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 ยง1003.61. 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

100 Metroplex Drive
Plainfield Avenue
Edison, NJ 08818
(732) 572-9100, ext. 231
Hotline: 1-888-576-5529
(Please call the hotline number when placing a call to this office)

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.