Trans Legal Clinic Calendar - Transgender Law Center

Text: "2020 Trans Legal Clinic Calendar"

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Disclaimer: Due to events being submitted by community members, TLC cannot guarantee that any of the events are happening or that the information presented in them is completely accurate. To submit events for this list, email [email protected]. In your submission, please include the date, time, focus/topic, organizer(s), a brief event description, location and contact information.

There are no clinics currently listed. Check for future events and updates.

There are no clinics currently listed.

There are no clinics currently scheduled. Check Arkansas Transgender Equality Coalition’s webpage and the Arkansas Transgender Equality Coalition’s Facebook page for future updates.

Focus: Name and Gender Marker Changes
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM (RSVP required)
Location: San Mateo County Pride Center
1021 S. El Camino Real
San Mateo, CA 94402
About: Offered last Wednesday of every month. RSVP required. Appointments are on the hour, with the last appointment starting at 6:00 PM.
Contact: For more information and to RSVP, call or text Alex Golding at 650-465-6795 or email at [email protected]. You may also call the front desk at 650-591-0133.

Focus: Name and Gender Marker Changes
Organizer(s): University of San Diego
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: San Diego LGBT Community Center
3909 Centre St
San Diego, CA 92103
Contact: Appointments are available at The Center on the second Tuesday and fourth Wednesday of each month. To schedule an appointment email Helen at [email protected].

Focus: General legal assistance
Organizer(s): Access to Law Initiative
Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: San Diego LGBT Community Center
3909 Centre St
San Diego, CA 92103
About: The Access to Law Initiative, a project of California Western School of Law, hosts a legal clinic on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Attorneys will be available for free, 30-minute consultations to help evaluate legal issues.
Contact: No appointments are required. For more information, call 619-692-2077.

Focus: Name and Gender Marker Changes
Organizer(s): East Bay Community Law Center
Time: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: East Bay Advanced Care Center (Formerly East Bay AIDS Center) Summit Campus
3100 Summit St
Oakland, CA 94609
Contact: Attendees are strongly encouraged to email [email protected] or call 510-560-4213 to sign up so the organizers can have adequate support at the time of the clinic. Please email [email protected] with any questions.

Focus: Gender and name change workshop
Time: 11:30am – 12:45pm (MST)
Organizers: CU Boulder Center for Inclusion & Social Change
Information: This name change workshop is presented as part of the University of Colorado’s TRANSforming Gender Conference. Free to attend and open to the public. Registration is required through their website. Colorado Fingerprinting will be available onsite to take fingerprints for the FBI/CBI background checks if you’d like to use their services at this time.
Location: University of Colorado Law School
2450 Kittredge Loop Dr
Boulder, Colorado 80309
Contact: Transforming gender conference registration

Focus: Gender and name change workshop
Time: 3:00pm – 5:00pm (MST)
Location: Transgender Center of the Rockies
3460 S. Federal
Sheridan, CO 80110 United States
Contact: Name change project – contact us

Focus: Gender and name change workshop
Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm (MST)
Organizers: Colorado Name Change Project and UC OUTLaw
Information: The workshop is led by an attorney who can answer your questions and guide you through the process. Also available is information for low-cost/pro bono attorney referrals and microgrants. Colorado Fingerprinting will be available onsite to take fingerprints for the FBI/CBI background checks if you’d like to use their services at this time.
Location: University of Colorado Law School
2450 Kittredge Loop Dr
Boulder, Colorado 80309

Focus: Gender and name change workshop
Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm (MST)
Organizers: Inside Out Youth Services and Arrow Insight Counseling
Information: The workshop is led by an attorney who can answer your questions and guide you through the process. Also available is information for low-cost/pro bono attorney referrals and microgrants.
Location: Inside Out Youth Services
223 N. Wahsatch Ave
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903

No clinics currently listed. However, GLAD offers a Pop-Up ID Project. Transgender people living in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont) seeking to update their legal name and gender on federal and state documents can receive free legal representation through this rapid-response program. The contact form can be found on GLAD website.

