DNA-People's Legal Services, Inc.
Law PracticeArizona, United States11-50 Employees
DNA-People's Legal Services, Inc. is a nonprofit law organization that provides free civil legal aid to low-income residents in the Southwestern United States, with a focus on civil rights, tribal sovereignty, and poverty-related issues. Holding 501(c)(3) status, it helps clients navigate tribal, state, and federal justice systems in pursuit of long-term economic stability. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Window Rock, Arizona, the organization serves a large, geographically diverse region that includes remote communities across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah and several Native nations. The service area stretches across remote portions of five counties in three states, covering an area roughly the size of Michigan and including the Navajo Nation and other reservations. Its staff—comprising attorneys and tribal court advocates—practice across eleven legal jurisdictions, with emphasis on tribal and federal Indian law, civil law, and poverty law. In August 2017, the organization closed its offices in Shiprock and Crownpoint, New Mexico, and Monument Valley, Utah.