Legal Aid and Resources

Non-Immigration Legal Aid Resources

The Clinical Legal Programs at Gonzaga School of Law provides legal advice, representation and counseling to low-income community members in a variety of areas of law..

Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington
Provides a website that serves as an educational tool to help people find the right services and resources (i.e., legal immigration services, “know your rights” factsheet, etc.) as they navigate guidelines set forth by the Department of Justice. They do not themselves, however, provide legal advice or as a substitute for legal advice of your own counsel.

Catholic Charities Immigration Clinic
Provides free assistance to low-income individuals and families who need immigration law help. Clients work directly on Zoom or telephone with law students who are supervised by an experienced immigration attorney. Assistance focuses on:

• Family reunification: adjustment of status for marriage or other relatives
• Naturalization and citizenship
• Asylum, along with other types of humanitarian protection
• DACA
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
Defends the rights of immigrants through direct legal services, systemic advocacy, and community education. They do legislation work; provide community education; defend asylum, DACA, and deportation cases; provide family services; and assist with citizenship processes.

The Volunteer Lawyers Program (VLP)
A legal assistance program of the Spokane County Bar Association. The VLP recruits volunteer attorneys to provide free legal advice in civil matters (non-criminal) to low-income individuals (including immigrants) in Spokane County and four outlying counties, i.e. Pend Oreille, Ferry, Stevens and Lincoln.

World Relief Spokane
A global Christian humanitarian organization that helps refugees and immigrants rebuild their lives. The Client Hub provides access to services such as extended case management, citizenship classes, legal service referrals, public benefits support, and up to date immigration information.

City of Spokane Immigrant & Refugee Affairs
This city office provides Know Your Rights materials, demographic data on Spokane’s immigrant communities, multilingual “red cards,” and links to local partner agencies (e.g., Latinos en Spokane, Manzanita House, Nuestras Raíces, THRIVE International). It serves as an informational hub for rights education, community referrals, and reporting discrimination or hate incidents.

Spokane Public Library Immigrant & Refugee Resources
The library provides a central resource page with Know Your Rights cards (in many languages), community based referrals (e.g., Latinos en Spokane, Refugee & Immigrant Connections Spokane, IRC), and informational materials shared from the City of Spokane.

The Civil Liberties Union of Washington
The state affiliate of the ACLU working to ensure that justice, freedom and equality are realities for all people in Washington state, with particular attention to the rights of people and groups who have historically been disenfranchised, including immigrants.

The Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network
The largest immigrant justice network in the state cultivating a statewide transnational solidarity coalition to protect and advance the power and rights of all immigrant and refugee communities. WAISN is queer and transgender founded and led nonprofit.

Spokane Immigrant Rights Coalition
Their mission is to make Spokane a stronger community and a great place for everyone to live and raise their families. They work to change policies, educate people about their rights, support families facing deportation, and provide financial support for people navigating the immigration system.

United We Dream
The largest youth-led immigration network in the U.S with over one million members. UWD provides DACA and deportation defense assistance, community education, Know Your Rights information, legislative advocacy, and health resources for undocumented.

National Immigration Law Center
NILC is a leading national organization focused on defending and expanding the rights of low income immigrants. Their Resources Library includes guides, “Know Your Rights” materials, multilingual legal information, policy briefs, benefits eligibility guidance, and updates on federal immigration policies.

American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU provides comprehensive Know Your Rights information covering interactions with police, ICE, Border Patrol, workplace raids, home visits, transit stops, and detention. Their materials emphasize constitutional protections available to all immigrants, regardless of status.

Immigrant Legal Resource Center
ILRC offers legal education tools, including printable “red cards,” Know Your Rights flyers, emergency family preparedness plans, rapid response network information, and multilingual guides. They focus on empowering immigrant communities and legal advocates but do not provide direct legal representation.

National Immigrant Justice Center
NIJC provides legal services and Know Your Rights resources for immigrants, asylum seekers, refugees, DACA recipients, trafficking survivors, and detained immigrants. Their KYR materials highlight what to do during ICE encounters, detention, and court processes.

Center for Immigration Assistance
This resource hub (via Immigrant Defense Project content) provides detailed Know Your Rights materials about ICE encounters, including:

• home raids,
• car stops,
• identifying ICE ruses,
• documenting arrests, and
• multilingual infographics and booklets.

These tools help people understand risks, assert constitutional rights, and prepare for enforcement situations.

International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee provides opportunities for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and immigrants seeking citizenship to thrive in America.

Immigration Law Help
Helping low-income immigrants find legal help