Questions about the clinic

Households at or under twice the federal poverty guidelines. We ask for your household size and a rough yearly income at intake; we don’t ask for pay stubs unless a court does.

Several consumer laws, including the federal debt collection, credit reporting and warranty laws, make a company that broke them pay the consumer’s lawyer. In those cases our fee comes from the company, whatever your income.

Court costs such as filing and service fees are separate. We ask the court to waive them when you qualify, and we tell you before anything is filed.

A staff lawyer reads every intake and usually writes back within a week. An intake marked as a lawsuit is read first.

You can drop off an intake at the front desk during office hours. A meeting with a lawyer is set up after the intake is read.

Intakes are read only by clinic staff and supervised students. Still, don’t put account numbers or your Social Security number in the form.

Disputes with landlords, family members or other people, criminal cases and bankruptcy. We refer those to clinics that do that work.

Yes, if it’s a business that sold you something, lent you money, collected a debt or reported your credit.