Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation - Southern Regional Office
Old National Bank Building
509 South University Avenue
3rd Floor Carbondale, IL 62901 | View map

Toll-free: 877-342-7891

Languages: English, French, Polish, Russian, Vietnamese, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese/Mandarin, Spanish, American Sign Language, Tribal Languages, Korean, Cambodian, French Creole, Laotian, Urdu, Farsi, Arabic

We provide free legal help to low-income people in 65 counties in central and southern Illinois. We have five regional offices in Alton, Carbondale, Champaign, East St. Louis, and Springfield. We also have three satellite offices in Decatur, Charleston, and Mt. Vernon. We have a telephone intake, advice and referral center, the Legal Advice and Referral Center, which serves all 65 counties.

Our lawyers may be able to help you with:

• Housing: evictions, foreclosures, lock-outs, utility shut-offs, contract for deed problems or trouble getting the landlord or housing authority to make repairs.
• Family - cases for victims of domestic violence, such as orders of protection and divorce; custody cases when the parent who has been child's caretaker is in danger of losing custody; and some divorces. In some areas, we offer self-help clinics on divorce.
• Consumer - debt collection, repossession, garnishments, home improvement problems, and consumer fraud.
• Public Benefits and Health - TANF, SSI, General Assistance, Food Stamps, or Medicaid.
• Other Services for Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons - Wills and powers of attorney for persons age 60 and over and persons who are HIV positive. Nursing home quality of care issues. (in some counties)
• Education - cases for children with disabilities and for wards of DCFS.

Clients may be eligible for free legal assistance if they are low income or age 60 or over.

This office has a satellite location at 1004 Main Street, Mt. Vernon, IL 62864.