Our office staff in Rankin Inlet includes a reception/administrative assistant. We have two resident clerks and one in Arviat who assist with all sorts of tasks inside and outside the court, including receiving legal aid applications and serving documents. The Mission First Legal Aid Office was created in partnership between Mississippi College School of Law and Mission First. It provides legal services and counseling to underserved Jackson residents whose household income is less than 200 percent of federal poverty guidelines. For more information on the services offered by this organization, click here, here and here. The ABA`s military pro bono project accepts case recommendations from military lawyers on behalf of recruited and serving junior military personnel facing civil law issues and strives to refer these cases to pro bono lawyers. ABA Home Front provides legal information, resources and a directory of legal programs for veterans, military personnel and military families. Programs listed include military legal aid offices, legal aid and pro bono organizations, mediation and information services for lawyers, and military-specific programs, where applicable. The Jackson office represents clients in Hinds, Rankin, Madison, Copiah and Simpson counties. Each service desk is staffed by lawyers, paralegals and other support staff who are available to resolve issues that may arise in the particular service area or to make appropriate recommendations. Kivalliq Legal Services does not have a poverty or civil lawyer, but we can refer clients to the appropriate lawyer at the other two legal clinics in Nunavut.
We also provide oath-taking agents and notarization services to individuals who may be present in person at our offices. The Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project (MVLP) was founded in 1982 as a joint program of the Mississippi Bar and Legal Services Corporation. In addition to referrals to private lawyers, MVLP also coordinates legal clinics, public awareness workshops, and lawyer training throughout Mississippi. For more information on the services offered by this organization, click here. The Mississippi Center for Legal Services provides free civil legal assistance to eligible poor people in 43 counties in southern Mississippi. For more information on the services offered by this organization, click here. The Mississippi Workers` Center for Human Rights (the Center) is a membership organization that fights worker abuse through organizing, legal advocacy, community building and awareness, and most importantly, organizing and developing Indigenous union leaders. The issues addressed by the Centre are: unfair labour practices; discrimination in the workplace; hostile work environment and hatred of violence; Retribution; sexual harassment; illegal dismissals and risks to health and safety at work.
The Legal Aid Office provides legal services such as family law, consumer law, government Our two resident family lawyers provide family law representation to clients with legal aid certificates throughout Nunavut. We also respond to the Family Law Toll-Free Line for Nunavut residents throughout the region and provide free family law advice. Benefit programs, housing, and debtor and creditor issues. Typical cases are guardianship: “Living in a small town gives me a unique opportunity to help many people with problems that seem small to us, but are quite important in their lives. Often, they only need a few phone calls or letters to resolve their situation, but having to pay for a lawyer would blow up their already tight monthly budget. As we all know, pro bono clients are truly grateful for the support they receive from lawyers who willingly give their time, and helping these clients brings us more rewards than money. I firmly believe in Luke 12:48: “To whom much is given, much is expected.” We all fall into this category and not necessarily in the monetary sense. We have received gifts such as intelligence, perseverance, diligence, and compassion, and we must use them to help those less fortunate. I applaud Mission First and all the Mississippi lawyers who have given their time over the past year to help those around us, and I urge all of you to give a few hours each month to pro bono clients.
The Mississippi Center for Justice is a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to promoting racial and economic justice. Supported and staffed by lawyers, community leaders and volunteers, the Centre develops and implements anti-discrimination and anti-poverty strategies. Counties served: Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Stone, Walthall, Warren, Wayne, Wilkinson and Yazoo. “But let justice flow like water, and justice like a river that always flows.” Amos Our offices are open Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We are closed on public holidays and for most Christmas holidays every year. The Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance educates Mississippi`s nonimmigrant community on immigration issues, educates immigrant workers about their rights, and unites Mississippi human rights advocates on local, state, and national immigration rights programs. Divorce or cases of bodily harm. Operating with minimal staff and a dedicated Mississippi College School of Law group, provides students with clinical opportunities to serve low-income and disadvantaged individuals in adoption, family, HIV/AIDS employment and housing discrimination, as well as juvenile court cases. Those interested in volunteering can call, email or click on the volunteer link here. Hinds, Madison and Rankin counties, which are eligible based on income. law.olemiss.edu/academics-programs/clinics/pro-bono-initiative/ 662-915-7429 www.law.mc.edu/academics/clinics/ 601-925-7180 Bediente Grafschaften: Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Washington, Webster, Winston, Yalobusha.