Community Legal Service

About us

The Community Legal Service (CLS) is a network of LSC funded organisations and advice providers that fund, provide and promote civil legal aid services.

Civil law deals with disputes between individuals or organisations.

People experiencing social problems often need legal advice in areas such as relationship breakdown, debt, housing, domestic violence and benefits.

Help is also available for asylum and immigration, education, employment, mental health and community care issues.

Need legal advice?

For information about how to get free, confidential and independent legal advice visit the Directgov website.

The LSC itself is unable to provide legal advice or information. Case specific queries should be directed to your local office.

More about the CLS

For providers and practitioners

Forms - forms used by service providers undertaking CLS funded work
How we are transforming civil legal aid with our reform programme
Use our eligibility calculator to find out whether your client is eligible for legal aid
Information and guidance updates to the 2010 Standard Civil Contract
Find your relationship manager

Corporate information

How we measure quality and performance through schemes such as peer review
Our strategy for the CLS and civil policy development
Our civil areas of work such as family, immigration, social welfare, mental health and other civil areas of law such as community care
Read the latest Community Legal Service Consultations and responses
Details on the tendering process for CLS services.

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Last updated: 30 August 2011