40 services in Berks County. MidPenn Legal Services is the free civil legal aid office for the county, the Public Defender represents anyone charged with a crime who cannot afford a lawyer, and the Bar Association refers everyone else. The county court publishes self-help forms, keeps a law library open to the public, and helps anyone file for a protection order.
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Reading
The Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) gives victims a substitute mailing address so their real home address stays out of public records where the person who harmed them might find it. It is…
From Berks County District Attorney's Office
Reading · Free 24-hour Hotline.
Safe Berks sends advocates out into the community to meet survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault where they already are, including night court at the Berks County Courthouse. This is the…
From Safe Berks
Reading
The Berks County Law Library, on the 5th floor of the Berks County Courthouse in Reading, keeps a computer with access to Westlaw so people can look up the law themselves. It is a department of the…
From Berks County Court of Common Pleas
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Connections Work serves as the pretrial agency for Berks County and operates the Berks County Community Release (bail) Program, the county-approved bail program. For 24-hour bail assistance, call…
From Connections Work
Reading
Berks County Family Court posts custody and divorce forms, local filing instructions and lawyer referral information for people who go to court in Berks County without a lawyer. The forms and…
From Berks County Court of Common Pleas
Countywide
The Berks County Bar Association's Modest Means Program matches people who earn too much to qualify for Legal Aid with an active, qualified Berks County attorney who will represent them at a…
From Berks County Bar Association
Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General takes complaints from people who believe a business, a scammer, a health care provider, an employer or someone else has treated them wrongly. The office…
From Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
Reading
The Protection From Abuse Office of the Berks County courts is where you file for a PFA, a civil order of the court available to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. The order…
From Berks County Court of Common Pleas
Reading
The Berks County Bar Association's Lawyer Referral Service matches a person who needs a lawyer with an attorney in Berks County who handles their kind of legal problem, such as a foreclosure…
From Berks County Bar Association
Countywide
MidPenn Legal Services is a nonprofit public interest law firm that provides free civil legal services to low income residents and to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in 18 counties…
From MidPenn Legal Services
MidPenn Legal Services runs a Low Income Taxpayer Clinic that gives free legal advice and representation to low-income taxpayers, and to taxpayers who speak English as a second language, in disputes…
From MidPenn Legal Services
Countywide
MidPenn Legal Services is a non-profit, public interest law firm that takes civil housing cases, including eviction, habitability, mortgage foreclosure, tenant's rights and public housing. It also…
From MidPenn Legal Services
Countywide
MidPenn Legal Services helps low-income people in Berks County with problems involving public benefit programs, so they can provide for themselves and their families. Its lawyers provide free…
From MidPenn Legal Services
Reading · All services are provided free of charge
The Victim/Witness Assistance Unit of the Berks County District Attorney's Office helps victims and witnesses of crime, and their immediate family members, through the judicial process. Staff serve…
From Berks County District Attorney's Office
Countywide
Safe Berks legal advocates help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault with protection orders and with the police and court process. An advocate can come with you to a police interview, come…
From Safe Berks
READING · There are no filing or other fees.
The Berks County Bar Association runs a Legal Fee Dispute Resolution Committee that tries to settle a disagreement between a client and his or her attorney over fees. The committee handles disputes…
From Berks County Bar Association
Reading · Free 24-hour Hotline. · Taking applications
Safe Berks works with Berks County healthcare facilities through its Medical Advocacy Partnership Program (MAPP) to help survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking who are…
From Safe Berks
Reading
The Berks County Public Defender's Office provides lawyers to people charged with crimes who cannot afford to hire an attorney, including juveniles charged with delinquency. Its attorneys handle…
From Berks County Public Defender
Countywide
The Berks County District Attorney's Office issued a warning on Monday, August 31, 2026 about a phone scam in which callers pretend to be Berks County Sheriff's deputies or other court officials, and…
From Berks County District Attorney's Office
Reading · Returned Check Fee - $50.00
The Berks County magisterial district courts hear civil claims where the disputed amount is less than $12,000.00, landlord and tenant disputes, and summary offenses, meaning traffic and non-traffic…
From Berks County Magisterial District Courts
Reading
The Victim/Witness Assistance Unit of the Berks County District Attorney's Office helps crime victims open a claim with the Victims Compensation Assistance Program, known as VCAP, which pays back…
From Berks County District Attorney's Office
Countywide
The Victims Compensation Assistance Program, run by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, helps victims of crime in Pennsylvania with expenses related to a crime. Claims are filed…
From Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Philadelphia
The Consulado General de la República Dominicana en Philadelphia is the Dominican Republic's consulate in Philadelphia, part of the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República Dominicana, and…
From Consulado General de la República Dominicana en Filadelfia
Reading
Aldea - The People's Justice Center runs a project called CARES, short for Children's Advocacy, Representation & Services. Its attorneys represent unaccompanied minors in immigration and family…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
Countywide
The Immigrant Survivors Project of the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (PIRC) provides free immigration legal services to immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, human…
From Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
Reading
Community Justice Project (CJP) runs an immigration legal practice out of its Reading, PA office, and its immigration team is fully bilingual in English and Spanish. The team represents clients…
From Community Justice Project
ALDEA - The People's Justice Center runs HOLA Clinics, short for Horas de Oficina Legal y Ayuda, walk-in legal clinics that connect neighbors with clear information and rapid assistance on…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
Reading
Community Justice Project is a nonprofit law office that represents people with limited English proficiency when agencies that receive federal money fail to provide interpretation or translation.…
From Community Justice Project
Reading
HOPE, the Haitian Outreach Program at ALDEA - The People's Justice Center, provides immigration legal aid to Haitians in the Reading area. It is led by native Kreyol-speaking advocates and volunteers…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Allentown runs Immigration Referral Services for people starting a new life in a new country. Staff refer you to trusted legal immigration services rather than handling…
From Catholic Charities
Reading
ALMA, which stands for Aldea for Liberation, Mentorship & Advocacy, is the part of Aldea - The People's Justice Center that works with people held in immigration detention. As an EOIR-recognized pro…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
Reading
Aldea - The People's Justice Center runs a Low Bono Community Program that gives immigrants legal representation at rates far below private market costs, with payment plans shaped to each person or…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
Church World Service Lancaster has staff attorneys and representatives accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice who give free and low-cost legal advice and representation on family and…
From Church World Service Lancaster
New Castle
The Pennsylvania Department of Health issues certified copies of birth certificates for births that happened in Pennsylvania since 1906. A birth certificate is an official legal document that…
From Pennsylvania Department of Health
Reading · This is a FREE service
The Pardon Project of Berks County, based at Connections Work in Reading, helps people with a criminal record apply to have that record pardoned in Pennsylvania. It connects people with community…
From Connections Work
Countywide
MidPenn Legal Services runs an Employment Law Project that helps people clear up criminal records through expungements, sealing records and pardons so that they can gain employment. The same project…
From MidPenn Legal Services
Reading
The Main Library of the Reading Public Library is a passport acceptance facility, which means you can fill out a U.S. passport application and hand it in there in person. Passport service is by…
From Reading Public Library
ALDEA - The People's Justice Center, an immigration legal aid organization in Reading, posts a set of immigration and ICE guides you can download from its website at…
From ALDEA - The People's Justice Center
Countywide
Make the Road Pennsylvania publishes free Know Your Rights materials in English and Spanish that explain the rights people have under the U.S. Constitution and immigration law, especially in…
From Make the Road Pennsylvania
READING
The Berks County Bar Association posts legal guides and plain language answers to everyday legal questions on its website at berksbar.org, under Downloadable Resources & FAQs. The material comes from…
From Berks County Bar Association
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