Volunteer Guide

Franklin County Legal Services

  • Location:
    336 Lincoln Way East
    Suite B
    Chambersburg, PA 17201
  • Phone:
    (717) 262-2326
  • Fax:
    (717) 262-2360

Franklin County Legal Services provides free legal services to low-income individuals with civil legal problems.  Practice areas include immigration, family, housing, and other areas of civil law.  Immigration legal services are provided to individuals residing in the Pennsylvania counties of:  Franklin, Fulton, Adams, Cumberland, Perry, Juniata, and Huntingdon (or had lived in one of those counties prior to their immigration detention).

Counties served: Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Perry

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Habeas Corpus, NACARA, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Populations served: Detained individuals, 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: English, Spanish

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes