Other Services:  OLC also provides assistance on senior law, employment law, consumer law and civil rights.

Services Available

OLC provides information, advice and representation on a number of administrative law issues that are important for low income clients including health care, employment issues, food stamps, the Jobs program, public benefits and Social Security. Click on “Hotlines” for more information.

Administrative Law

OLC provides information, advice and representation on a number of family law issues that are important for low income families, with the highest priority for matters involving domestic violence.

Family Law

OLC provides information, advice, and representation on a number of issues that are important to farmworkers, including wage claims, working conditions, housing and health care.

Farmworker Law

OLC provides information, advice and representation on a number of housing law issues that are important for low income people including Fair Housing, government subsidized housing, low income housing development, landlord-tenant law and issues related to homelessness.

Housing Law

Indigenous Project  

Pro Bono Project

The Indigenous Project provides services to clients who speak indigenous languages from Mexico and Guatamala, including Mixteco, Zapoteco, Triqui, Kanjobal and other languages.  The office is located in Woodburn, Oregon.  Click on “Locations”  for contact information.  The Project Against Workplace Sexual Assault, part of the Indigenous Project, supports, educates, informs and helps farmworkers regarding sexual harassment and assault at their place of work. 

The Pro Bono Project helps low income clients obtain appointments with private attorneys donating free civil legal services to low income clients on issues related to consumer law, housing law, employment law,  estate law, insurance and contracts (no criminal law, traffic or parking tickets, family law, bankruptcy, immigration, evictions or cases that require an quick response).  Click on "Hotlines" for contact information.  Attorneys interested in volunteering should contact Lori Alton in the Portland Office.

Oregon Law Center

Providing Access To Justice For Low Income Oregonians