Community Legal Aid (Springfield Office)

  • Location:
    One Monarch Pl
    Suite 400
    Springfield, MA 01144
  • Phone:
    (508) 425-2785
  • Fax:
    (508) 752-5918
  • Contact methods:
    Phone calls, Website
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

Community Legal Aid is a state-funded civil legal aid program in central and western Massachusetts. It provides free civil legal assistance to low-income and under-served individuals.

Counties served: Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals
Other areas of legal assistance: Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Housing, Public Benefits
Non-legal services: Legal Orientation Programs (LOP) / Know Your Rights Presentations (KYR), Referrals to other services
Populations served: Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Arabic, English, Portuguese, Spanish
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No