org is a free website that explains everyday legal topics in plain language, like family law, housing, money problems, and immigration. It is run together by Atlanta Legal Aid Society and Georgia Legal Services Program, and it helps people find a lawyer, court forms, and other legal resources across Georgia.
Atlanta Victim Assistance is a nonprofit that has helped crime victims since 1984. Trained advocates work with Atlanta police, the city's municipal court, and some schools. They help people stay safe, understand the court process, and find support. Services are free, and you do not have to report the crime or have an arrest to get help.
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts is a nonprofit that has helped Georgia artists and arts groups with legal needs since 1975. Volunteer attorneys help with things like copyright, trademarks, and contracts through short clinics, workshops, and referrals. You join as a member first, and artists with lower incomes can qualify for free legal help.
Georgia Justice Project is a nonprofit that gives free legal help to people in Georgia who have been touched by the criminal legal system. It defends some people charged in Fulton and DeKalb counties and helps people clean up old records so it is easier to get a job or a home. It also helps with ending felony probation early, job license problems, and questions about voting.
Atlanta Legal Aid Society gives free help with civil legal problems to people who cannot afford a lawyer. This is the Fulton County downtown headquarters office. They help with things like housing, debt, family and domestic violence issues, disability and health rights, and help for seniors and veterans.
AVLF is a nonprofit that gives free legal help to qualified people in Atlanta. It helps with evictions and landlord problems, protective orders after abuse, and some family law cases. Help starts with a phone call to the intake line.
This is the Fulton County office of the Georgia Division of Child Support Services. It helps parents and caregivers open a child support case, establish paternity, set up or change support orders, and collect payments. Since August 1, 2025, in-person help for this office is given at the Fulton County DHS office on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway in Atlanta instead of the East Point address.
The State Bar of Georgia is the professional group for Georgia lawyers. For the public, it has a phone line for questions or problems with a lawyer, a free way to settle a fee dispute with a lawyer, and a center that points people to free or low-cost legal aid.
The Governor's Office of Consumer Protection became the Consumer Protection Division of the Georgia Attorney General's office (Department of Law) in 2015, and it now works from 40 Capitol Square SW. It takes complaints about unfair or deceptive business practices, such as problems with car sales, debt collectors and scams, and it tries to resolve them. It also offers free consumer education.
The Pro Bono Resource Center is run by the State Bar of Georgia together with the Georgia Legal Services Program. It works to get private lawyers to help people with low incomes who have civil (non-criminal) legal problems.org to find legal aid programs, and it helps local bar groups build their own pro bono programs.
S. government agency that enforces federal laws against job discrimination. If you think an employer treated you unfairly at work, you can file a charge with them. They also offer mediation, training, and help for small businesses and federal workers.
S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. Staff look into problems like unpaid minimum wage, missing overtime pay, child labor violations, and family or medical leave issues, at no cost to the worker. Anyone who thinks their employer did not pay them correctly or broke these labor laws can call or visit to start a complaint.
This is a nonprofit law firm that helps Georgia families who own inherited land or a home without clear legal papers (called heirs property). It clears up the title, writes wills and estate plans, and helps owners reach home repair and land programs. Its services are free, but it cannot take every case.
The Justice Resource Center is a Fulton County court help center for people who handle their own legal matters. It has family law forms, a legal research library with public computers, and by-appointment talks with lawyers about family, senior, and housing issues. Staff can point you to the right help but are not lawyers and cannot give legal advice.
The Justice Resource Center is a self-help legal center inside the Fulton County court complex in downtown Atlanta. It helps people who are handling a court case without a lawyer. You can get family law forms, legal research tools, a free monthly family law clinic, and short talks with attorneys. Staff are not lawyers and cannot give legal advice.
The Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic is part of Georgia State University College of Law. Law students, supervised by a faculty member and an attorney, represent people who cannot afford a lawyer in federal income or employment tax disputes with the IRS. The clinic has served Georgia taxpayers since 1992.
HUD is the federal housing agency. Its Georgia page sends people to the right place for housing counseling, public housing and Section 8 vouchers, FHA home loans, disaster help, and housing discrimination complaints. HUD says it is not a direct service provider, so most help comes through other groups it points you to.
Georgia Advocacy Office is a nonprofit that protects the rights of people with disabilities and mental illness in Georgia. Its advocates look into abuse and neglect, work to help people get services in their own communities, and can file complaints or go to court when talking does not fix a problem. You can call to speak with a staff member who can point you to the right help.
Emory Law is the law school of Emory University. Students there learn by working in legal clinics on real legal needs of clients. One example is the Barton Center, which gives legal help to children and teens involved with the courts.
Georgia Legal Services Program is a nonprofit law firm. It gives free civil legal help to Georgians with low incomes who live outside metro Atlanta, in 154 of the state's 159 counties. It does not represent people who live in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton or Gwinnett counties.
