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Central Minnesota Legal Services provides free attorneys to qualifying individuals
Central Minnesota Legal Services provides civil legal services to low-income persons in 21 counties in Central Minnesota. Its mission is "to advocate for access to the civil justice system for low income people by providing high quality legal services and to improve the lives of people living in poverty by empowering self-advocacy skills through legal education." Clients receive legal services at no cost, unless there are court fees that cannot be waived. CMLS helps eligible clients through direct representation, brief advice, and through participating in community legal education programs.
CMLS provides assistance in issues involving:
Family Law
Housing
Government Benefits
Consumer Law
Employment Law
Anoka County Housing Clinic
The Anoka County Housing Clinic is for advice only for problems like:
Evictions
Lease violations
Repair problems
Emergency problems
Lock-outs
Expungements
Service Issues
Assistance is limited to advice and referrals. Please bring with you all documents that are important to your case. For example: court papers, notices from your landlord, rent receipts, proof of rent paid, inspection reports, copies of leases, and any other documentation that you would want a judge to consider.
The Housing Clinic is staffed by attorneys from Central Minnesota Legal Services on the second, fourth, and fifth Mondays every month. Attorneys from Judicare of Anoka County staff the Housing Clinic on the third Monday of every month.
Anoka County Housing Clinic
The Anoka County Housing Clinic is for advice only for problems like:
Evictions
Lease violations
Repair problems
Emergency problems
Lock-outs
Expungements
Service Issues
Assistance is limited to advice and referrals. Please bring with you all documents that are important to your case. For example: court papers, notices from your landlord, rent receipts, proof of rent paid, inspection reports, copies of leases, and any other documentation that you would want a judge to consider.
The Housing Clinic is staffed by attorneys from Central Minnesota Legal Services on the second, fourth, and fifth Mondays every month. Attorneys from Judicare of Anoka County staff the Housing Clinic on the third Monday of every month.
Anoka County Housing Clinic
The Anoka County Housing Clinic is for advice only for problems like:
Evictions
Lease violations
Repair problems
Emergency problems
Lock-outs
Expungements
Service Issues
Assistance is limited to advice and referrals. Please bring with you all documents that are important to your case. For example: court papers, notices from your landlord, rent receipts, proof of rent paid, inspection reports, copies of leases, and any other documentation that you would want a judge to consider.
The Housing Clinic is staffed by attorneys from Central Minnesota Legal Services on the second, fourth, and fifth Mondays every month. Attorneys from Judicare of Anoka County staff the Housing Clinic on the third Monday of every month.
Anoka County Housing Clinic
The Anoka County Housing Clinic is for advice only for problems like:
Evictions
Lease violations
Repair problems
Emergency problems
Lock-outs
Expungements
Service Issues
Assistance is limited to advice and referrals. Please bring with you all documents that are important to your case. For example: court papers, notices from your landlord, rent receipts, proof of rent paid, inspection reports, copies of leases, and any other documentation that you would want a judge to consider.
The Housing Clinic is staffed by attorneys from Central Minnesota Legal Services on the second, fourth, and fifth Mondays every month. Attorneys from Judicare of Anoka County staff the Housing Clinic on the third Monday of every month.


