Legal Assistance
Campus
- Student Legal Assistance
Campus Life Building 120
815-753-1701
Services: Legal services in areas of landlord/tenant, criminal misdemeanor, consumer employer relations, traffic, attorney referral list
Eligibility: NIU students
Surrounding Communities
- American Civil Liberties Union
Executive Director: Colleen K. Connell
180 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2300
Chicago, IL 60601
Phone: 312-201-9740
Services: Acts on behalf of individuals in defense of their constitutional rights
- Sycamore Human Rights Commission
815-895-4515
- DeKalb Human Relations Commission
200 S. 4th St
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-748-2090
- Child Support Enforcement Services
Illinois Department of Public Aid
201 South Grand Avenue East
Springfield, IL 62763-0001
800-572-1092
TTY: 800-526-5812
Services: Assists in collecting child support payments by withholding payments from non-custodial parents' income, unemployment, or taxes
Eligibility: Parent must have legal custody and be separated from spouse
- Illinois Lawyer Finder
Illinois State Bar Association
424 South 2nd St.
P.O. Box 1330
Springfield, IL 62701
217-525-5297
Services: Makes referrals to attorneys in the area where caller resides, according to nature of legal problem
Eligibility: Resident of Illinois (with the exception of Peoria, Winnebago, Lake, Kane, Cook, DuPage, or Will counties)
- Prairie State Legal Services
201 Houston St. #200
Batavia, IL 60510
630-232-9415 or 800-942-4612
Services: Provides legal services in civil cases to low-income persons, elderly, and persons with HIV/AIDS
Eligibility: Low-income residents, elderly, and persons with HIV/AIDS of Kane or DeKalb county