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Legal advocacy paves road to brighter future

Legal Advocate Cindy Jarvi of our Minnesota Disability Law Center advocated for Will O’leary’s right to education and other services.

Helping domestic violence survivors through the pandemic

COVID-19 brough heightened concerns for safety and stable housing. Legal Aid Staff Attorney Chloe Canetti helped secure housing for a domestic violence survivor.

Citizenship Day event guides immigrants through process

During Citizenship Day, Legal Aid staff worked with volunteer attorneys, advocates and law students to guide eligible immigrants through the citizenship application process with full legal support.

Career end restarted with Project Care

Our client needed eye surgery to keep his job. But his job didn’t provide health insurance to get that surgery, so he lost it. Then, he turned to Legal Aid.

Disability rights: How to vote

Questions and answers about how to vote by mail or in person, especially for persons with disabilities. Prepared by the Minnesota Disability Law Center mndlc.org.

Minnesota Disability Law Center: Ensuring education services

Discover the hopeful story of MDLC’s fight for education services for Matthew, a 15-year-old client with autism and behavioral challenges, who lives in a group home.

Legal Aid: Building Community Partnerships

Learn about Legal Aid’s partnerships that provide legal services for East African immigrants through a generous gift from the Pat and Tom Grossman Family Fund of the Minnesota Community Foundation.

Legal Aid: Advancing equal justice

MMLA provides high-quality legal representation for low-income residents of Minnesota on a variety of civil matters at no cost to clients. Learn about Legal Aid’s impact and breadth of services.

Healthcare barriers more challenging than ever during the pandemic

During the pandemic, paralegal Abdirahman Hussein and his colleagues adapted quickly, offering phone and online appointments.

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