Legal and Tax Assistance

General Legal Assistance

If you have consumer, tenant, housing or other legal questions, call the numbers listed below. You can also find a listing of free or low-cost legal services at the Wisconsin Court System website.

Legal Action of Wisconsin: 1-855-947-2529; Wisconsin State Bar Lawyer Referral: 1-800-362-9082; Centro Legal: 414-384-7900

Lawyers for Learners

Free legal help is available to students through Lawyers for Learners on a range of topics, including family law, criminal record expungement, housing issues and immigration. Lawyers for Learners has partnered with experienced legal experts from legal aid providers, law firms and businesses. Attorneys have continued seeing clients during the pandemic – virtually over Zoom and by telephone.

Vita Tax

Families with less than $57,000 annual income can file their taxes for free. Simply find a VITA site, choose the option that’s right for you and get started! Taxpayers can begin the VITA and FSA processes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

MyFreeTaxes.com

Families with less than $66,000 annual income can file their income taxes for free, thanks to this United Way resource.