Connecticut Legal Services
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| Last updated on September 5, 2007 |
Connecticut Legal Services is a private, non-profit, civil law firm dedicated to helping low-income families and individuals obtain justice.
The bulk of our work consists of providing civil law representation and counseling to thousands of low-income families and individuals each year.
We help our clients use the law to meet basic life needs.
Description:
Our lawyers are experts in a wide range of poverty law practice areas: housing and homelessness; public benefits and employment; domestic violence and other family law matters; health law including Medicaid, Medicare, and nursing home matters; education and juvenile law; consumer law; and mental retardation and disability law.
We are seeking volunteers to assist in the Stamford Day Laborer Wage Clinic – a legal clinic to assist day laborers who have been exploited by employers who have not paid wages owed to them. Connecticut Legal Services has trained and organized a group of volunteer private attorneys and paralegals to interview the workers and calculate wages owed then send demand letters to employers, and if that is not successful, draft small claims court complaints, and refer more complex cases for individual representation.
History:
Connecticut Legal Services has been serving the poor and vulnerable in Connecticut for almost thirty years.
Contact people:
Office fax number: (203) 348-2589
Address:
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20 Summer Street
Stamford, CT 06830
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Web Site: http://www.connlegalservices.org
Directions:
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We are located at the intersection of Summer and Main streets in downtown Stamford, just south of Target. We share a parking lot with the Majestic movie theater and are across from a Kinko's. We are on the fourth floor.
Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: MetroNorth Railroad - Stamford,
Walk distance (in minutes): 10 minutes |
Miscellaneous Information
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No
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Yes
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| Does your agecny accept court ordered communituy service volunteers? |
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No
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| Does your agency accept and coordinate group projects for corporate volunteers? |
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No
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| Does your agency accept and coordinate group projects for youth volunteers? |
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No
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| Does your agency accept youth volunteers ages 8-13 with adult supervision? |
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No
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| Does your agency accept youth volunteers ages 14-18? |
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Yes
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