Pisgah Legal Services

Legal ServicesUnited States51-200 Employees

Our Mission:

To pursue justice by providing legal assistance and advocacy to help low-income people in Western North Carolina meet their basic needs and improve their lives.

What We Do:

Pisgah Legal Services is an innovative nonprofit founded in 1978 that:
provides free civil legal aid to people who live in poverty;
helps more than 23,000 of the most vulnerable people in our communities annually to meet urgent needs such as: housing, safety from abuse, health care and income;
partners with dozens of other agencies to make sustainable change for people in crisis;
coordinates the services of more than 250 pro bono attorneys in WNC;
improves systems and policies that impact the lives of thousands of low-income people.

Pisgah Legal Services provides a broad array of free civil legal aid, anti-poverty advocacy and access to health care in 18 counties and the Qualla Boundary in WNC. Program offerings vary by county depending on the availability and scope of funding. Pisgah Legal has offices in Asheville, Brevard, Burnsville, Cashiers, Franklin, Highlands, Hendersonville, Marshall, Morganton, Newland, Rutherfordton, Spruce Pine and Waynesville.

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