Advice & Referral Clinic

Clinic Location:

D.C. Bar
901 4th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001

Intake hours: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. *up to a maximum of 100 clients*

If you need legal services before the next clinic, please call the Legal Information Help Line at 202-626-3499. Visit LawHelp.org/DC (http://www.lawhelp.org/DC) for more information about free legal services.

The clinic provides individuals who do not have their own lawyer an opportunity to discuss with volunteer attorneys civil legal problems governed by D.C. law including:

• Bankruptcy and debt collection
• Consumer law
• Employment law
• Family law
• Health law, such as medical debt and denial of coverage
• Housing law, such as landlord–tenant issues
• Personal injury
• Probate matters, such as medical directives
• Public benefits, such as TANF/SNAP and SSI/SSDI
• Tax law

The clinic does not assist with any criminal issues, however on designated dates criminal record sealing consultations will be available. Clinic services are only available to individuals, not businesses, nonprofit organizations, tenants associations, or similar groups.

Volunteer attorneys may help you identify legal issues that you may need to pursue further, help you fill out papers to file with the court, make a phone call to resolve a dispute, write a letter on your behalf, or give you general advice about your legal problem.

If brief service is not enough to resolve your problem or if you require a different type of service than the Advice and Referral Clinic offers, clinic volunteers may be able to refer you to or provide you with information about a legal or social service provider appropriately suited to handle your case. However, the clinic does not guarantee that you will obtain representation through one of the referred agencies.

Services are not guaranteed. We reserve the right to refuse service for any reason without prior notice.

The services at the clinic are provided free of charge. Please bring all of the documents concerning your legal problem to the clinic.

If you need the help of an interpreter at the clinic, please call the Legal Information Help Line at 202-626-3499. After selecting the appropriate language, press 5 and then select 3 for information about the free legal clinic. You can then press 9 to leave a message with the information requested.

Upcoming Clinics

January 24, 2026
February 7, 2026
March 21, 2026
April 25, 2026
May 30, 2026
July 25, 2026
September 26, 2026
October 24, 2026
November 21, 2026

Please see our 2026 clinic flyer here.