Legal Advice, Civil Matters, Arlington Office

The mission of Legal Services of Northern Virginia (LSNV) is to provide free, high quality civil legal services to low-income, elderly, or disabled individuals, who, without legal assistance, face the loss or deprivation of a critical human need such as food, shelter, medical care, income, family stability, or personal safety. LSNV seeks to provide equal access to the civil justice system for those residents of the City of Alexandria, the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William and the cities and towns adjacent to those counties, who are unable to afford private legal counsel.

LSNV provides services in a variety of substantive civil legal areas, including family law, housing law, elder law, public benefits claims, access to health care, bankruptcy, child advocacy, employment and civil rights law, Veterans law project and consumer law,  Staff and volunteers provide legal advice, brief service, and representation in administrative hearings and in court, as well as community legal education, and advocacy before local and state governmental entities, all without charge to our clients.

You have access to Self Help Videos on the website where you may find answers to some of your questions.  Visit Self-Help 

LSNV has offices throughout Northern Virginia and can provide legal representation to applications living in Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax City, Falls Church, Fairfax County, Leesburg, Manassas, Prince William County, Loudoun, Herndon, Manassas Park and Vienna.   In addition, limited legal services and referrals can be to Rappahannock Legal Services for applicants living in that service area.