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South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc. (SCCLS) is a private, non-profit law firm which provides free legal help in priority civil matters to low-income residents of Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket and Plymouth counties and the towns of Avon and Stoughton in Norfolk County. Together with its wholly owned subsidiary, the Justice Center of Southeast Massachusetts (JCSM), SCCLS operates fully staffed, community based law offices in Fall River, New Bedford, Hyannis, and Brockton. Our administrative office is located in Fall River.

Each year, over 14,000 low-income individuals and families in Southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod &amp; the Islands benefit from the legal help provided and cases handled by the SCCLS and JCSM. Over 6,500 cases are handled each year by 110 staff members. SCCLS and its predecessor organizations (Legal Services for Cape, Plymouth &amp; Islands, New Center for Legal Advocacy, and Southeastern Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation) have been providing free quality legal assistance to the community for more than 50 years.

Our advocates not only provide quality legal assistance to eligible clients in high-priority civil cases but also offer educational programming to the community. We participate in statewide access to justice efforts through service on task forces organized around substantive and service delivery issues. When our advocates see significant numbers of clients contacting us with a legal problem arising from wrongful private or governmental conduct affecting them in common, they go to the root cause of the problem and try to correct it for everyone.

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