Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Legal Aid & Advocacy · New Jersey · Free

National civil rights legal organization including LGBTQ+ civil rights work. For LGBTQ+ people needing help with name/gender ID changes, second-parent adoption, discrimination, immigration, or estate planning. Pro-bono representation is common for high-impact civil rights cases; volunteer attorneys take individual cases too. Some states still have anti-LGBTQ+ adoption restrictions for religious agencies; private secular agencies are usually safer. Open at no cost to LGBTQ+ New Jersey residents and the...

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