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It’s hard to take care of yourself when there are more pressing matters demanding your attention.                 Let us help with your legal issues so you can concentrate on healing!

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Doctor with patient consult

Our Services

There’s more to the story than high-quality health care. Your health is greatly affected by your social environment, too. The NLS Medical-Legal Partnership is a free legal service program helping you overcome societal barriers keeping you from achieving your best health outcome.

We integrate our legal expertise into health care settings to help clinicians, case managers, and social workers address structural problems at the root of so many health inequities.

Our team can help with:

  • Icon for Housing - Eviction, Section 8, Habitability Housing - Eviction, Section 8, Habitability
  • Icon for Family - Custody, Support, Orders of Protection, Divorce Family - Custody, Support, Orders of Protection, Divorce
  • Icon for Public Benefits - Food Stamps, TA, DSS, Homelessness Public Benefits - Food Stamps, TA, DSS, Homelessness
  • Icon for Disability - SSI, SSDI, Going Back to Work Disability - SSI, SSDI, Going Back to Work
  • Icon for Estate Planning - Wills, POA, Healthcare Proxy Estate Planning - Wills, POA, Healthcare Proxy
  • Icon for Name Changes Name Changes
  • Icon for Veterans Issues - Discharge Upgrades, Service-Connected Disabilities Veterans Issues - Discharge Upgrades, Service-Connected Disabilities
Sarita's Story

Sarita's Story

When “Sarita” was referred to our MLP team, she was living off a minimal amount of SNAP benefits and unable to pay her rent. Though she had several debilitating medical conditions, including extre...

Medical Partners. The NLS Medical-Legal Partnership team offers FREE legal services in cooperation with : Evergreen Health, Catholic Health, Neighborhood Health Center, Roswell Park, US Department of Veteran Affairs.

Healthcare Partners

Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. MLP services are available for residents of Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans, and Wyoming counties, through the following community health partners:

Health Equity Law Project – For financially-eligible patients of Evergreen Health
LegalCare – For financially-eligible patients, caretakers and loved ones at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
PatientPath – For financially-eligible patients of Catholic Health and Catholic Charities
(Select services available for spouses of patients)
Legal Services for Veterans – For financially-eligible patients of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
LegalCare – For financially-eligible patients at Neighborhood Health Center
Financial eligibility is based on U.S. poverty levels and will be determined at intake.

In the Community

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