Legal Resources

The following are organizations that can provide legal services or a reference to a private attorney who specializes in Immigration law. NW Immigrant Rights Project is the only local organization that provides pro-bono services for low-income immigrants. This listing does not constitute endorsement, merely information about organizations that provide legal services. We do not list individual attorneys, however these organizations listed below can provide you with directories to contact individual attorneys.

American Bar Association - Commission on Immigration

http://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_services/immigration.html

American Immigration Council

http://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/

American Immigration Council - Legal Action Center

http://www.legalactioncenter.org/

American Immigration Lawyers Association

http://www.aila.org/

Asian Law Caucus

http://www.asianlawcaucus.org

Asian Pacific American Legal Center

http://www.apalc.org/

Mexican American Legal and Education Defense Fund

http://www.maldef.org/

NW Immigrant Rights Project

http://www.nwirp.org/

National Immigration Law Center

http://www.nilc.org/

TeamChild

http://teamchild.org/

Washington Law Help

http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/WA

Immigration Clinics

You can find assistance at the following free or sliding scale clinics

King County Bar Association (scroll down to "immigration clinics" or "Spanish language clinic")

http://www.kcba.org/pbs/nlc.aspx

NWIRP has legal clinics as well (scroll down to "legal clinics" to find dates and times for the Seattle and Granger offices)

http://nwirp.org/resources/dreamer

UW Immigration Clinic

http://www.law.washington.edu/Clinics/Immigration/Default.aspx

Government Forms

Here you can find official government forms. Not everyone is eligible to use these services to obtain residency in the U.S., so we recommend consulting a licensed attorney before initiating any process if someone is undocumented at the time they wish to fill out one of the forms.

US Citizens and Immigration Service Forms

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD