Legal Aid Society of Rockland County

The Legal Aid Society of Rockland's Civil Division provides legal representation to clients whose income is within 200% of the poverty level in: evictions, foreclosures, cases involving clients' right to receive public assistance benefits, immigration matters, bankruptcies, and divorces. In addition, lawyers in Children's Rights Division (CRD) represent children in family court proceedings involving, abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency, PINS, custody and visitation, family offenses, termination of parental rights, and foster care placements.

All the cases for that division are assigned by the Rockland County Family Court and there are no eligibility criteria for those cases. The program information below pertains only to the Civil Division.

How to Get Help

Please call (845) 634-3627 or (800) 454-3627 during our regular business hours, Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

If a new client leaves a message, a return call will be made by the end of the next business day.  Emergency phone calls are returned the same day.

Every effort is made to see walk-in clients.  Walk-in clients who have emergency problems are seen immediately. No walk-in clients will be accepted on Wednesday evenings. Please bring all documents pertaining to client's legal problem.

If necessary, our staff will visit clients in their homes or in institutional settings (prisons, hospitals, etc.)