhoused people with prior criminal justice involvement. The attorney will also collaborate with multiple partner agencies onsite at the One Stop and...
Jefferson Parish Public Housing Tenants Win a Victory Against HUD
Contact: Lacy Crawford, lcrawford@lawyerscommittee.org Hannah Adams, Staff Attorney, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, (504) 529-1000 x.258, hadams@slls.org Jefferson Parish Public Housing Tenants Win a Victory Against HUD, Stopping the Planned Conversion of the...
Staff Attorney: Tenants Rights – New Orleans
Staff Attorneys handle a caseload of Orleans Parish landlord-tenant cases, including providing advice and brief services; representing clients regularly in First City and Second City Courts and assisting with staffing the Eviction Help Desks; defending against subsidy...
