Attorneys work with interpreters to give consultation and legal advice on family law, immigration law, landlord-tenant disputes, employment law and other areas. Call for an appointment. Focuses on serving limited English-speaking Koreans.
Operates legal clinics providing free 30 minute consultations with an attorney.
Focus is on Korean and Korean-speaking clients.
Clinic attorneys can:
- Determine whether the client has a legal problem
- Suggest possible options
- Help answer papers, summons and requests
- Provide appropriate referrals
Neighborhood legal clinic attorneys may not have expertise in all areas of the law, but they will make every attempt to answer questions accurately.
Attorneys CANNOT give advice on criminal legal issues or provide representation on any legal matters.
Provides a social worker for emotional support, short-term counseling and resource navigation for older adults. Coordinates a caregiver support group and a grief support group. Facilitates a legal advice service and a financial planning service.
Social Worker is available to meet 1-on-1 for emotional support, short-term counseling and resource navigation. Community referrals will be made for situations that need more intensive psychological interventions.
Also offers:
- Legal Advisor 2nd M of the month. Appointments must be made in advance.
- Caregiver Support Group 2nd and 4th Th, for caregivers of family members with Alzheimer’s or memory loss.
Counsels patients and families on issues such as symptom management, hospice care and end-of-life choices.
Educates the public, physicians and legislators on end-of-life issues and patients' rights.
Counsels patients and families on end-of-life choices, including medical aid in dying (MAiD) and voluntary stopping eating and drinking (VSED)
Provides support and guidance to qualifying terminally ill individuals seeking to use the WA Death With Dignity Act. Educates the public, physicians, and legislators on end-of-life issues and patients' rights.
Volunteers provide free legal and consumer information. Assists with Social Security, elder law issues, estate planning, powers of attorney, probate, guardianship, and consumer, debt and bankruptcy issues.
Provides free legal and consumer information from trained volunteers on a number of topics related to their rights and options, including the following: - Wills - Powers of attorney - Health care directives - Guardianships - Trusts - Social Security - Probate - Living trusts - Medicare
Two different law groups provide seniors with assistance with elder issues such as wills, end of life issues, probate, power of attorney’s, etc.
Sound Generations assists on the 2nd/4th Friday of each month. Iddins Law Group assists the 3rd Friday of each month.
Provides a free elder law clinic for residents of King County.
Provides a free half-hour of advice.
Examples of issues presented are
- Health directives
- Power-of-attorneys
- Wills Some frequently asked questions include:
"What should I put in my will?"
"Can I legally place my father in a nursing home?
"Is my will legal in the state of Washington?" and
"Can you help me understand the complexities of WA Apple Health (Medicaid) and estate planning?"
Program is offered in partnership with the King County Bar Association and Senior Rights Assistance through Sound Generations.
Provides information and documents related to estate planning, power of attorney, probate, and guardianship. No fees. Information may not be provided by an attorney. Coordinates two elder law clinics in Seattle and Kent with attorneys available.
Provides information and documents related to ONLY these topics: estate planning, end-of-life planning, power of attorney, probate/small estates, long-term care, and adult guardianship (no minor guardianship). **Cannot** assist with any other legal issues, topics listed are only issues we can address. Coordinates two elder law clinics through a partnership between Sound Generations and the King County Bar Association. Thirty-minute appointments with attorneys are available in Seattle and Kent. Attorneys cannot represent anyone in court or on an ongoing basis. Does not have referrals for reduced-cost private attorneys. Does not have referrals for professional fiduciary services like professional guardians, executors, or representative payees.
Provides free 45-minute appointments for advice on civil legal issues. Attorneys at the clinic do not typically provide representation. Serves low-income residents of East, Northeast and Southeast King County (does not serve Seattle residents.)
Provides free 45-minute to 1-hour appointments with an attorney for advice on civil legal issues such as: consumer, finance/debt, employment, housing, benefits. Appointments are required. Clinics are currently telephonic.
Attorneys at the clinic are not able to provide representation.
Hosts a free monthly legal clinic with a focus on LGBTQ issues; provides information in a variety of areas including family law, debt and bankruptcy, divorce/dissolution, employment discrimination, and transgender legal issues.
Hosts a legal clinic specifically designed to address the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and couples. This clinic is run by QLaw Foundation in partnership with the King County Bar Association.
The clinic is open to everyone regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
At the clinic, an attorney will meet with clients for 30 minutes and provide individualized legal advice and information.
Clinic attorneys will answer questions and provide information in a variety of areas including family law, immigration, debt and bankruptcy, divorce/dissolution, employment discrimination, and transgender legal issues.
Loren Miller Bar Association Legal Clinic offered by King County Bar Association Neighborhood Legal Clinics at Loren Miller Bar Association (telephonic)
Operates a legal clinic where a free 30-minute legal consultation is available for individuals with cases in King County who are not already represented by an attorney. Focus is on serving African American clients but clinic is open to all.
Operates a legal clinic providing a free 30-minute consultation with an attorney (60 minutes if an interpreter or other accommodation is needed)
Clinic is open to all, but particular focus is on providing culturally-informed legal services in a safe and welcoming environment to individuals who identify as African American or Black. This clinic is staffed primarily by attorneys of color.
Clinic attorneys can:
- Determine whether the client has a legal problem
- Suggest possible options
- Help answer papers, summons and requests
- Provide appropriate referrals
Neighborhood Legal Clinic attorneys may not have expertise in all areas of the law, but they will make every attempt to answer questions accurately.
Attorneys CANNOT give advice on criminal legal issues or provide representation on any legal matters.
Volunteers provide free legal and consumer information. Assists with Social Security, elder law issues, estate planning, powers of attorney, probate, guardianship, and consumer, debt and bankruptcy issues.
Provides free legal and consumer information from trained volunteers on a number of topics related to their rights and options, including:
- Wills
- Powers of attorney
- Health care directives
- Guardianships
- Trusts
- Social Security
- Probate
- Living trusts
- Medicare
Attorneys work with interpreters to give consultation and legal advice on family law, immigration law, landlord-tenant disputes, employment law, and other areas. Call for an appointment. Focuses on serving limited English-speaking Asians.
Chinese Information and Service Center, Asian Bar Association of Washington, and Asian Counseling and Referral Service partner with the King County Bar Association to provide a free legal clinic.
Pro bono attorneys work with staff and volunteer interpreters to give consultation and legal advice around family law, immigration law, landlord-tenant disputes, employment law, and other areas. As of 9/2024, most consults are virtual but in-person appointments may be available if needed (more information provided to clients during intake phone call). Call (206) 957-8544 for an appointment. Appointments are typically Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30 PM.
International District Legal Clinic
Chinese Information and Services Center
611 S Lane St.
Seattle, WA 98144
Volunteers provide free legal and consumer information. Assists with Social Security, elder law issues, estate planning, powers of attorney, probate, guardianship, and consumer, debt and bankruptcy issues.
Provides free legal and consumer information from trained volunteers on a number of topics related to their rights and options, including: - Wills - Powers of attorney - Health care directives - Guardianships - Trusts - Social Security - Probate - Living trusts. Medicare Volunteers are not lawyers and cannot give legal advice.