The Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinics (MVLC) provide free brief legal advice and referral services. The clinics are staffed by volunteer law students and attorneys. Download the Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinic flyer which details clinic services, hours, and locations. Download the flyer for the clinic serving rural Wisconsinites (Northern, Central, and Western Wisconsin) which details how to make an appointment. The clinics cannot assist with employment discrimination and criminal law matters.
The following services are available by appointment from September 6 – December 22, 2022. The clinics will be closed from now until September 5th and will be closed on November 23 and November 24.
- Small business advice – legal advice for the owners of small businesses. Not available for walk-in services.
- Thursdays at 1:00PM or 2:00PM (on Zoom/phone) – make an appointment
- Nonprofits – legal advice for nonprofit organizations. Not available for walk-in services.
- Thursdays at 1:00PM or 2:00PM (on Zoom/phone or in-person) – request an appointment
- Adult guardianship forms – For uncontested adult guardianships. Appointment required.
- Mondays at 10:30AM or Wednesdays at 1:00PM at the Milwaukee Co. Courthouse. The Examining Physician’s or Psychologist’s Report (Form GN-3130) must be completed before making an appointment. Book an appointment here or at the Milwaukee Justice Center front desk in Room G-9 of the Milwaukee County Courthouse.
- Pardon – assistance preparing pardon paperwork. Not available for walk-in services.
The clinics below provide civil and family legal advice and are available without an appointment from September 6 – December 22, 2022. The clinics will be closed from now until September 5th and will be closed on November 23 and November 24.
The following legal matters require an appointment: adult guardianship paperwork, expungement/pardon, nonprofit and small business questions.
Walk-in clinic services fill up quickly due to the high need and limited availability of free legal help. Arrive at sign-in time for the best chances of being seen.
- Sign-in Procedure: during sign-in, numbers are called in order for intake purposes.
- Service Procedure: people sign-in for different types of services. People are NOT called in for services in the same order they sign-in. For example, if the fifth person to sign-in is the first person to sign-in for family advice, they could be the first person called.
PLEASE be kind, patient, and calm with the volunteer law students and lawyers providing the service. Everyone is doing their best to serve as many people as possible during these much-needed clinics.
Clinic Locations and Times:
- Mondays (for veterans and active duty service members only)
- 1st and 3rd Mondays
- Sign in begins at 3:30PM
- Services from 4-6PM
- No family attorney at this location
- Milwaukee Co. Veterans Service Office, 6401 W. Greenfield Ave.
- Tuesdays
- Sign in begins at 12PM and 12:30PM based on volunteer intake arrival
- Services from 1-3PM
- House of Peace, 1702 W. Walnut Street
- Wednesdays
- Sign in begins between 3:30 and 4PM based on volunteer intake arrival
- Services from 5-7PM
- Services in Spanish at this location
- Immigration lawyers available
- United Community Center Senior Center, 730 W. Washington St.
- Thursdays
- Sign in begins at 8:30AM
- Services from 9-11AM
- Milwaukee Justice Center, Milwaukee County Courthouse, 901 N. 9th Street, Room G-9
- Mondays (for veterans and active duty service members only)