Directory of Public Interest Legal Organizations

Welcome! Below is a list of the more than 30 public interest law agencies that serve Philadelphia's neediest citizens. Search the below list for contact information and United Way Donor Option Numbers. Those organizations which have Web sites can be accessed directly by clicking on their names. For more detailed information, including the organization's mission, eligibility guidelines, intake process, areas of expertise and special programs, click on directory. You can download or print-out this pdf file for easy reference.

AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
United Way Donor Option Number: 09067
Combined Federal Campaign Number: 9104
1211 Chestnut St., Ste.600, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-587-9377 (phone); 215-587-9902 (fax)
Ronda Goldfein , Executive Director

American Civil Liberties Union
United Way Donor Option Number: 11900
P.O. Box 40008, Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-592-1513 (phone); 215-592-1343 (fax)
Nancy Hopkins, Executive Director

Center for Disability Law & Policy
1617 J.F.K. Blvd., Ste. 800, Philadelphia, PA  19103
215-557-7112 (phone/tty); 215-557-7602 (fax)
Stephen S. Pennington, Executive Director

Community Legal Services
United Way Donor Option Number: 02149
1424 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-981-3700 (phone); 215-981-0435 (fax)
info@clsphila.org
Catherine Carr, Executive Director

Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project
United Way Donor Option Number: 10073
42 S. 15th St., 4th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-523-9511 (phone); 215-981-3866 (fax)
Mary Anne Lucey , Executive Director

Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania (formerly Disabilities Law Project)
United Way Donor Option Number: 10121
1315 Walnut St., Ste. 400, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-238-8070 (phone); 215-772-3126 (fax); 215-789-2498 (TDD)
Mark Murphy, Legal Director, mmurphy@drnpa.org
Ilene Shane, Chief Executive Officer, ishane@drnpa.org

Education Law Center - PA
United Way Donor Option Number: 1873
1315 Walnut St., Ste. 400, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-238-6970 (phone); 215-772-3125 (fax)
elc@elc-pa.org
Janet Stotland & Len Rieser, Co-Executive Directors

The Elderly Law Project
Temple University Beasely School of Law
1719 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA  19122
215-204-6887 (phone)
Debra Kroll, Executive Director

Equality Advocates Pennsylvania (formerly the Center for Lesbian & Gay Civil Rights)
United Way Donor Option Number: 12398
1211 Chestnut St., Ste. 605, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-731-1447 215-731-1447 (phone); 215-731-1544 (fax)
Brian Sims, President

Face to Face Legal Center
United Way Donor Option Number: 12028
109 E. Price St, Philadelphia, PA 19144
215-731-1447 (phone); 215-843-8040 (fax)
Veronica Ludt, Executive Director

Friends of Farmworkers
42 S. 15th Street, Suite 605, Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-733-0878 (phone); 215-733-0876 (fax)
Gisselle Guerrero, Acting Executive Director
Arthur Read, General Counsel

Good Shepherd Mediation Program
United Way Donor Option Number: 795
5356 Chew Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19138
215-843-5413 (phone); 215-843-2080 (fax)
Cheryl Cutrona, Executive Director

HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia
United Way Donor Option Number: 4519
2100 Arch St., 3rd Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-832-0900 (phone); 215-832-0919 (fax)
hiasphl@hiaspa.org
Judith Bernstein-Baker, Executive Director

Homeless Advocacy Project
United Way Donor Option Number: 03552 
42 S. 15th St., 4th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-523-9595 (phone); 215-981-3866 (fax)
marsha@philalegal.org
Marsha Cohen, Executive Director

Juvenile Law Center
United Way Donor Option Number: 00784
1315 Walnut St., Ste. 400, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-625-0551 (phone); 215-625-2808 (fax)
info@jlc.org
Robert Schwartz, Executive Director

Legal Clinic for the Disabled
United Way Donor Option Number: 01720
1513 Race St., Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-587-3350 (phone); 215-587-3166 (fax)
Linda Peyton, Executive Director

Mazzoni Center, Legal Services Department
21 S. 12th St., Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-562-0657 (phone); 215-563-0748 (fax)
Amara S. Chaudhry, Legal Director

National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
United Way Donor Option Number: 09885
125 S. 9th St., Ste. 302, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-351-0010 (phone); 215-351-0779 (fax)
Sue@Osthoff, Executive Director

Nationalities Service Center
United Way Donor Option Number: 00088
1216 Arch St., 4th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-893-8400 (phone); 215-735-9718 (fax)
info@nationalitiesservice.org
Dennis Mulligan, Executive Director

Pennsylvania Capital Representation Project of the Philadelphia Federal Defender
Independence Square West, Ste. 545 West, Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-928-0520
(phone); 215-928-0826 (fax)

