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HUMAN RIGHTS, LEGAL, and PRISONS ISSUES RESOURCES
HUMAN RIGHTS, LEGAL , AND PRISON ISSUES:
State Bar of Texas Lawyers Care
Primary Address: 1414 Colorado St
City: Austin
State: TX
Zip: 78701-1627
General Phone: 800-204-2222
Fax: 512-477-8302
Counties Served: Statewide
Case Restrictions: NO DIRECT SERVICES- pro bono/legal services
support
project only.
Web Site: http://texasbar.com
Artists' Legal and Accounting Assistance (Austin)
Primary Address: 205 W 9th St, Ste 233
City: Austin
State: TX
Zip: 78701-2320
General Phone: 512-476-4458
Counties Served: Hays, Travis, Williamson
Case Types: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Individual Rights, Real Estate,
Torts, Wills and Estates, Intellectual Property
Case Restrictions: Arts related business matters only.
Capital Area AIDS Legal Project
Primary Address: 7215 Cameron Rd
City: Austin
State: TX
Zip: 78752
General Phone: 512-406-6173
Counties Served: Central Texas
Case Types: AIDS/HIV, Adoption, Bankruptcy, Custody, Dissolution
of
Marriage, Employment, Health, Housing, Immigration, Public Benefits,
Real Estate, Termination of Parental Rights, Wills and Estates
Case Restrictions: Must be HIV +, IOLTA guidelines: no suits against
the state, no services for fee and no criminal law.
Family ElderCare, Inc. Dip & Money Management Program
Primary Address: 2210 Hancock Dr
City: Austin
State: TX
Zip: 78705-1450
General Phone: 512-450-0844
Counties Served: Travis, Williamson
Other Case Types: Guardianship
Case Restrictions: No appropriate family to act as guardian.
Political Asylum Project of Austin - PAPA
1715 E 6th St
Austin, TX 78702-2701
512-478-0546
Case Types: Domestic Violence, Immigration, Individual Rights
Travis County Bar Association
Primary Address: 700 Lavaca Suite 602
City: Austin
State: TX
Zip: 78701
General Phone: 512-472-0279
Fax: 512-473-2720
Other Case Types: Immigration
Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas
700 Lavaca St, Ste 603
Austin, TX 78701-3102
Intake Phone: 512-447-7707
Case Types: Bankruptcy, Consumer, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic
Violence, Elder Law, Employment, Housing, Public Benefits, Real
Estate,
Wills and Estates
Critical Resistance has links for finding incarcerated loved
ones in Louisiana:
http://www.criticalresistance.org
The Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana (JJPL) and Families
and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children (FFLIC) are mobilizing
support for the hundreds of incarcerated children in Louisiana.
http://www.jjpl.org
http://www.fflic.org
The American Bar Association has opened 24-hour toll-free numbers
for victims of Hurricane Katrina who need free legal assistance
or advice. Additionally, interested lawyers can sign up at the
ABA's Web site. The numbers are:
Louisiana residents: 1-800-310-7029
Mississippi residents: 1-866-255-4495
Alabama residents: 1-800-354-6154
The United Nations defines Katrina evacuees as “Internally
Displaced Persons.” Read the United Nations Guidelines on
Internally Displaced Persons.
http://www.nesri.org/economic_social_rights/internally%20displaced.htm
Know Your Rights explains your rights if stopped by the police
or government agents.
In English, Spanish, Arabic, Farsi, and Punjabi.
www.nlg.org/resources/know_your_rights.htm
National Economic and Social Rights Initiative is compiling a
national report on human rights abuses in the wake of Hurricane
Katrina.
http://www.nesri.org/
The Praxis Project lists resources for strategy and rebuilding
fairly.
http://www.thepraxisproject.org/home.html
Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide
www.projectsouth.org
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