215-832-0900

To provide refugee resettlement, technical assistance, and legal aid and social services to immigrants and refugees.

Income guidelines: people who are indigent or with low-incomes (unable to afford a private attorney); Geographic guidelines: Southeastern PA and Northern DE; Other guidelines: people of all nationalities, including cases from the former Soviet Union.

By phone: M – F, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Walk-ins discouraged) Potential clients who appear to be able to afford a private attorney are
encouraged to seek the services of the private Bar.

Immigration and nationality matters, with language capacity in French, Italian, Lao, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese and Chinese.

Direct legal services in the following areas: immigration counseling and representation; family reunification visas; political asylum; adjustment of status; employment authorization; relief from removal/deportation; naturalization; replacement of documents; travel documents; extension/change of non-immigrant status

Other Services: Pre-migration counseling and processing for refugee resettlement; Social Service Referrals; referral to citizenship preparation classes; Russian-language text processing and publication; community education and outreach; location of displaced persons; translation; reparations claims processing; research; advocacy for the rights of foreign-born

Judith Bernstein-Baker, Esq.

Philippe Weisz, Esq., Managing Attorney