MidPenn Legal Services

When a family loses their housing. When a survivor needs a protective order. When a senior's benefits are wrongly denied — where do they turn if they can't afford a lawyer?

They turn to MidPenn Legal Services.

Since 1969, we've been the legal safety net for low-income families and survivors of domestic violence across Lancaster County. This year alone, our attorneys, paralegals, and staff closed 1,659 cases — fighting for housing stability, safety from abuse, fair wages, custody of their children, a second chance through expungement, and the benefits they're owed.

Every one of those cases was handled for free.

For our clients, legal help isn't a luxury — it's the difference between keeping a home or losing it, escaping danger or staying trapped, moving forward or falling further behind. We don't just represent people in court; we teach them their rights, so they're never powerless again.

Your gift during ExtraGive gives someone in crisis a fighting chance.

$100 could help cover the cost of an emergency protective order filing. $250 could support a family fighting to stay in their home. Every dollar helps ensure that justice in Lancaster County isn't just for those who can afford it.

Give today. Give someone their day in court.

MidPenn Legal Services is a nonprofit legal services organization that is funded in part by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC).  As a condition of receipt of LSC funds, MidPenn is restricted from engaging in certain activities in all of its legal work-including work supported by other funding sources. MidPenn is required by 45 CFR 1610.7, to notify all funders and donors of these restrictions which can be found in 45 CFR parts 1600 through 1644, in the LSC Act at 42 U.S.C. 2996-2996l and in the sections of LSC's annual appropriation (Appropriations Restrictions) that incorporate the restrictions enacted in section 504 of Title V in Public Law 104-134, 122 Stat. 1321-50 (1996), as incorporated through Public Law 105-119, tit. V, § 502(a)(2), 111 Stat. 2440, 2510 (1998) and subject to modifications in other statutes.