Since 1949, Miami-Dade County Legal Aid has been providing free civil legal services to qualifying low-income residents of Miami-Dade County. The Legal Aid Committee of the Dade County Bar Association began in 1939 to address the unmet needs of residents for free legal services for impoverished Miamians. In its early years the mission of Legal Aid was to provide critical legal assistance in areas including domestic relations, returning veterans’ needs, consumer, small claims, landlord/tenant, guardianship, & employment matters. As the need for legal services intensified, the agency expanded its priorities to include divorce, paternity, custody, visitation, child support, name change, domestic violence, guardianship for an adult incapacitated family member, housing, benefits, bankruptcy, foreclosure, class actions, child and teen advocacy. In 1991, Dade Legal Aid and The Eleventh Judicial Circuit established the Put Something Back Pro Bono Project as the official program of the circuit. Legal Aid’s team of dedicated staff attorneys combined with its force of pro bono attorneys, makes it the premier pro bono provider of its kind. Pro bono attorneys handle civil legal matters including Family Law, Domestic Violence, Guardianship, Child & Foster Youth Advocacy, Housing, Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, Guardian ad Litem, Nonprofits and Venture Law. Priority goes to protecting the rights of underprivileged, abused and abandoned children, families, persons with disabilities, victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, fraud and disasters, newcomers, those facing wrongful eviction, the elderly and other vulnerable individuals and populations. Over the decades, thousands of individuals have received life changing services giving Legal Aid funders the biggest bang for their buck anywhere! Join us today by taking a case or making a donation online www.dadelegalaid.org