If you want us to defend you in a lawsuit, you must have a defense to the lawsuit. We decide that we can take a case based on whether we have a lawyer or legal worker who can help you. Lawyers regulations can keep us from helping clients in some cases. For example, lawyers usually cannot represent a person against a former client. In most cases we cannot represent persons who are not U.S. citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents.
Some exceptions exist for family violence victims.
GLSP also cannot represent clients to do certain things. For example, we cannot represent clients in voting rights cases. We also cannot represent persons who are incarcerated. GLSP represented over 15,680 cases in 2000 in many types of cases. Housing Hotline handled 7076 requests for information.