South Jersey Legal Services, Inc. (SJLS) is a non-profit organization created to provide quality legal representation and advocacy to low-income individuals in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean, and Salem Counties.

With over 50 years of experience, SJLS is part of the Legal Services of New Jersey network. SJLS Private Attorney Involvement Program includes special projects such as the Family Assist Project, and Children's SSI Project, where volunteer attorneys assist low-income children to secure disability benefits. We also have the SJLS Guardianship Project for Children where legal assistance is provided in obtaining guardianship over a disabled/ special needs child who is approaching 18 years of age.

Services & Programs

• Housing
• SNAP (Food Stamps)
• Unemployment
• Family Law
• Domestic Violence
• Medicaid
• Education
• Public Benefits
• Senior Citizen Services
• The Divorce Project
• The Expungement Project
• The Reentry Project
• Guardianship Project for Children
• The Bankruptcy Project
• Agricultural Workers Rights Project
• Social Security Benefits

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Atlantic County Office
1300 Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
(609) 348-4200

Burlington County Office
107 High Street
Mount Holly, NJ 08060
(609) 261-1088

Camden County Office
745 Market Street
Camden, NJ 08102
(856) 964-2010

Cape May County Office
1261 Route 9 South
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
(609) 465-3001

Cumberland/Salem County Office
415 W. Landis Avenue-2nd Floor
Vineland, NJ 08360
(856) 691-0494

Gloucester County Office
47 Newton Avenue
Woodbury, NJ 08096
(856) 848-5360

Monmouth County Office
303 West Main Street, Fourth Floor
Freehold, NJ 07728
(732) 414-6750

Ocean County Office
215 Main Street
Toms River, NJ 08753
(732) 608-7794

Eligibility	financial eligibility: up to 300% of the Federal Poverty Limit. U.S Citizenship or Legal Permanent Resident required except when domestic violence is present
Age Groups	Children Adolescents Adults Seniors
Community Services	Legal / Advocacy Advocacy (Legal) Custody / Marital Legal Assistance
Payment Options	County Funding Free Low Cost / Donation Sliding Scale / Payment Plans State Funding
Language Spoken	American Sign Language (ASL) Arabic Bengali Chinese (Cantonese) Chinese (Mandarin) Creole French Greek Hindi Japanese Korean Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Turkish Urdu Vietnamese
Areas Served	Atlantic County Burlington County Camden County Cape May County Cumberland County Gloucester County Monmouth County Ocean County

Last Updated: 09/10/24