Southeast Louisiana Legal Services

Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS) achieves justice for low-income people in Louisiana by enforcing and defending their legal rights through civil legal aid, advocacy, and community education. SLLS strives to break down legal barriers and make fair and equal access to justice possible for the people who need it most. We are Louisiana's largest non-profit law firm, with seven offices in Baton Rouge, Covington, Gretna, Hahnville, Hammond, Houma, and New Orleans.

For over 50 years, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS) has provided free civil legal services to help vulnerable people with life's most basic needs-protecting families from domestic violence, helping seniors keep their homes, helping communities recover from disasters, ensuring people living with disabilities have stable lives, securing access for all to our system of justice, and much more.

Testimonials

A frequent barrier to housing stability our clients face is the need to pay for moving costs. One recent case involved a survivor of domestic violence who sought SLLS legal assistance. She was living in an apartment with faulty electrical wiring and other hazards after she had fled domestic violence. This was the only housing she could locate at that time when she was making her escape from abuse. After making complaints about her living situation, her landlord threatened to evict her. Our attorney negotiated a move out and early termination of her lease so that she would not have an eviction on her record or adverse long-term collateral consequences on her credit.