Delaware Legal Helplink referral website launched
The Delaware Legal Services Agencies and the Delaware Bar Foundation announced the launch of a new, innovative website designed to replace the Delaware Legal Helplink telephone service.
Www.Delegalhelplink.org will provide contact information for a legal services agency, state agency or social services organization tailored to the specific legal needs identified by a user. If the user does not qualify for legal assistance from a legal services agency, state agency or social services organization, s/he will be provided a link to the Lawyer Referral Service on the Delaware State Bar Association website. The Delaware Legal Helplink website is available to the public 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and provides access to 40 percent more agencies than were available through the phone service.
“Delaware Legal Helplink provides Delawareans with convenient access to important legal services across our state, and other social services provided by the State of Delaware and our partners,” said Gov. John Carney. “This new website, delegalhelplink.org, will help connect Delawareans with those services in a more efficient way - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Thank you to Delaware’s nonprofit legal services providers, and other members of Delaware’s esteemed legal community, for their leadership and partnership on this important work.”
“The Delaware Judiciary congratulates Delaware’s nonprofit civil legal services providers on the launch of their new online resource for matching low-income litigants with the legal help they need. More needs to be done, but this new, modern Legal Helplink is another tool that will assist in providing better access to justice for all Delawareans,” said Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr.
Delaware Attorney General Matthew Denn said, "Like many similar organizations around the country, Delaware's legal services organizations have faced dwindling resources that have challenged their ability to assist Delawareans in need. The new DELegalHelpLink.org website is a creative and effective way of guiding Delawareans to legal help in this challenging fiscal environment. Delaware's bar has an outstanding tradition of providing free legal services to those who cannot afford attorneys, and DELegalHelpLink.org will be a great tool in directing those Delawareans eligible for free legal help to the right organization, and also directing those Delawareans who can afford to pay for legal help to attorneys who can help them with their specific problems."
Www.DELegalHelpLink.org is provided as a public service by the Delaware Bar Foundation, in partnership with Delaware’s nonprofit civil legal services providers and other justice community partners, including Legal Services Corp. of Delaware Inc., Community Legal Aid Society Inc. and Delaware Volunteer Legal Services Inc.
The DELegalHelpLink.org website was developed and maintained by Pro Bono Net, using the www.LawHelp.org platform. Pro Bono Net is a national nonprofit organization based in New York City and San Francisco. The www.LawHelp.org platform has been created for people living on low incomes and the legal organizations that serve them.
