Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project

Eligibility Requirements: Must meet financial guidelines (same as
legal services) and other regulations

Documents Required: Proof of income, documents pertaining to legal
matter requesting assistance for.

Description of Services: Agency matches private attorneys who donate
their time to assist low-income citizens with civic legal problems
(Prohibited from handling cases that are criminal, fee generating,
and drug related – cannot represent prisoners in any legal matters)

If you have any questions about how the Project works or are
interested in volunteering your services through our program,
please feel free to contact our office. Specific inquires can
be directed to:

Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project
P.O. Box 2168
Jackson, MS 39225-2168

Phone: 601-960-9577 or 1-800-682-0047
Fax: 601-944-9678
E-mail: mvlp@msbar.org

Also, please note that if you are in need of general legal
information, you can contact our Legal Line which operates
on Monday-Friday from 12pm-2pm at 601-960-9572 or
1-800-682-6423.

Clinics:

The MVLP hosts several different clinics, which are seminars
aimed at helping the public with their various legal needs.
Information about upcoming clinics will be posted online.

Homeless Legal Clinic
The Homeless Legal clinic operates every Tuesday afternoon at
Stewpot Community Services. Those in need of legal advice attend
the Clinic which is staffed for a month at a time by attorneys
from Jackson-area law firms.

Pro Se Divorce Clinic
One of the options given to clients in need of no-fault divorces
is attending a Pro Se Divorce Clinic. One attorney guides those
clients through their paperwork and any legalese they may encounter
in filling out their divorce papers.

Wills & Estates Clinic
In an effort to address the needs of the elderly, this clinic
provides an attorney to clients for the preparation of Wills and
Advanced Healthcare Directives (formerly Living Wills).

Guardianship Clinic
The Guardianship Clinic takes place annually to help families get
past any custody-related roadblocks that may interfere with
enrolling children in school.

Access & Visitation Clinic
A significant portion of the cases handled by the MVLP, in some way,
have to do with child custody. The purpose of the clinic is to
inform parents of their rights to their children once a child
custody has been put in place, and to introduce them to the legal
system as a means to uphold those rights.

Hancock County Residents: Must go through Legal Services first. 228-896-9196 or 228-896-9148