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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: Family Law (Covington)

This Staff Attorney covers both St. Tammany and Washington Parishes for the SLLS Covington office, handling family law matters such as divorces, ex parte and standard custody, child support, and domestic violence cases, such as protective orders and emergency custody....

Staff Attorney: Veterans & Innovative Projects (New Orleans)

This staff attorney will provide legal representation, advocacy, and community legal education to veterans in the following parishes: Jefferson, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington. Primary...

Loss of Unused Benefits After 9 Months (SNAP, FITAP and KCSP)

Beginning June 27, 2026, unused SNAP, FITAP, and KCSP money will be removed from your EBT card 9 months (274 days) after the benefits were issued, even if the card has been used to make a purchase within the last 9 months!! Benefits that are removed cannot be added...

Staff Attorney: Eviction & Heir Property (Baton Rouge)

This position will be in the General Law Unit at the Baton Rouge office, handling Heir Property cases in Ascension Parish and Evictions in Baton Rouge. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Licensed to practice law in Louisiana, pending Louisiana bar exam result. Admission to the...

Louisiana ABLE Accounts

"ABLE" stands for the "Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014." This law allows ABLE accounts to help people save money for things related to a disability. Who can have an ABLE account? Anyone who meets the Social Security disability standard by age 46. OR If...

2025 Systemic Advocacy Initiative Report

Systemic Advocacy Supreme Court decision clears the way to expunge criminal records of people found unrestorably incompetent to stand trial. SLLS won a case in the Louisiana Supreme Court on behalf of a client with a lifelong intellectual disability who was seeking...

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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