CASA of the 16th JDC supports volunteers in Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary Parishes who advocate in court for the best interests of children in the foster care system. The program’s mission is to find safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible for the children they serve.
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CASA of the 18th JDC supports volunteers in Iberville, Point Coupee, and West Baton Rouge Parishes who advocate in court for the best interests of children in the foster care system. The program’s mission is to find safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible for the children they serve.

CASA of Central Louisiana supports volunteers in the Natchitoches area who donate their time, effort, and skills to ensure that every child involved in foster care find safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible where they can thrive. Services are available for children in Natchitoches, Red River, and Sabine Parishes.
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The Advocacy Center provides legal representation and other services to Louisiana’s elderly and disabled communities.
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Dayspring Center / Hannah's House of Natchitoches provides court ordered supervised visitation in cases where there are possible risks to the children involved due to domestic violence, child abuse or neglect. Hannah’s House staff will supervise the visitations and conduct anger management and parenting classes.
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Juvenile Regional Services is a nonprofit law office dedicated to holistic representation of at-risk and targeted youth in the juvenile justice system. As part of its holistic and child-centered approach to juvenile representation, JRS also provides collateral representation in areas of education, health, and housing law.
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Mental Health America of Louisiana is a 93 year old, non-profit organization focused on promoting mental health, preventing mental illness and protecting the rights of those with mental illness. MHAL has provided legal services to children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances for 15 years.

TEAMS serves juveniles in need of education advocacy services in Caddo and Bossier Parishes. TEAMS has court appointed education advocates on staff to serve students who are at risk of becoming involved with the court system or who are already involved with the courts. These advocates ensure that the special education and mental health rights of these young people are honored both by schools and the justice system.
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The Whistle Stop was founded in 2003 by a group of attorneys and concerned citizens under the guidance of the 14th JDC Family Court judges in response to the need for a supervised visitation center in Lake Charles. The Whistle Stop provides a safe, home-like environment for children to interact with their non-custodial parents.
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Youth Service Bureau of St. Tammany provides advocacy, counseling, education, and intervention for at-risk youth and their families, helping them reach their full potential. The program includes courses for young people already involved in the criminal justice system and outreach to more general audiences, like schools.
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Baton Rouge Bar Foundation offers a variety of programming for the public, including coordination of free legal services for the poor, law-related education events for children and the public, and a teen court for first-time misdemeanor offenders.
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Iberia Teen Court was established in 1993 to provide first-time juvenile offenders with an alternative to the juvenile justice system. Misdemeanor and felony offenders, age 10-17 are eligible to participate in the program. The juvenile offenders must acknowledge their guilt in the commission of a crime in order to participate in the program. The juveniles who participate in this program would most likely otherwise, because of under staffing of juvenile departments, over crowding of the juvenile dockets, etc would simply be released to their parents with no further consequences or until they commit a more serious act and become repeat offenders.

Teen Court of Morehouse is a voluntary program in which youth between the ages of 10 and 18 who commit minor offenses are judged by their peers in a mock trial proceeding. The teens are often "sentenced" to community service work, making restitution if appropriate. The program is designed for first time juvenile offenders who have already admitted their guilt.

Youth Empowerment Project partners with the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court to help run OPJC’s teen court program. The teen court program is a voluntary program in which youth between the ages of 10 and 18 who commit minor offenses are judged by their peers in a mock trial proceeding. The teens are often "sentenced" to community service work, making restitution if appropriate. The program is designed for first time juvenile offenders who have already admitted their guilt.

Baton Rouge Bar Foundation offers a variety of programming for the public, including coordination of free legal services for the poor, law-related education events for children and the public, and a teen court for first-time misdemeanor offenders.
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Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates develops a special civics curriculum, known as Justice by the People, for middle and high school social studies teachers. The program aims to increase young people’s understanding of the legal system and advance the reality of equal justice under the law.
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Louisiana Center for Law & Civic Education coordinates, implements and develops legal and civic education programs, trains educators in the delivery of these programs, and assists with their implementation.
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Louisiana Justice Coalition provides law-related education programming and research aimed at improving the delivery of public and juvenile defense services in Louisiana.
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Louisiana State Bar Association - Young Lawyer Section coordinates two of Louisiana’s most popular law-related education programs: the Mock Trial Competition and the High School Essay Contest.

The Whistle Stop was founded in 2003 by a group of attorneys and concerned citizens under the guidance of the 14th JDC Family Court judges in response to the need for a supervised visitation center in Lake Charles. The Whistle Stop provides a safe, home-like environment for children to interact with their non-custodial parents.

Youth Service Bureau of St. Tammany provides advocacy, counseling, education, and intervention for at-risk youth and their families, helping them reach their full potential. The program includes courses for young people already involved in the criminal justice system and outreach to more general audiences, like schools.
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Beauregard Community Concerns - June Jenkins Women's Shelter provides housing, counseling, and brief legal services to victims of domestic violence in Beauregard and Vernon Parishes.

