{"id":38,"date":"2013-07-16T17:19:32","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T21:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2017-05-04T12:16:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T16:16:34","slug":"for-our-clients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/for-our-clients\/","title":{"rendered":"For Our Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Temple Legal Aid Office! \u00a0We are here to serve low income Philadelphians with legal problems. \u00a0You will work with our law students, staff, and attorneys to address your legal problems.<\/p>\n<p>We specialize in two main areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We help people with custody, support, and adoption matters;<\/li>\n<li>We help people with HIV, cancer, and\/or physical disabilities with their legal problems. \u00a0We can help you directly with many SSI or Social Security matters, public benefits issues, health insurance problems, living wills, powers of attorney, and several other issues. \u00a0If we cannot help you directly, we will give you information about other legal services programs that may be able to help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To qualify for our service, you must live in Philadelphia and have low income. \u00a0If you qualify for us, we do not charge for our service.<\/p>\n<p>Need legal help? Call us at 215-204-1800. \u00a0You will be screened for our service and if we may be able to help, you will be given an appointment at our office or at one of the community sites at which we do intake throughout the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW<\/strong>: \u00a0We are adding summaries of legal issues so you can learn general information about the law. \u00a0Click on <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/category\/know-the-law\/\">Know the Law<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Check out our <a title=\"News\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\">News Blog<\/a> for information that may affect you!<\/p>\n<p>Think you have an issue that you and others may want to know about? <a title=\"Suggest a legal information topic\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/for-our-clients\/suggest-a-legal-information-topic\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Click here<\/a> to suggest a general legal information topic and we may write a summary of the issue on this page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Temple Legal Aid Office! \u00a0We are here to serve low income Philadelphians with legal problems. \u00a0You will work with our law students,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/for-our-clients\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">For Our Clients<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1215,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12,"url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/file-share\/","url_meta":{"origin":38,"position":0},"title":"Staff\/Contact","author":"Shyam Nair","date":"August 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Spencer Rand has been practicing law for over 25 years and has been with Temple Legal Aid Office since 2000. \u00a0He focuses his work on representing low-income Philadelphians with HIV, Cancer, and\/or physical disabilities. \u00a0He has practiced as a legal aid lawyer, a sole practitioner, and as an executive director\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7,"url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/","url_meta":{"origin":38,"position":1},"title":"Welcome to the Temple Legal Aid Office\u2019s Blog page!","author":"Shyam Nair","date":"August 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here, you will find the following: 1. \u00a0Information for our clients and community\u00a0about the sorts of cases we handle. \u00a0Here, you will find information about our services. \u00a0You will also find news about law that affect our clients and about other community resources that may be able to help you\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":66,"url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/for-our-students\/","url_meta":{"origin":38,"position":2},"title":"For Our Students","author":"Spencer Rand","date":"July 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to your Temple Legal Aid Office. \u00a0Since 1952, when the office began as a student run project to serve the community, Temple law students have been interning in our office. \u00a0Come join us, and you will be able to learn skills that will help you practice law while you\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":70,"url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/for-our-community-partners\/","url_meta":{"origin":38,"position":3},"title":"For Our Community Partners","author":"Spencer Rand","date":"July 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Thank you for working with us to address the needs of low income Philadelphians! \u00a0Here, you will find information about working together with us to help address our clients' needs. 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