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Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS) provides free, civil legal aid to low-income people throughout southeast Louisiana.

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Staff Attorney: Housing (Baton Rouge)

This Staff Attorney will be in our Baton Rouge office to handle a caseload of landlord-tenant cases and eviction, including providing advice and brief services. Additionally will provide extended representation to support advocacy goals and other duties needed. The...

Need Hurricane Repairs? Avoid Contractor Fraud

These steps can help you to avoid contractor fraud, scams or receiving bad repair work. Do Your Research Always verify any person or company you're considering for home repairs. Obtain their full name and business address, and request their Louisiana license. Ensure...

How to Dispute Charges on Your New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board Bill

If you have an issue with the charges on your New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board (SWB) bill, you have the right to dispute it. How Do I Dispute My Bill? There are five ways to dispute your bill with SWB: HGI (new dispute process) To dispute any billing issue,...

Canceling Sales Contracts: FTC 3 Day Rule

What types of contracts does this apply to? This rule, also known as the “Cooling Off Rule,” applies to sales contracts made at your home, work, or other location convenient to you and the seller. Sometimes, you may feel pressured into entering a sale and then...

Staff Attorney: Child in Need of Care (New Orleans)

The Child in Need of Care (CINC) Staff Attorney represents children in court in abuse/neglect proceedings covering both St. Charles and St. John Parish. Six hours of child-specific continuing legal education (CLE) are required for this position. Upon acceptance, the...

How to Speed Up Your Application for Disability, SSI, Retirement, or Survivors Benefits if You are Homeless or At Risk of Becoming Homeless

Disability applications for people who are experiencing homelessness can be “expedited,” or processed more quickly than normal. Applications can also be expedited for other kinds of claimants, like those with terminal illnesses and military service members who became...

A huge burden was dropped from my shoulders. I realized how much stress this was to be not only without employment but punished with a huge fee. I am able to now move back to the city and resume my life. Without SLLS and Constance Tullier, my life would never be the same. I wonder how many people end up paying these humongous amounts of money even though this is unjust. I truly hope that Southeast LA Legal Services can keep doing their work and helping people in situations like mine. I’m eternally grateful for this assistance

SLLS helped me in so many ways. First, when I was disapproved for my disability claim, they [were] there to assist me… They work to help the veterans, and that means so much to me.

Seven offices located across 22 parishes in Baton Rouge, Covington, Gretna, Hahnville, Hammond, Houma, and New Orleans.

No matter what challenges our communities face, we work every day to increase access to justice and help vulnerable people clear life’s legal hurdles.

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