LIST OF FREE LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS

The following organizations and attorneys provide free legal services and/or referrals for such services to indigent individuals in immigration removal proceedings, pursuant to 8 CFR §1003.61. Some of these organizations may also charge a nominal fee for legal services to certain low income individuals.

ELIZABETH and NEWARK, NEW JERSEY

AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE

Immigrants Rights Program
Director: Amy Gottlieb
89 Market Street, 6th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 643-1924
(973) 643-8924, Fax

  • All cases including asylum.
  • May charge a nominal fee.
HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST

333 7th Avenue, 13th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 845-5200
(212) 629-6170, Detention
(212) 845-5299, Fax
Contacts: Carmen Cabrera or Heidi Altman

CAMDEN CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, INC.

Immigration Service Office
1845 Haddon Avenue
Camden, NJ 08103
(856) 342-4160
(856) 342-4180, Fax

and

15 North California Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 348-2111

  • Newark only.
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE

1 Journal Square, 4th floor
Jersey City, NJ 07306
(201) 653-3888 Ext. 20
(201) 963-0252, Fax

  • All cases including asylum.
  • May charge a nominal fee.
CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES

976 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 733-3516
(973) 733-9631, Fax

  • All cases including asylum.
  • May charge a nominal fee.

LA CASA DE DON PEDRO

39 Broadway
Newark, NJ 07104
ATTN: Sodette Plunkett
(973) 481-4713

  • Will represent aliens in asylum proceedings.
  • May charge a nominal fee.

CATHOLIC FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES

24 DeGrasse Street
Paterson, NJ 07505
(973) 279-7100

  • All cases including asylum.
  • Newark only.

LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW JERSEY (LSNJ)

100 Metroplex Drive at Plainfield Avenue
Edison, NJ 08818
All callers (non-detained):
Office: 888-576-5529 (toll free); 732-572-9100
Fax: 732-572-0066

All detained callers should call LSNJ through the free call-in system provided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the detention facilities. Handouts with detailed instructions are available in the courtrooms and detention facilities.

EL CENTRO HISPANO AMERICANO

(Formerly The Center for Central American Refugees)
525 East Front Street
Plainfield, NJ 07060
(908) 753-8730
(201) 753-8463, Fax

  • All cases including asylum.
  • May charge a nominal fee.

LUTHERAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES OF NEW JERSEY

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Program
Mailing address: P.O. Box 30, Trenton, NJ 08601
189 South Broad Street
Trenton, NJ 08601
(609) 393-4900

  • All cases including asylum.
  • May charge a nominal fee.

THE HEBREW IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY

333 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001-5004
(212) 613-1420
(212) 967-4442, Fax

  • Elizabeth, NJ, only.