Northeast New Jersey Legal Services

Northeast New Jersey Legal Services’s (NNJLS) mission is to ensure equal access to justice for low-income residents of Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic Counties, New Jersey. No one should be denied a meaningful opportunity to have their day in court simply because they cannot afford a lawyer. Northeast New Jersey Legal Services provides free, high-quality legal assistance to low-income, senior, disabled, and other vulnerable residents of Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic Counties.NNJLS is a private non-profit public interest law firm that provides free legal representation in civil (non-criminal) matters to low-income and underserved individuals and families. We also work to increase the public’s knowledge of their rights and responsibilities through community legal education.NNJLS focuses on four core areas of civil law – housing, consumer, family, and public benefits. These are the areas in which our clients are most likely to develop legal problems which they cannot address by themselves.NNJLS also has specialized programs in place to address the legal needs of veterans, seniors, students, survivors of domestic violence, survivors of sexual assault, recent immigrants, persons living with HIV or AIDS, formerly incarcerated, the homeless, and low-income residents who have federal income tax issues.