Focus: Legal name change
About: This clinic, co-organized by Whitman-Walker, is free and consists of trained attorneys meeting one-on-one with clients to provide assistance with the name and gender change processes, including obtaining court orders, changing drivers’ licenses, passports, birth certificates, and other identity documents and public records. It also helps clients to collect needed letters from medical providers and to seek waivers of court fees and other fees, where possible. Check-in starts at 6pm.
Time: Clinic begins at 6:30 PM.
Location: Whitman-Walker at LIZ
1377 R St. NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20009
Contact: For more information and to RSVP, please contact Lee Hicks at [email protected] or 202-939-7627. You Must RSVP with Lee Hicks to confirm your appointment.
Please check Whitman-Walker’s website for future updates.

There are no clinics currently listed.

Focus: General legal assistance for LGBT people
About: Legal professionals from the Central Florida Lawyers Association will address a wide variety of legal questions. The clinic is held the third Wednesday of each month.
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: The LGBT+ Center Orlando
946 N Mills Ave
Orlando, FL 32803
Contact: No appointments are required. Contact the Center at 407-228-8272 for more information.
Also check Southern Equality – events for future events and updates.

Additionally, TLDEF’s Name Change Project provides pro bono legal name change services to low-income TGNCNB (transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary) people through partnerships with some of the nation’s most prestigious law firms and corporate law departments. In addition to meeting income-eligibility guidelines, there are geographical limitations. In Georgia, the project is limited to residents of Atlanta.

No clinics currently listed.

Focus: Transgender legal services
About: Chicago House hosts a drop-in for trans and gender-expansive people to provide the following legal services: name changes, ID document navigation, record sealing/expungement, public benefits assistance, and representation in discrimination cases (unemployment and housing).
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM (CST)
Location: 4750 N Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60640
Information: For more information regarding Chicago House legal services, contact staff attorney Elizabeth Ricks at [email protected]

Focus: Transgender legal services
About: Chicago House hosts a drop-in for trans and gender-expansive people to provide the following legal services: name changes, ID document navigation, record sealing/expungement, public benefits assistance, and representation in discrimination cases (unemployment and housing).
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM (CST)
Location: 9 N Cicero Ave
Chicago IL 60644
Information: For more information regarding Chicago House legal services, contact staff attorney Elizabeth Ricks at [email protected]

Focus: Legal name changes
About: Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois conducts free monthly Name Change Mobilization Clinic on the last Friday of every month in Chicago. Attorneys and trained volunteers assist transgender and gender non-conforming folks to file petitions to legally change their names. Volunteers provide follow-up support services by accompanying folks to their court dates and helping them navigate the subsequent name change processes at the Department of Motor Vehicles, Social Security Office, Department of Vital Records, etc.
Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (CST)
Location: Daley Center, Room 1202
50 W. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60602
Information: For more information about legal services offered or questions about how to contact a project attorney, you may email TJLP at [email protected]
Additionally, TLDEF’s Name Change Project provides pro bono legal name change services to low-income TGNCNB (transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary) people through partnerships with some of the nation’s most prestigious law firms and corporate law departments. In addition to meeting income-eligibility guidelines, there are geographical limitations. In Illinois, the project is limited to residents of Cook County.

No clinics currently listed. However, Indiana Legal Services offers a Low-Income LGBT Project that can assist low-income LGBT people in the state with a variety of legal needs. For more information, see Indiana Transgender Network.

No clinics currently listed.

There are no clinics currently listed. Check SONG for future events and updates.

Focus: Legal name change
About: This clinic, co-organized by Whitman-Walker, is free and consists of trained attorneys meeting one-on-one with clients to provide assistance with the name and gender change processes, including obtaining court orders, changing drivers’ licenses, passports, birth certificates, and other identity documents and public records. It also helps clients to collect needed letters from medical providers and to seek waivers of court fees and other fees, where possible. Check-in starts at 6pm.
Time: Clinic begins at 6:30 PM.
Location: Whitman-Walker at LIZ
1377 R St. NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20009
Contact: For more information and to RSVP, please contact Lee Hicks at [email protected] or 202-939-7627. You MUST RSVP with Lee Hicks to confirm your appointment.

Please check Whitman-Walker’s website for future updates.

Free State Justice also offers legal support for LGBTQ+ individuals. Apply through Freestate-justice – Need help or call (410) 625-5428 on Tuesdays between 1:00pm and 4:30pm.