Calcasieu Women's Shelter provides a variety of services to victims of domestic violence in Allen, Calcasieu, and Cameron Parishes. These services include shelter, counseling, legal advocacy, job training, adult education, and childcare.
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Capital Area Family Violence Intervention Center provides a variety of services to victims of domestic violence in a seven parish area surrounding Baton Rouge. CAFVIC offers shelter, legal services, education, and children’s services at both its main office and outreach offices.

Catholic Charities of New Orleans - Project SAVE provides free, emergency legal representation to survivors of domestic violence in Orleans Parish. Staff attorneys help with legal orders to keep survivors safe and to protect their legal rights. Project SAVE’s legal services may include temporary restraining and protection orders, temporary child support, custody, and use of property.
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Chez Hope provides a variety of services to victims of domestic violence in St. Mary, Lafourche, and Assumption Parishes. Chez Hope offers shelter, legal services, education, and children’s services at both its offices.
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D.A.R.T. of Lincoln offers a variety of services to victims of domestic violence in Bienville, Claiborne, Lincoln, Jackson, and Union, Lafourche, and Assumption Parishes. DART provides shelter, legal services, education, and children’s services in its service area.

Faith House provides a multitude of services to victims of domestic violence in Acadia, Evangeline, Lafayette, St. Landry, and Vermillion Parishes. These services include shelter, counseling, and legal services. The program’s legal advocate assists with protective orders, sets up victim notification systems, and advocates on behalf of survivors with the justice system. She also provides domestic violence education to law enforcement, judges, attorneys, hearing officers and clerk of court employees.
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Family Counseling Agency - Turning Point Battered Women’s Program provides services to victims of domestic violence in Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, and Winn Parishes. The program has a 38-bed shelter and offers counseling, life-skill education, children’s services, and legal advocacy.

The Haven works to establish a community-based response to interpersonal and family violence through advocacy, education, prevention, resource development, and treatment. The Haven operates an 18-bed shelter in Houma and runs a legal advocacy program that assists victims of domestic violence in navigating the restraining order process.
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Jeff Davis Communities Against Domestic Violence is a domestic violence program serving the rural Jefferson Davis Parish. The program’s services includes a legal advocacy component, which assists survivors of domestic violence with filling out temporary restraining orders, supports them during court appearances, and helps with referrals to attorneys for more advanced legal matters.

Metropolitan Center for Women and Children serves survivors of domestic violence in Jefferson, Orleans, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John Parishes. Metro provides direct legal services to survivors, works closely with the Clerks of Courts, and assists battered women with filing protective orders in all five parishes.
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My Sister's House of the Felicianas is a community-based grass roots organization established to provide comprehensive services to rural victims of domestic violence residing in East and West Feliciana parishes. The program launched in 2007.

New Start Center provides safety measures and support to the victims of abuse through a variety of services, including assistance in filing Temporary Restraining Orders, Protective Orders, counseling, temporary safe housing, and transportation. New Start Center also educates the community about domestic violence awareness and about the impact of domestic violence on the family.
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Project Celebration - Taylor House Domestic Violence Shelter serves survivors of domestic violence in DeSoto and Sabine Parishes. The program provides shelter, legal advocacy, and other services in these two rural parishes.

Safe Harbor provides shelter and a variety of other services to victims of domestic violence in St. Tammany and Washington Parishes. Safe Harbor’s legal outreach program assists women with the preparation of petitions for temporary restraining orders and protective orders and provides court escort for hearings.
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St. Bernard Battered Women's Program serves victims of domestic violence in St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes. The program offers a wide variety of services, including a 50-bed shelter and a legal advocacy program, which assists victims with completing the petitions for protective orders, educates them on the cycle of abuse, informs them of their rights under the Crime Victim's Reparation Act, and accompanies them to court for their hearing.
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The Wellspring Alliance for Families works to strengthen the family and individuals through direct service, education, advocacy, and women’s leadership. The Wellspring’s domestic violence program provides safe shelter, a crisis hotline, and legal advocacy for victims in the northeast corner of Louisiana. The Wellspring is an active partner of the Family Justice Center in Monroe, which is a multi-agency collaboration between legal services, social services, and law enforcement that provides a coordinated response to the needs of victims of domestic violence.
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YWCA of Northwest Louisiana provides shelter and legal advocacy services to victims of domestic violence in the Caddo-Bossier area. The legal advocacy component of the program assists victims in navigating the restraining order process.

Safety Net for Abused Persons serves battered women and their children in Iberia Parish. SNAP provides safe shelter and extensive supportive services in its confidentially located 22-bed facility. SNAP provides legal advocacy for victims and educational workshops and seminars in the community.

Acadiana Legal Services Corporation is a private, non-profit law firm that provides free legal assistance in civil cases to low-income individuals in the southwest and central regions of Louisiana. ALSC provides services in a variety of areas of law, including consumer, education, family, juvenile, health, housing, and public benefits.

Capital Area Legal Services Corporation is a private, non-profit law firm that provides free legal assistance in civil cases to low-income individuals in a 12-parish area in and around Baton Rouge. CALSC provides services in a variety of areas of law, including consumer, education, family, employment, health, housing, wills, and public benefits.

