Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP) is a non-profit Pennsylvania corporation committed to delivering high quality civil legal services to low-income people, victims of domestic abuse and the elderly living in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties.
The mission of LASP is to provide quality legal representation to low-income people, to empower them to solve problems without legal representation through legal education and increased access to the courts, and to change community practices and systems that cause or aggravate poverty.
LASP provides legal services typically in the areas:
- Landlord/Tenant Disputes
- Public Housing
- Utilities
- Foreclosures and Sheriffs' Sales
- Bankruptcy
- Denial or Termination of Government Benefits
- Protection from Abuse
- Custody
- Child Dependency
- Divorce
- License Suspension
- Elder Law Issues
The services rendered in these areas can consist of information and advice, drafting of legal documents, and negotiation and representation in administrative and judicial proceedings. LASP also engages in community legal education through talks and presentations to client and social service staff groups, accompanied by the compilation and distribution of brochures and other written materials on a wide variety of civil legal issues.
For more information, or to find a Legal Aid location near you, please visit the website, or contact:
Toll-Free Helpline: 1-877-429-5994 (English and Spanish).