LEGAL ASSISTANCE RESOURCES
FAMILY LAW
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY LAW SELF-HELP CENTER
Contact: 601 N. Pecos Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89155
Phone: (702) 455-1500
About the Self-Help Center
Who we are
The Family Law Self-Help Center has been serving the community since 1999. The center operates through a partnership between the courts in Clark County and the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada. The center is operated and staffed through a contract with the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada.
How to contact us
The Family Law Self-Help Center is available by phone, email, online chat, and for in person services. You can find all the ways to reach us on our Contact Us page.
What we do (and don't do)
The center's mission is to increase informed access to the legal system by providing education, information, legal forms, community referrals, and other support services to self-represented parties with family law matters in Clark County, Nevada, regardless of income, assets or citizenship.
The Center provides the following services to self-represented litigants:
Provides legal information, educational materials, and training to self-represented litigants regarding court rules, court procedure, and various family law topics;
Assists with the identification and completion of legal forms;
Refers parties to other legal and non-legal community resources; and
Provides online forms and information on topics such as divorce, custody, domestic violence protection orders, guardianship, name changes, and other topics.
The staff cannot provide legal advice. The staff cannot tell you whether or not you should file a case, cannot tell you what to file, cannot recommend any specific attorney or law firm, cannot give you an opinion about your case or predict how a judge might rule, cannot talk to a judge on your behalf, and cannot tell you what words to use in your court papers or at a court hearing. The staff at the Self-Help Center are also obligated to remain neutral. There is no attorney-client privilege or confidentiality of any information shared by a visitor at the center.
Clark County Law Library
Welcome to the Clark County Law Library
Contact: 309 S 3rd St, Las Vegas, NV 89101 Phone: (702) 455-4696
History of the Law Library
The Clark County Law Library was created by the enactment of Ordinance #1 of the Clark County Board of Commissioners on January 5th, 1923. For over a century, the Clark County Law Library has served the legal research needs of the bench, bar, and public of Southern Nevada.
The Clark County Law Library derives its income from a portion of the filing fees in selected civil cases heard in the Justice and District Courts of Clark County. Therefore, the Law Library is supported by litigants, who derive the main benefit from the Library, rather than by general tax funds.
The Clark County Law Library is a public law library open to everyone and there is no fee to use the library. The Law Library maintains in its collection both state and federal statutes, regulations, and cases, as well as commentary (in the form of treatises and periodicals). The entire collection contains more than 103,500 materials in a variety of formats including: books, serials, loose-leafs, microfiche, audio, video, CD-ROM and electronic databases.
The Library also has access to over 270,000 legal resources through its subscription databases. Nine computers are available for legal research purposes. There is no fee to use the computers, but you must sign in at the Reference Desk and present a photo ID. The computers are available during normal business hours. Please note that the computers shut down 15 minutes prior to closing.
The Law Library is governed by the Law Library Board of Trustees--seven members drawn from the general public and the Clark County bench and bar. The Law Library is administered by the Law Library Director, Chanteyl Hasse.
Vision Statement:
To facilitate access to justice through access to information.
Mission Statement:
To provide equal access to legal information and resources in order to assist with the legal research needs of all law library patrons.
Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada
Welcome to THE Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada
Contact: 725 E Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89104 Phone: (702) 386-1070
Development Center
Established in 1958, Legal Aid Center is a private, nonprofit, 501(c) (3) organization that ensures equal access to justice through free legal advice and representation for those who cannot afford to hire an attorney. Our programs are supported by multiple sources including grants, contracts, filing fees, IOLTA, pro bono support, and personal gifts and donations. For information on gift and donation options, please follow the links below.
What We Do
Legal Aid Center is a nonprofit law firm dedicated to providing direct legal representation, counsel, advice, and community legal education to those who can't afford an attorney. We have a wide variety of programs to help victims of domestic violence and crime, victims of consumer fraud, and children in the foster care system.
We don't handle the following matters: traffic citations, child support, criminal cases, personal injury, or employment discrimination.