No clinics currently listed. However, TLDEF’s Name Change Project provides pro bono legal name change services to low-income TGNCNB (transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary) people through partnerships with some of the nation’s most prestigious law firms and corporate law departments. In addition to meeting income-eligibility guidelines, there are geographical limitations. In Michigan, the project is limited to residents of Wayne, Oakland and Washtenaw Counties.

About: Volunteer attorneys can provide help with name and gender marker changes, including advice on the process in Minnesota, or help figuring out the process in other states; help filling out forms, making phone calls, and getting information from third parties. Do you have another type of legal issue? We can help with general information about the law and referrals to other free and low-cost resources. Clinic is at this location the 2^nd and 4^th Mondays and 3^rd Saturday of the month.
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (CST)
Location: Family Tree Clinic
1619 Dayton Ave #205
St Paul, MN 55104
Instructions: To visit the clinic, make an appointment, or just walk in on the day of the clinic!

There are no clinics currently listed. Check SONG Website for future events and updates.

There are no clinics currently listed.

No clinics are currently scheduled; however, Legal Aid of Nebraska offers periodic legal name and gender change clinics. In addition to clinics, they can support people in obtaining legal name and gender changes on an ongoing basis. People can check for updates on clinics or apply for services through their website at legalaidofnebraska.org or direct questions to 402-348-1069 x263.

There are no clinics currently listed.

Focus: General legal assistance
Organizer(s): LeGaL Foundation and North Jersey Community Research Initiative
About: Free legal clinics every Saturday from 6 to 7 PM. Volunteer attorneys provide free legal consultation.
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 PM (EST)
Location: Project WOW! Youth Center, 393 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103
Contact: Julio Roman at [email protected] or 973-483-3444 (Ext. 251)
Additionally, TLDEF’s Name Change Project provides pro bono legal name change services to low-income TGNCNB (transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary) people through partnerships with some of the nation’s most prestigious law firms and corporate law departments. In addition to meeting income-eligibility guidelines, there are geographical limitations. In New Jersey, the project is limited to residents of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union, and Middlesex Counties.

Focus: Legal name changes
About: Clinic helps people petition for name change court orders and change the name and gender markers on their documents. It meets every fourth Friday of the month.
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Location: Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico
149 Jackson St NE.
Albuquerque, NM 87108

Focus: General legal services for LGBT immigrants
About: Serving LGBTQ immigrants seeking assistance with legal name and gender marker changes, work authorization document renewals, referrals, screening for immigration relief eligibility and more. It meets the third Wednesday of every month. Consultations are available in Spanish.
Time: 5:00 – 8:00 PM (EST)
Location: New York LGBT Community Center
208 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
Contact: To book an appointment, visit Gay Center – legal clinics

Focus: General legal services for trans people
About: Clinic serves all trans and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers. It meets the first Wednesday of each month.
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 PM (EST)
Location: New York LGBT Community Center
208 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
Contact: To book an appointment, visit Gay Center – legal clinics

Focus: General legal services for trans inmates
About: Clinic serves transgender inmates housed in the Transgender Housing Unit. It meets the second Friday of every month.
Location: NYC Department of Correction
Rikers Island Transgender Housing Unit

Focus: General legal services for trans people
About: Clinic serves all trans and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers with immigration concerns, work visas, asylum questions, name changes, gender changes, and more. It meets the second Monday of each month.
Time: 5:00 – 7:00 PM (EST)
Location: Translatinx Network
137 West 19^th St, 2^nd Floor
New York, NY 10011
Contact: Call (646) 882-2000 or email [email protected] to make an appointment to speak to a lawyer for free.

Focus: General legal services for LGBTQ people
About: Clinic serves all LGBTQ New Yorkers. It meets the third Thursday of every month.
Time: 3:00 – 5:00 PM (EST)
Location: Staten Island LGBTQ+ Legal Clinic
Staten Island LGBT Community Center
25 Victory Blvd., 3rd Floor, Staten Island, NY
Contact: Please fill out theform available at New York’s legal assistance group to make an appointment or call the Center at 718-808-1363.
Additionally, TLDEF’s Name Change Project provides pro bono legal name change services to low-income TGNCNB (transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary) people through partnerships with some of the nation’s most prestigious law firms and corporate law departments. In addition to meeting income-eligibility guidelines, there are geographical limitations. In New York, the project is limited to residents of the five NYC boroughs/counties (New York, Kings, Queens, Richmond and Bronx), Suffolk County, and Nassau County. For more information, see Legal Services NYC regularly hosts similar pro bono name change clinics for New York City residents (of all five boroughs). For more information, call LSNYC’s central intake hotline at (917) 661-4500.

