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Maryland Legal Aid provides a full range of free civil legal services to financially eligible individuals from 12 office locations. Our legal work helps to protect peoples’ basic needs and human rights.

Essential Resources Day

Essential Resources Day and Free Expungement Clinic

Saturday, February 4, 2023

CBA

2023 Collective Bargaining Agreement

Maryland Legal Aid Workers Union Ratifies New Collective Bargaining Agreement

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Avery V. Avery

Avery v. Avery

Maryland Legal Aid Joins Coalition
of Pro Bono Legal Services in Amicus Brief in the Appellate Court of Maryland
Supporting Appellant Carly Avery

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There are many ways to get help: You can apply online, call us at (410) 951-7750, attend a clinic, or visit an office.

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OUR MISSION:

To provide high-quality, free legal services to Marylanders living in poverty through representation and advocacy and to bring meaningful change to the systems that impact them.

Maryland Legal Aid’s Impact

80,000+

People helped by MLA each year

1,957

People avoided eviction or foreclosure

10,314

Abused and neglected children represented

2,139

People benefited from criminal record expungementsRemoving convictions from criminal records. More

1,073

Individuals secured critical income or food benefits

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