Wyoming Legal Services: a Much-needed Wyoming Resource

• Jurisdiction: United States,Federal,Wyoming
• Citation: Vol. 31 No. 2 Pg. 9
• Publication year: 2008
• Pages: 9
• Year: 2008
• topic: Charity and Non-Profit Law,Civil Rights,Family Law,Public Sector Law,Wills, Trusts and Estates

Wyoming Bar Journal 2008.

Vol. 31, No. 2, #9. Wyoming Legal Services: A much-needed Wyoming resource

Wyoming Bar Journal
Issue: April, 2008

Author: Janice Baker

Wyoming Legal Services: A much-needed Wyoming resource

Wyoming Legal Services, Inc (WLS) is a federally funded non-profit, 501(c) (3) charitable legal firm that provides legal assistance to low income residents living in Wyoming WLS's purpose is to provide legal assistance in civil cases to those individuals who would normally not be able to afford legal representation. WLS was established in 1997 as a result of a statewide consolidation of three separate legal service programs in Wyoming: Wind River Legal Services in Lander, Legal Aid Services in Casper, and Legal Services of Southeastern Wyoming in Cheyenne. The three combined offices received 1,500 applications for legal services in 2006, and as of December 2007, WLS has received 1,910 applications for legal assistance and expects an increase in 2008. WLS provides legal services in the areas of housing, income benefits, consumer debt, elder law, family law and disability advocacy statewide as well as criminal and civil representation on the Wind River Indian Reservation in the Shoshone/Arapahoe Tribal Court. Wyoming Legal Services is able to provide legal help for about two-thirds of the Wyoming citizens that apply for...