There are no clinics currently listed. Check SONG – Events page for future events and updates.

There are no clinics currently listed.

Focus: Legal name and gender changes
About: During open Name and Gender Change Legal Clinic hours, trained attorneys will provide one-on-one counseling about the gender- and name-changing process.
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (EST)
Location: ACLU Cleveland
4506 Chester Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44103
Instructions: Registration is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. To register, please fill out this online form. You may also register by calling (614) 340-6781.
Contact: Email [email protected] or call (614) 340-6781 with any questions.

Focus: Legal name and gender changes
About: During open Name and Gender Change Legal Clinic hours, trained attorneys will provide one-on-one counseling about the gender- and name-changing process.
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (EST)
Location: Allen House at Kenyon College
214 North Acland Street
Gambier, OH 43022
Instructions: Registration is preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. To register, please fill out Equitas Health Legal Clinic online form. You may also register by calling (614) 340-6781.
Contact: Email [email protected] or call (614) 340-6781 with any questions.
Clinics are added frequently. Please check Trans Ohio Website for updates.

No clinic at this time.

No clinics currently listed. However, a law firm in Portland, K&L Gates LLP, offers free assistance with legal name change court forms and identity documents law. To find out more or request assistance, contact Shane T. Devins at 503-226-5743 (office), 312-887-0952 (mobile), or [email protected].

Focus: General LGBT legal clinic
Organizer: Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Location: Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
522 West Maple Street
Allentown, PA 18101
Information: Bradbury Sullivan Event page
Additionally, TLDEF’s Name Change Project provides pro bono legal name change services to low-income TGNCNB (transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary) people through partnerships with some of the nation’s most prestigious law firms and corporate law departments. In addition to meeting income-eligibility guidelines, there are geographical limitations. In Pennsylvania, the project is limited to residents of Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties.

There are no clinics currently listed. Check SONG Website for future events and updates.

There are no clinics currently listed.

No events currently scheduled, but Houston Volunteer Lawyers offers regular clinics to assist individuals in changing their legal name and gender. A pre-screening is required; more information is available here: Make Justice Happen Website

Focus: General LGBT law
About: Recurring event held on the second Thursday of each month.
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 PM
Location: Utah Pride Center
255 E 400 S
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Contact: Call 801-539-8800 or visit Utah Pride Center Website

Focus: Legal name change
About: This clinic, co-organized by Whitman-Walker, is free and consists of trained attorneys meeting one-on-one with clients to provide assistance with the name and gender change processes, including obtaining court orders, changing drivers’ licenses, passports, birth certificates, and other identity documents and public records. It also helps clients to collect needed letters from medical providers and to seek waivers of court fees and other fees, where possible. Check-in starts at 6pm.
Time: Clinic begins at 6:30 PM.
Location: Whitman-Walker at LIZ
1377 R St. NW, 2nd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20009
Contact: For more information and to RSVP, please contact Lee Hicks at [email protected] or 202-939-7627. You MUST RSVP with Lee Hicks to confirm your appointment.

Please check Whitman-Walker’s website for future updates.

Focus: General legal services
About: The QLaw Foundation LGBTQ Legal Clinic offers a free 30-minute consultation with a volunteer attorney. Attorneys are specially trained to discuss legal issues commonly faced by members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community, and welcome all clients regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 PM (PST)
Location: LGBTQ Legal Clinic
Seattle Counseling Services
1216 Pine St, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98101
Information: For more information, visit the Qlaw Website
Instructions: The QLaw clinic is held the first and third Thursday of each month. Consultations are by appointment only. Call 206-267-7070 Tuesday through Thursday from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm. If you reach their voicemail, please leave a short message with your contact information and they will get back to you.

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