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Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) provides free, high-quality legal services to low-income people in critical civil matters. Approaching each client with respect and compassion, we help individuals and families maintain freedom from hunger, homlessness, sickness, and abuse.
SMRLS mission is: To provide a full range of high quality legal services to low-income persons and eligible client groups in civil matters, in a respectful manner which enables clients to (1) enforce their legal rights; (2) obtain effective access to the courts, administrative agencies and forums which constitute our system of justice; (3) maintain freedom from hunger, homelessness, sickness and abuse; (4) empower persons and assure equal opportunity, thus, helping people to help themselves and become economically self-reliant, to the extent their individual abilities and circumstances permit.
SMRLS, through a diverse, respectful and fair working environment, and legal assistance and community education activities, promotes and respects the dignity of low-income persons and seeks new and effective solutions to the critical and common legal problems of low-income persons which arise in a broad community context.
Through our expert staff and a network of committed volunteer attorneys, we offer free legal help to low-income and senior citizen (60+) clients in a full range of civil matters in 33 counties of southern Minnesota, including the east and south metro, along with agricultural workers throughout North Dakota and Minnesota. Our talented and diverse staff is dedicated to helping members of our community preserve and maintain life essentials - income, health, safety, and shelter.
