Make a difference in your community

Civil legal rights involve basic human needs and much more. They are the foundation for improved safety, education, health, and economic opportunity. Where people have an equal chance at justice, communities flourish.

Yet access to justice is out of reach for 92% of eligible West Virginians. That’s where you come in.

Your gift can change lives—right here at home. From veterans and families to seniors and children, your support brings justice within reach for those who need it most.

Join in supporting access to justice for all West Virginians

Your donation helps LAWV provide critical legal help to people like:

• Jamie, a military veteran who was worried about her son’s biological father trying to file for custody after paying no support and being out of the picture for years. Her LAWV attorney helped her current husband adopt her son, providing Jamie with a sense of certainty in their family unit and her child with a legal relationship with the only father he has ever known.
  
• Julia, a mother in a small town with limited housing, who after encountering substandard housing and increased rental fees faced eviction. Her LAWV attorney worked out a settlement with her landlord, enabling Julia to obtain safe housing for herself and her children.

• Linda, a grandmother caring for her two grandsons while her daughter is treated for substance use disorder. Linda found support at one of LAWV’s free walk-in Lawyer in the School clinics, and the attorney she worked with provided Linda with financial and behavioral health resources to give her grandsons a stable life at home and in school.

Ways to Give

Online – complete the form below with your one time or recurring General Donation. Recurring gifts provide steady support, reduce fundraising costs, and help LAWV plan for the future, while giving you greater budgeting flexibility. Please note the server charges an additional processing fee so that the full amount of your gift will benefit LAWV.

Mail – your check to         
Legal Aid of WV
ATTN: Development
123 Washington St. W
Suite 101
Charleston, WV 25302

Phone – Resource Development Coordinator Missy Menefee may be contacted at 681-466-0310

Please indicate if you are donating in tribute of someone.

Legal Aid of West Virginia is a 501(c)(3) and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by the law. As a recipient of grants funds from the federally funded Legal Services Corporation, we are required by 45 CFR Part 1610 to notify you that our funds may not be expended for any purposes prohibited by the regulations governing Legal Services Corporation. These regulations ensure that our funding is used to meet the most critical legal needs of the most vulnerable West Virginias. Please contact LAWV for more information or visit www.lsc.gov/restrictions.

West Virginia residents may obtain a summary of the registration and financial documents from the Secretary of State, State Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia 25305. Registration does not imply endorsement.