Legal Advice & Referral Center

LARC is a private, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services to eligible, low-income people anywhere in New Hampshire. Our attorneys and paralegals provide legal advice by telephone in the areas of the law listed below. Our clients? information is kept completely confidential.

We receive support from the federal government and provide services to clients with incomes and assets below levels which are set by Congress and tied to federal poverty guidelines. We cannot provide services to people who are incarcerated.

We provide help to clients with problems in the following areas:

• Family
  Domestic violence, divorce, separation, annulment, adoption, child custody, interstate custody, child support, guardianship;
• Benefits and welfare
  Town and city welfare, unemployment compensation, public housing, Social Security, Medicaid, Food Stamps, disability benefits, SSI and Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF);
• Housing
  Landlord/tenant disputes, eviction, foreclosure, housing discrimination, housing preservation, public housing, Section 8, and housing conditions;
• Consumer
  Debt collection, auto repossession, bankruptcy, and consumer protection.

If you have a problem in another area, we will do our best to direct you to someone who can assist you.

• Legal Advice
  After we interview you to find out about your legal problem, we give you legal advice over the telephone, and provide you with ongoing support to represent yourself. In some cases we advocate on behalf of clients with the adverse party(for example, with the landlord or the local welfare officer). We refer many clients to other programs, as described below.
• Referrals
  We refer many cases to the Pro Bono Program of the New Hampshire Bar Association, New Hampshire Legal Assistance, the Civil Practice Clinic at Franklin Pierce Law Center, Disabilities Rights Center, state agencies and independent organizations. If you are not financially eligible for these services, we will refer you oto the Lawyer Referral Services of the New Hamphsire Bar Association at 603-229-0002.
• Support and Self-Help Materials
  We provide self-help materials in many areas of the law, including areas in which we do not provide advice. Call for more information.

We receive hundreds of calls each day. If you lines are busy, please keep trying. You call is important to us. Because we spend as much time with each caller as we need to provide as much assistance as is available, we cannot be available for every caller each day. You may be placed on hold for lengthy periods.

At LARC we work to ensure that low income people have access to and are provided with quality legal services.

LARC is pleased to acknowledge the financial support provided by:

This information is based on the law in effect at the time of publication. It is issued as a public service for general information only, and is not a substitute for legal advice about the facts of your particular situation.