American Bar Association’s Wisconsin Free Legal Answers

Free Online Legal Answers for people in Wisconsin

1. See if you qualify - Answer a few questions to see if you qualify to use this service.

2. Ask a question - Ask our volunteer attorneys a specific question about your civil legal issue.

3. Check your email - You'll receive an email telling you when your question receives a response.

4. Log back in online - See the response to your question; ask more questions.

• Your income is low for a family the size of yours. • The value of your checking account, savings account, stocks or bonds are low. • You aren't in jail or prison. • Your legal problem isn't related to a criminal charge. • You don’t already have a lawyer to help you with your legal problem. • You are an adult.

Legal Action of Wisconsin

Help for low-income people with services including: inaccurate criminal records, driver's license issues, child support issues, help for returning prisoners, eviction defense, family law, housing law, SSI or disability denials, and other legal issues. More details on their web site.

Open to all low-income individuals.
General number
855-947-2529
Madison Office
608-256-3304
744 Williamson Street, Suite 200, Madison, WI 53703

Neighborhood Law Clinic

The Neighborhood Law Clinic (NLC) provides a broad range of legal services including rental housing, employment, and public benefits law. Law students staff the community-based office at the UW South Madison Partnership space in the Villager Mall on Madison's South Side. They may be able to help you if...

  • Your employer hasn't paid you for hours that you worked
  • Your employer owes you overtime pay or didn't pay you the minimum wage
  • You've been denied SSI/SSDI benefits
  • Your landlord is trying to evict you
  • Your landlord illegally kept your security deposit
  • Your apartment has maintenance or repair issues that have not been resolved
  • Your Section 8 voucher is being terminated
  • You have been discriminated against in employment or housing

They CANNOT help with

Wisconsin Judicare

Wisconsin Judicare provides legal representation to low-income individuals living in Wisconsin's northern 33 counties.

Main Office
715-842-1681
Toll free
800-472-1638
401 Fifth Street, Suite 200, Wausau, WI 54403

American Bar Association’s Wisconsin Free Legal Answers

Free Online Legal Answers for people in Wisconsin

1. See if you qualify - Answer a few questions to see if you qualify to use this service.

2. Ask a question - Ask our volunteer attorneys a specific question about your civil legal issue.

3. Check your email - You'll receive an email telling you when your question receives a response.

4. Log back in online - See the response to your question; ask more questions.

• Your income is low for a family the size of yours. • The value of your checking account, savings account, stocks or bonds are low. • You aren't in jail or prison. • Your legal problem isn't related to a criminal charge. • You don’t already have a lawyer to help you with your legal problem. • You are an adult.

Legal Action of Wisconsin

Help for low-income people with services including: inaccurate criminal records, driver's license issues, child support issues, help for returning prisoners, eviction defense, family law, housing law, SSI or disability denials, and other legal issues. More details on their web site.

Open to all low-income individuals.
General number
855-947-2529
Madison Office
608-256-3304
744 Williamson Street, Suite 200, Madison, WI 53703

Neighborhood Law Clinic

The Neighborhood Law Clinic (NLC) provides a broad range of legal services including rental housing, employment, and public benefits law. Law students staff the community-based office at the UW South Madison Partnership space in the Villager Mall on Madison's South Side. They may be able to help you if...

  • Your employer hasn't paid you for hours that you worked
  • Your employer owes you overtime pay or didn't pay you the minimum wage
  • You've been denied SSI/SSDI benefits
  • Your landlord is trying to evict you
  • Your landlord illegally kept your security deposit
  • Your apartment has maintenance or repair issues that have not been resolved
  • Your Section 8 voucher is being terminated
  • You have been discriminated against in employment or housing

They CANNOT help with

State Bar of WI Lawyer Referral and Information Service

Wisconsin Judicare

Wisconsin Judicare provides legal representation to low-income individuals living in Wisconsin's northern 33 counties.

Main Office
715-842-1681
Toll free
800-472-1638
401 Fifth Street, Suite 200, Wausau, WI 54403