Legal Grounds Wisconsin®
JUDICARE HELPLINE SERVES AS COFFEE HOUSE MODEL
Legal Grounds Wisconsin® was envisioned after the success of the Wisconsin Judicare Legal Helpline—a new mode of service delivery. The Helpline provides access to legal information for all financially eligible Judicare cardholders. Eligible individuals may call the Helpline to discuss and obtain information about legal issues such as Evictions, Utility Shut-offs, Security Deposit returns, Landlord-Tenant matters, SSI/SSDI or pre-Divorce questions. The Legal Advice Helpline can be reached by calling 1-800-472-1638. The Helpline operates from 1:00-4:00pm every Monday and Wednesday with the length of calls averaging approximately 30 minutes long. The Helpline is for legal information, telephone counsel and advice, brief service and referrals only. Legal Grounds Wisconsin® will operate in a similar fashion to the established Helpline, with the added feature of volunteer attorneys.
WISCONSIN JUDICARE SPONSORS THE NEW COFFEE HOUSE
Wisconsin Judicare, Inc. is a charitable non-profit legal service corporation located in Wausau. Judicare recognizes the multiple barriers to justice faced by the impoverished, the disabled, the elderly, and victims of domestic violence. The Staff Attorneys are committed to weekly outreach visits and its telephone Helpline where clients are assisted in a range of family, consumer, benefits, and abuse matters.
Still, Judicare is not able to reach all those in need of legal assistance. Legal Grounds Wisconsin®, a project organized by the Staff Attorneys at Judicare, hopes to attract volunteer attorneys in northern Wisconsin to assist those who would otherwise be without needed legal assistance. Judicare will organize, sponsor, and evaluate the project, and if successful, will expand to service other communities in need.
Last Updated: April 13, 2008
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Wisconsin Judicare, Inc. provides the information on this Web site as a public service to low-income persons in northern Wisconsin, our participating attorneys, card issuers, and other Internet users. While the information on this site is about legal issues, it is not legal advice. Laws vary from state to state and even federal laws may be applied differently in different states. Moreover, due to the rapidly changing nature of the law and our reliance upon information provided by outside sources, Wisconsin Judicare makes no warranty or guarantee concerning the accuracy or reliability of the content at this site or at other sites to which Judicare.org links.