Family Justice Project
Legal Aid Center provides a range of representation to victims of domestic violence. Our attorneys appear at hearings to enforce protective orders and assist with divorce and custody issues. We help battered immigrants self-petition the government to remain lawfully in the United States. We also represent victims of crime who have civil and family law problems that are a result of their victimization.
Consumer Rights Project
To learn more about the types of consumers matters we handled last year, click here to view our Year-End Program Report.
There are many types of consumer issues and Legal Aid Center is experienced in analyzing and advising on various solutions to consumer-related problems.
For eviction issues, click here.
For tax resources, click here.
Neighborhood Justice Center
WELCOME The Neighborhood Justice Center
Contact: 200 E. Lewis Avenue (4th floor) LV, NV 89101 Phone: (702) 455-3898
Mediation is a Voluntary Process
The Neighborhood Justice Center (NJC) was established by the Nevada Legislature in 1991[1] as a “forum for the impartial mediation of minor disputes including, but not limited to, disputes between landlord and tenant, neighbors, family members, local businesses and their customers, hospitals and their patients, and governmental agencies and their clients. . .”
The NJC is charged with conducting mediations, providing alternative conflict resolution services, and training throughout all of Clark County, which covers approximately 8,061 square miles and contains a population of more than 2.1 million people.
In 2006, the NJC became a division of the Las Vegas Justice Court (LVJC). The NJC’s alignment with LVJC reflects the growing national awareness that not all disputes are appropriate for the adversarial process and there are multiple paths to justice.
Consequently, the NJC’s vision is to educate the public regarding alternatives to litigation, thereby creating a greater opportunity for and ability to address issues in a less confrontational manner. By providing facilitation and mediation services, the NJC has become a resource for all Clark County residents, organizations, businesses, and governmental agencies.
Nevada Legal Services
Welcome to the Nevada Legal Services
Contact: 701 E Bridger Ave #400, Las Vegas, NV 89101 Phone: (702) 386-0404
Free Legal Services for Low-Income Nevadans
Nevada Legal Services continues to be the pre-eminent legal services organization in the State of Nevada. Nevada Legal Services provides the full range of services to all seventeen counties in Nevada.
NLS performs intake and outreach on a schedule established by each office. We travel to all corners of Nevada providing self-help clinics, legal seminars, and providing direct assistance to individual clients. Direct assistance can range from brief services (i.e. drafting a simple will) to representation at administrative hearings and in State, Tribal, and Federal Courts.
NLS has a number of toll-free numbers for general calls and special programs. The toll-free number for Clark, Nye, Lincoln, and Esmeralda Counties: 866-432-0404. The toll-free number for all other counties is 800-323-8666.
Core Services
Nevada Legal Services can help with a variety of legal issues. We primarily assist with housing cases where tenants are facing eviction or termination of their subsidized housing, where individuals and families are applying for and are denied or terminated from SNAP, TANF, or other government benefits, denials of Unemployment Benefits and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, sealing criminal and eviction records, and more.
Southern Nevada Senior Law Program
Welcome to the Southern Nevada Senior Law Program
Contact: 7690 Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89117 Phone: (702) 229-6596
Our History
The Southern Nevada Senior Law Program was founded in 1978 with a grant under Title III of the Older Americans Act. Originally sponsored by the City of Las Vegas, the Southern Nevada Senior Law Program is now a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (Tax ID #453662698). We are partially funded by grants from the Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division, State Bar of Nevada Foundation, and Bank of Nevada. For over 40 years, we have had the pleasure of providing no-cost legal services to more than 125,000 seniors living in Southern Nevada.
Our Vision
Empowering seniors through no-cost, quality legal services.
Our Mission
Ensure access to justice for seniors with the greatest economic and social needs.
Our Values
Integrity – We help our clients receive their full due process with diligence in our work.
Respect – We value each client’s needs and seek solutions on their behalf.
Compassion – We take the time to listen and understand our clients’ challenges.
Excellence – We utilize our legal knowledge and skills to effectively advocate for our clients.
Diversity – We welcome the opportunity to serve seniors of all ethnic and social backgrounds.