Michael Wiseman, Chief of the Capital Habeas Corpus Unit

Pennsylvania Health Law ProjectThe Corn Exchange Building, Suite 400, 123 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA, 19106
215-625-3663 (phone); 215-625-3879 (fax): 866-236-6310 (TTY)
Laval Miller Wilson, Executive Director
e-mail:lmillerwilson@phlp.org

Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
50 Mt. Zion Rd., York, PA 17402
717-600-8099 (phone); 717-600-8044 (fax)
info@pirclaw.org
Angela Edris-Eveler, Executive Director

Pennsylvania Innocence Project
Beasley School of Law at Temple University
1719 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-204-4255 (phone)
Marissa Bluestine, Legal Director

Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project
The Cast Iron Building, 718 Arch St., Suite 304 South, Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-925-2966 (phone); 215-925-5337 (fax)
Angus Love , Executive Director

Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts
United Way Donor Option Number: 12246
1601 Cherry St., Three Parkway, Suite 1300 Philadelphia, PA
19102-1321
215-569-1150 (phone); 215-569-9153 (fax)

 staff@pmconline.org

Lynn Marks, Executive Director

Philadelphia Legal Assistance
United Way Donor Option Number: 42266
42 S. 15th St., Ste. 500, Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-981-3800 (phone); 215-981-3860 (fax)
info@philalegal.org
Anita Santos-Singh, Executive Director

Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
United Way Donor Option Number: 02604 
Arts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia
200 S. Broad St., Ste. 700
Philadelphia, PA 19102

215-790-3836 (phone); 215-790- 3888 (fax)
Miriam Hohag, Legal Director

mhohag@artsandbusinessphila.org

Philadelphia VIP,
Pro Bono Legal Services and LawWorks, A Project of VIP
United Way Donor Option Number: 7763
42 S. 15th St., 4th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-523-9550 (phone); 215-564-0845 (fax)
Sara Woods, Executive Director
LawWorks
215-523-9562 (phone); 215-564-0845 (fax)

Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia
United Way Donor Option Number: 00572
United Way Building, 1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-627-7100
(phone); 215-627-3183 (fax)

Jennifer R. Clarke, Executive Director

Regional Housing Legal Services
United Way Donor Option Number: 14160
2 S. Easton Rd., Glenside, PA 19038
215-572-7300 (phone); 215-572-0262 (fax)
Mark S. Schwartz , Executive Director
Judy F. Berkman, Managing Attorney

SeniorLAW Center
United Way Donor Option Number: 04456
100 S. Broad St., 18th Fl., Land Title Building, Philadelphia, PA  19110
215-988-1244 (phone); 215-988-1243 (fax),
Karen Buck, Executive Director

Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight
United Way Donor Option Number: 16300
1315 Walnut St., Ste. 1605, Philadelphia, PA  19107
215-731-1775 (phone); 215-732-5725 (fax)
Mary Tracy, Executive Director

Support Center for Child Advocates
United Way Donor Option Number: 00535 
1900 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19103
267-546-9200 (phone); 267-546-9201 (fax)
Frank Cervone , Executive Director

Temple Legal Aid Office
Beasley School of Law at Temple University
1719 N. Broad St. (enter Montgomery Ave.), Philadelphia, PA  19122
215-204-1800 (phone); 215-204-5521 (fax)
Mary K. Hanna, General Counsel
Spencer Rand, Associate Counsel
Family Litigation Program
Mary K. Hanna
Child Custody Mediation Program
Mary K. Hanna
Patient Advocacy Program
Spencer Rand

University of Pennsylvania Law School
Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies
3400 Chestnut St.; Philadelphia, PA  19104
215-898-8427 (phone);  215-573-6783 (fax)
Civil Practice Clinic
Legislative Clinic
Mediation Clinic
Child Advocacy Clinic
Small Business Clinic
Louis Rulli, Director of Clinical Programs
Valerie Rose, Clinic Administrator

Villanova University School of Law
Villanova Clinical Programs
299 N. Spring Mill Rd., Villanova, PA  19085
610-519-6417 (phone); 610-519-5173 (fax)
Dveera Segal, Director of Clinical Programs
Clinic for Asylum, Refugee and Emigrant Services
Michele Pistone, Director
Civil Justice Clinic
Dveera Segal, Director
Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic
Beth Lyon, Director
Federal Tax Clinic
Keith Fogg, Director

Widner University School of Law Clinical Programs
4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803
(302) 477-2182 Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic
(302)477-2090 Veterans Law Clinic
Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic Kenneth T. Kristl, Esq., Director
Veterans Law Clinic:Thomas J. Reed, Esq., Director

Women Against Abuse Legal Center
United Way Donor Option Number: 00195
100 S. Broad St., 5th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19110
215-686-7082 (phone); 215-686-7041 (fax)
Molly Callahan, Legal Center Director

Women's Law Project
United Way Donor Option Number: 00198
125 S. 9th St., Ste. 300, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-928-9801 (phone); 215-928-9848 (fax)
Carol Tracy , Executive Director