The Legal Aid Society exists for one simple yet powerful reason: to ensure that no New Yorker is denied the right to equal justice because of poverty.
For over 140 years, we have protected, defended, and advocated for those that have struggled in silence for far too long – working on the front lines and behind the scenes to offer our clients the exceptional legal services they deserve.
Through our Civil, Criminal Defense, and Juvenile Rights Practices, we offer an unmatched depth and breadth of legal expertise to vulnerable New Yorkers in over 300,000 legal matters each and every year.
Every day, in every borough, The Legal Aid Society changes the lives of our clients with the help of our supporters.
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RT @Jere_Hester: A judge’s ruling could change the way the city deals with youths who violate their “aftercare” – the equivalent of… https://t.co/r0WSBmETcd
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RT @RosaGoldensohn: "My freedom is important to me.” ACS child-parole revocation tossed by judge who says the agency's rules did not ha… https://t.co/k1HO7S0G5d
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RT @LegalAidNYC: #BREAKING: A NYS Supreme Court just ruled that the City had been unlawfully re-incarcerating hundreds of local yout… https://t.co/4JaoPnHkZ1
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#BREAKING: A NYS Supreme Court just ruled that the City had been unlawfully re-incarcerating hundreds of local yout… https://t.co/4JaoPnHkZ1