Legal Services of North Louisiana is a private, non-profit law firm that provides free legal assistance in civil cases to low-income individuals in the central and northern regions of Louisiana. LSNL provides services in a variety of areas of law, including consumer, education, family, juvenile, health, housing, and public benefits.
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Southeast Louisiana Legal Services is a private, non-profit law firm that provides free legal assistance in civil cases to low-income individuals in southeast Louisiana. SLLS provides services in a variety of areas of law, including consumer, education, family, juvenile, health, housing, wills, and public benefits.
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AIDSLaw of Louisiana provides free legal assistance to low-income persons living with HIV and AIDS. AIDSLaw provides services in the areas of personal and estate planning, successions, family law, notarial services, consumer law, privacy law and public benefits.
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The Arts Council of New Orleans’ Entertainment Law Legal Assistance Project (ELLA) offers pro-bono legal assistance to low-income artists musicians, and grass roots non-profits in Louisiana. ELLA provides assistance with copyright and intellectual property, business incorporation, non profit incorporation, contract review, contract disputes, and other civil law matters. ELLA is partnership between the Arts Council, Tipitina’s, and the Tulane Law School.
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Catholic Charities of Baton Rouge - Immigration Legal Services provides free legal services to immigrants and refugees across Louisiana. A staff attorney and small staff represent clients before U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Their services focus primarily on removal and detention issues.
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Catholic Charities of New Orleans - Immigration Legal Services provides representation and referrals in matters ranging from detention and removal to domestic violence.

Catholic Legal Immigrantion Network supports the Louisiana Detention Project at Loyola Law School which leverages national expertise on the representation of low-income immigrants in removal proceedings for the benefit of indigent immigrants in Louisiana. It involves Loyola Law School students and Tulane University undergraduates in volunteer work for detained immigrants, thus increasing the assistance available to this vastly underserved population.
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Innocence Project New Orleans represents indigent, innocent prisoners serving life sentences across Louisiana and assists them with their transition into life outside prison after their exoneration. By identifying and remedying cases and causes of wrongful conviction, IPNO holds the criminal justice system accountable for its mistakes, raises awareness of systemic problems, and promotes best practices throughout the criminal process to prevent future miscarriages of justice.
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Legal Aid Bureau, established in 1932, is the oldest non-profit legal service agency in the greater New Orleans area. Legal Aid Bureau handles primarily domestic law cases, including divorces, custody, child support and adoptions. They also handle some workers compensation and social security cases.

Louisiana Civil Justice Center operates a call center that provides immediate answers to basic legal questions and serves as a referral source for individuals who needed long-term representation from a legal aid or pro bono lawyer. In addition to operating the call center, the LCJC works with legal services corporations, pro bono entities, and other access to justice programs across the state to augment the services they provide.
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Southwest Louisiana Law Center is a unique, multi-faceted, community based non-profit law firm with a strong commitment both to and from the local community which it serves. The Law Center serves the low-income community in and around Lake Charles in a variety of civil legal matters, including family law, domestic violence, housing, public benefits, and consumer issues

Volunteers of America of Central Louisiana provides a variety of children and family services, including its new Grandparents As Parents program, which uses pro bono attorneys to assist grandparents through the legal process of gaining custody of their at-risk grandchildren.
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Baton Rouge Bar Foundation offers a variety of programming for the public, including coordination of free legal services for the poor, law-related education events for children and the public, and a teen court for first-time misdemeanor offenders.
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Central Louisiana Pro Bono Project coordinates the provision of free legal services to low-income people in Avoyelles, Rapides, and Vernon Parishes. The Project recruits volunteer attorneys to handle cases referred by Central Louisiana Legal Services. The Project also organizes free legal advice clinics in the community where volunteer attorneys answer questions and provide general information concerning various legal matters.

Lafayette Parish Bar Foundation utilizes its Lafayette Volunteer Lawyers pro bono program to ensure that access to justice is available to low-income residents in Lafayette Parish. The Foundation also maintains a law library where pro se litigants can access information relevant to their legal matters.
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Legal Services of North Louisiana is a private, non-profit law firm that provides free legal assistance in civil cases to low-income individuals in the central and northern regions of Louisiana. LSNL provides services in a variety of areas of law, including consumer, education, family, juvenile, health, housing, and public benefits.
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Northwest Louisiana Pro Bono Project provides high quality legal assistance in civil cases through volunteer attorneys to low-income residents of Caddo and Bossier Parishes. The program serves hundreds of people each year in areas of law ranging from family, consumer, housing, and civil rights.

Southeast Louisiana Legal Services is a private, non-profit law firm that provides free legal assistance in civil cases to low-income individuals in southeast Louisiana. SLLS provides services in a variety of areas of law, including consumer, education, family, juvenile, health, housing, wills, and public benefits.
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The Pro Bono Project provides utilizes volunteer attorneys from across southeast Louisiana to provide free civil legal services to the poor in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, St. Tammany and Washington parishes. The Pro Bono Project provides services in areas of law ranging from employment, housing, public benefits, family, and consumer law.
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