Resources to Fight Discrimination
The primary role of CAAA is policy implementation and establishing relationships with state and private sector organizations. We are not authorized to provide legal services. Should you encounter racial descrimination, please use the resources below to obtain assistance.
Racial Discrimination References:
Help and Referral:Local Advocacy Organizations
- Tacoma/Pierce County Black Collective
- Northwest Justice Project
- King County Bar Association Housing Justice Project
- Poverty Action Network
Legal Help
- Access to Justice Board
- Columbia Legal Services
- Kitsap Legal Services
- Legal Self Help
- Free Legal Aid WA ST
- Tacoma Pro Bono Project
Legal Help (By County)
ABERDEEN
Volunteer Legal Aid Program of Grays Harbor Phone: (360) 533-3652
BELLEVUE
Eastside Legal Assistance Program (425) 747 -7274
BELLINGHAM
Legal Assistance by Whatcom (LAW) Advocates Phone: (360)671-6079
BREMERTON
Kitsap Legal Services Phone: 1(888) 201-1014 or (360) 479-6125
CHEHALIS
Lewis County Bar Legal Aid Phone: (360) 748-0430
COLVILLE
Northeast Washington Legal Aid Program Phone: (509) 684-8421 or (888) 201-1014
ELLENSBURG
Kittitas County Volunteer Legal Services Phone: (509) 925-6434
EVERETT
Snohomish County Legal Services Phone: (425) 258-9283 or (888) 201-1014
KENNEWICK
Benton-Franklin County Legal Aid Society - Columbia Legal Services Phone: (509) 734-9840 / (509) 374-9855 Intake Phone: (888) 201-1014
MOUNT VERNON
Skagit County Volunteer Lawyer Program Phone: (360) 416-7585 Intake Phone: (888) 201-1014
MOSES LAKE
North Columbia Community Action Council Legal Assistance Program Phone: (509) 765-9206
OAK HARBOR
Volunteer Lawyer Program Of Island County Phone: (360) 675-4750
OKANOGAN
Okanogan County CAC Phone: (509) 422-4041
OLYMPIA
Columbia Legal Services (360) 943-6260 or (800) 260-6260 :Thurston County Volunteer Legal Services Phone: (360) 943-6585 or (360) 705-8194
PORT ANGELES - Free Legal Aid Washington
Clallam County Pro Bono Lawyers Phone: (360) 417-0818
PULLMAN
Whitman County Legal Services Phone: (509) 334-9147
ROSEBURG
Douglas County Volunteer Lawyer Project Legal Aid Services Of Oregon Phone: (541) 673-1182
SPOKANE
Spokane County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Program Phone: (509) 324-0118
TACOMA AND PIERCE COUNTY
Tacoma Pro Bono Phone: (253) 572-5134
WALLA WALLA - Free Legal Aid Washington
Blue Mountain Volunteer Attorney Referral Program Phone: (509) 529-4980
WENATCHEE
Columbia Legal Services Phone: (509) 662-9681 (800) 572-9615
Coordinated Legal Education, Advice and Referral (CLEAR)
CLEAR provides low-income individuals with a variety of services including legal advice, legal information, publications, brief service, and referral to further legal assistance in their communities by calling a toll-free number. Some legal information publications include pro se instructions and forms. Phone: (888) 201-1014
If you are 60 or over you may call CLEAR*Sr at 1(888) 387-7111. TTY - 1(888) 201-9737
Chelan-Douglas Volunteer Attorney Services \ Phone: (509) 663-2778
YAKIMA
Yakima County Volunteer Attorney Services Phone: (509) 453-4400
Columbia Legal Services (509) 575-5593 or (800) 631-1323
Coordinated Legal Education, Advice and Referral (CLEAR) Phone: (888) 201-1014. If you are 60 or over you may call CLEAR*Sr at (888) 387-7111. TTY - (888) 201-9737
Eastside Legal Assistance Program
1510 40th Ave. N.E. Suite 110 Bellevue , WA 98005 (425) 747-7274
Provides free 30-minute legal advice sessions with an attorney, either in person or over the phone. Issues addressed include divorce, domestic violence, child support, landlord/tenant, consumer, public entitlements, wills, and probate. Offers advice clinics, self-help workshops and lectures. Does not assist with criminal cases. Serves low-income residents of East and Northeast King County (Domestic Violence Victims, Low Income, Working poor and unemployed.)
Northwest Women's Law Center
1195 Maine Street Referrals: (206) 621-7691
Neighborhood Legal Clinics
(206) 267-7029 or (206) 340- 2593 or (206) 267-7100 Offers free, limited legal advice and referrals to King County residents and those Washington state residents with legal matters in King County who might otherwise have no access to the legal system. Area of law: Civil Rights, Consumer, Disability, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits
Populations Served: asylum seekers, children, domestic violence victims, elderly, general public, HIV, immigrants, lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, low-income, Native Americans, working poor and unemployed
Over 480 volunteer attorneys and 150 non-attorneys assist over 6,500 people per year by providing individual sessions of advice and consultation. Top three issues seen at the clinics are Family Law (30%), Consumer/Finance and Bankruptcy (20%), and Housing-Landlord/Tenant (10%).
Free Legal Aid Washington - Attorney Referral: Washington State Bar Association Phone: 800.945.9722 / 206.443.9722
Bar Associations
- Loren Miller Bar Association
- All Minority Bar Associations
- King County Bar Association
- Washington State Bar Association
- To ask for an investigation of an attorney call
1-800-945-WSBA (9722)
- To ask for an investigation of an attorney call