Legal Advice Hotline

Call the Legal Advice Line if you need legal help. The call is free within your area code. If you are experiencing an emergency, call 9-1-1.

Alameda County - (510) 250-5270
Contra Costa County West - (510) 250-5270
Contra Costa County East - (925) 219-3325
Marin County - (415) 354-6360
Napa County - (707) 320-6348
San Francisco - (415) 354-6360
San Mateo County - (650) 472-2666
Santa Clara County - (408) 850-7066
Toll-Free - (800) 551-5554

Hours of Operation:
Monday - 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday - 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday- 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (with additional hours on Wednesday afternoonsfrom 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for Domestic Violence survivors)
Thursday - 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Bay Area Legal Aid's Legal Advice Line is a free legal hotline available to low-income Bay Area residents. Callers to the Legal Advice Line are helped by highly trained attorneys and paralegals.

The Legal Advice Line provides a range of services depending on the caller's legal problem. Attorneys may give a caller legal advice, schedule eligible clients for an appointment in a neighborhood office, or provide the caller with a helpful referral to other social services organizations, when appropriate.

The Legal Advice Line answers more than 1,500 calls each month. If you are calling for legal help, you may have to wait for your call to be answered. Please be patient. Our attorneys want to make sure that everyone who calls gets the legal help they need.

Legal Advice Line staff members speak six different languages - English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Japanese. Translation services are available for all other languages.

Telecommunications services are available through the California Relay Service for people who are hearing impaired or speech disabled.