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
Help SLLS Help More People – Legal Needs Survey
SLLS Wants to Hear from You! Use these super-fast legal needs surveys to list the biggest legal issues facing the community in 2024. You can do one survey, more than one survey, or all of them. There is a big-picture general survey in English and in Spanish. Each of...
Can’t Afford Health Insurance? The Affordable Care Act Pays All or Most Health Insurance Costs for Many People
When Can I Apply? Anyone can sign up during the yearly open enrollment period, which is usually from November 1 to January 15. If you miss the open enrollment period, there are certain circumstances that may allow you to sign up anyway. People with income under 150%...
Used Vehicle Sales: Car Repossession
When you finance a car purchase either new or used, you sign a contract that has rules as to what you must do while you are paying on the loan. As part of this agreement, you agree that if you don’t make your payments the lender can take the car back. This process is...
Staff Attorney: Tenants Rights
Our Tenants Rights Unit represents residential tenants, who are struggling with housing insecurity, and helps to stabilize their housing and enforce their rights for preservation. In 2022, Orleans Parish passed a city ordinance providing any residential tenant facing...
Staff Attorney: Employment and Benefits
This position will be in the New Orleans office and will handle cases as it relates to Social Security, Unemployment, Wage Claims, and Food Stamps, in addition, will assist in performing outreach as needed. This staff attorney will be supervised by the managing...
Successions for Hurricane Francine Insurance Claims
Was the insurance on your Home under the name of someone who died? What happens when someone lives in property that belonged to their parent(s) or grandparent(s) or other relative and a succession was never opened? When the insurance check arrives, it is made out to...
