Ashley Norris

In observance of Memorial Day, Lone Star Legal Aid will be closed. All offices will reopen on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Texans can still apply for free legal help online at www.lonestarlegal.org.

Did you know our Connecting Texas Kids to Coverage Unit is joining BakerRipley for a monthly outreach? They’ll provide application assistance forms for citizenship, and we’ll provide application assistance for Medicaid and CHIP. Keep an eye out for upcoming events! The first 75 participants will receive free one-on-one citizenship application assistance. Registration 8:30 – 9:30 AM. Due to COVID-19, the […]

Lone Star Legal Aid is funded in part by Legal Services Corporation (LSC), the largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans in the nation. By partnering with NORC at the University of Chicago, LSC has measured “the difference between the civil legal needs of low-income Americans and the resources available to meet those needs.” In their 2022 report, […]

Houston, TX – The Legal Aid for Survivors of Sexual Assault (LASSA) Texas Network is pleased to announce the launch of their website, www.lassatexas.org. The statewide network consists of nine programs that collaborate to provide holistic legal services to the most vulnerable and underserved sexual violence survivors in Texas. Since the LASSA Program’s inception in October 2015, the Network has […]

In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Lone Star Legal Aid will be closed. All offices will reopen on Tuesday, January 18th, 2022. Texans can still apply for free legal help online at www.lonestarlegal.org.

PRIDE without Prejudice is our virtual outreach series aimed at providing legal information and resources to the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies. Here at Lone Star Legal Aid, we recognize the importance of creating an online space where gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals can get important information about their rights in the legal landscape.  For transgender folks, changing […]

Lone Star Legal Aid wishes you and yours a Happy New Year. In observance of the holiday, Lone Star Legal Aid will be closed. All offices will reopen on Tuesday, January 4th, 2022. Texans can still apply for free legal help online at www.lonestarlegal.org.

Lone Star Legal Aid wishes you and yours a Merry Christmas. In observance of the holiday, Lone Star Legal Aid will be closed. All offices will reopen on Tuesday, December 28th, 2021. Texans can still apply for free legal help online at www.lonestarlegal.org.

We’ll be taking a break from virtual outreach for the rest of December, but we’ll be back in January. We already have our 2022 schedule set so you can resume watching informational series like Law Talk Friday, Local Law Live, PRIDE without Prejudice, and The Safe Space. We’ll see you… streaming, next year! Lone Star Legal Aid is a 501(c)(3) […]

What is Giving Season? Giving Season is the time between November 1st and December 31st, in which nonprofit organizations campaign for donations, champion volunteer work, and inspire acts of kindness. Falling on November 30th this year, Giving Tuesday is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Unlike its gift-buying counterparts, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday is to encourage charitable donations. Sometimes […]

Lone Star Legal Aid wishes you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving. In observance of the holiday, Lone Star Legal Aid will be closed. All offices will reopen on Monday, November 29th, 2021. Texans can still apply for free legal help online at http://www.lonestarlegal.org.

In observance of Veterans Day, Lone Star Legal Aid will be closed to honor all those who served. All offices will reopen on Friday, November 12th, 2021. Texans can still apply for free legal help online at http://www.lonestarlegal.org.

Of the more than 18 million veterans and active-duty service members in America, Texas has the nation’s second-largest veteran population. For the civil legal issues that may arise for veterans, legal aid organizations make themselves available year-round. In fact, more than 8,000 Texas veterans receive free legal assistance each year from legal aid organizations. The week of November 7 – […]

Each year, A Month of Service (AMOS) partners with NRCDC Houston, the City of Houston Department of Neighborhoods, Houston Volunteer Lawyers, Harris County Appraisal District, Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector, The Earl Carl Institute for Legal & Social Policy, Lone Star Legal Aid, and the Houston Bar Association, to provide free information and resources on topics including asset protection, asset building, […]

The Covid-19 Pandemic has contributed to financial hardship, like job loss, lost wages, unforeseen medical expenses, evictions, and foreclosures, leaving many Americans in need of assistance. With the CDC Eviction Moratorium no longer in effect, protections for those evicted have been lifted, and millions are now facing homelessness. Homelessness is not synonymous with being unsheltered. Many people will move in […]