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Support legal aid programs

The legal services communities in the gulf states have been devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and they need your help. Please consider making a donationto support the relief efforts of the following organizations:

Note: For a comprehensive listing of affected legal servies programs, state bar association relief funds, and national relief organizations, visit http://www.abanet.org/katrina/donations.html.

Southeast Louisiana Legal Services Corporationand
New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation
1200 Derek Drive, #100
P.O. Drawer 2867
Hammond, LA 70404
http://www.slls.org
http://www.nolac.org

The Pro Bono Project
601 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130
www.justgive.org/giving/donate.jsp?charityId=7328

Mississippi Center for Justice
736 N. Congress Street
P.O. Box 1023
Jackson, MS 39215
http://www.mscenterforjustice.org/

Mississippi Center for Legal Services
111 East Front Street
P.O. Drawer 1728
Hattiesburg, MS 39225

Legal Services Alabama, Inc.
P.O. Box 2168
Montgomery, AL 36102
http://www.alsp.org/

Lone Star Legal Aid
Beaumont Branch Office
P.O. Box 2552
Beaumont, Texas
http://www.lonestarlegal.org

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
300 South Texas Bvld.
Weslaco, TX 78596
http://www.trla.org/fundraising/index.php

Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation
Will distribute funds collected to programs most affected by the influx of evacuees.
Katrina Legal Aid Fund
1601 Rio Grande
Austin, TX 78701
http://www.teajf.org/how_to_help_katrina_pay_pal.html

Helping Hands: the Equal Justice Colleague's Relief Fund
NLADA has established this fund toprovide financial assistance to staff in legal aid and public defender offices who have suffered direct and significant personal loss as a result of Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.nlada.org/About/About_Donate