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The First Step to Getting Help
We know your time is valuable, so we’ve created this short guided interview as the first step to seeing what help might be available in your unique situation.
Watch this short video about how to get legal assistance from Kansas Legal Services and other available legal resources.
CitizenshipWorks!
Who is Citizenshipworks for?
Citizenshipworks is for residents of the United States who are eligible to apply for naturalization.
They must show that:
In 2012, the White House and the U.S. Department of Justice launched the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (Roundtable) to raise Federal agencies’ awareness of how civil legal aid can help low income people.
Ways the Federal agencies can help include:
Kansas Legal Services has hundreds of success stories that celebrate the outcomes of helping individuals and families in a variety of ways. From finding shelter and security for a family fleeing an abusive situation to confronting a harassing debt collection agency, Kansas Legal Services staff have been on the front lines of fighting for equal access to justice for vulnerable Kansans.
The document attached details the rules, regulations and guidelines of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). LSC is the major funder of Kansas Legal Services and also funds other legal aid organizations around the country, in every state. LSC receives funding from the U.S. Congress every year to distrbute to legal aid organizations.
Here are just a few of the stories about the fine work done by KLS staffers to help people resolve legal barriers that compromise their well-being.
Attached is a flyer with these stories, and a map that shows the location of KLS field offices in Kansas.
Limited Scope Representation In Kansas:
How To Use An Attorney As You Represent Yourself In Court
Adapted from a document prepared by the Supreme Court Committee on Self Represented Litigants (6/25/08)
What is limited scope representation?
Limited scope representation means that you and your attorney agree that you will do some of the tasks related to your case, and the attorney will do others.
You can look up your own criminal history and find out what employers and law enforcement can see when they run a background check. This is also helpful information to have if you want your record expunged.
http://www.kansas.gov/kbi/criminalhistory/
This site gives info on specific crimes. Towards the end of the page it also gives info on commonly asked questions about the criminal process. The links will take you to the meaning of the specific crime. Another link takes you to the specific statute.
Criminal Laws in Kansas
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