Illinois Legal Aid Online (ILAO) partners with people and organizations throughout Illinois to deepen our community relationships, inform our legal products, and increase our visibility to further ILAO’s reach and impact.

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Legal Self-Help Centers (LSHCs)

ILAO partners with public libraries and courthouses throughout Illinois to engage as Legal Self-Help Centers, where people needing legal help can use IllinoisLegalAid.org to learn about their legal rights and responsibilities, get legal forms and instructions, and get referrals to free and low-cost legal services. Our LSHC partners can be found in our directory.

Community partners

ILAO partners with local organizations in Macon, Sangamon, Champaign, DuPage, and Kane Counties to better serve communities experiencing the devastating effects of mass incarceration and deportation. Some of our partners include:

  • The Inc Spot
  • Salt & Light Ministries
  • Springfield Urban League
  • Northeast Community Fund
  • Instituto del Progreso Latino
  • Hamdard Health Alliance
  • Family Focus
  • World Relief

Website Stakeholder Committee

Our website stakeholder committee participates in the ongoing development of our legal information and other services.

These partners include:

  • Cabrini-Green Legal Aid
  • CARPLS 
  • Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
  • Greater Chicago Legal Clinic
  • Land of Lincoln Legal Aid*
  • Legal Aid Chicago*
  • Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Legal Services
  • Prairie State Legal Services*

Partner resources

Online Intake and Triage System Partners

Online Intake and Triage System (OTIS) partners accept cases through Get Legal Help and continue to help improve our referral systems. These partners include:

  • Ascend Justice
  • Cabrini-Green Legal Aid
  • Center for Disability and Elder Law
  • Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
  • Greater Chicago Legal Clinic
  • Immigration Project
  • Justice Entrepreneur's Project
  • Land of Lincoln Legal Aid*
  • Legal Aid Chicago* 
  • Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Legal Services
  • Moran Center for Youth Advocacy
  • National Immigrant Justice Center
  • Prairie State Legal Services*

* LSC-funded programs participate in the website consistent with LSC restrictions.