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OFFICE OF CIVIL LEGAL AID

What’s New at the Office of Civil Legal Aid

Legal Aid Offices Open in Port Angeles, Aberdeen and Longview

Legal Aid Services Expanded in Rural Washington Offices

King County Unified Intake and Referral System Established

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The Office of Civil Legal Aid (OCLA) is an independent judicial branch agency.  It is responsible for administration and oversight of state funds that are appropriated by the Legislature to provide civil (not criminal) legal aid services to low income people in Washington State. 

The Office of Civil Legal Aid does not provide civil legal aid services directly.  It is a contracting and oversight agency.  The Office of Civil Legal Aid contracts with the Northwest Justice Project for the efficient and effective delivery civil legal aid services to eligible low income clients throughout the state.

The activities of the Office of Civil Legal Aid are overseen by an 11-member bipartisan Civil Legal Aid Oversight Committee.

At our website you will find information about:

• The Office of Civil Legal Aid and the legal aid services it funds
• How to find legal help if you are low income and have a civil (non-criminal) legal problem  
• The civil legal needs of low income people and Washington State’s legal aid delivery system
• The Civil Legal Aid Oversight Committee

We also provide links to other websites with information about civil legal aid in Washington State.

If you have questions about the Office of Civil Legal Aid or the services funded through it, please feel free to contact us. 

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