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HIV Law Project
15 Maiden Lane,
18th Floor
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212 577 3001
Fax: 212 577 3192

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WHAT WE DO

PROGRAMS: DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES

 
 

 

PROGRAMS

• Direct Legal Services

• Specialized Family Services

• Ancillary Social Support Services

•Center for Women & HIV Advocacy

•Public Policy Advocacy

•Community Legal Education

•Technical Assistance

•Impact Litigation

 

HIV Law Project provides free civil legal services to HIV-positive residents in Manhattan and the Bronx through an integrated, general practice service delivery model. Experienced and seasoned legal staff provide clients with a range of legal services, including intake and assessment, advice and consultation, brief service and advocacy, out-of-court settlement negotiations, document preparation, and full representation in court or at administrative hearings.  Legal services are provided in the following areas of law:

 

  • Housing and eviction prevention;
  • Immigration law;
  • Government benefits;
  • Family law;
  • Public and private health insurance issues;
  • Consumer and creditor/debtor law;
  • Employment law and benefit issues;
  • Last wills, testaments and advanced planning; and
  • HIV-related confidentiality and discrimination issues

 

To schedule an appointment for a legal consultant, please contact us at 212.577.3001

 

All media and press inquiries should be directed to:


Michael S. Pankow
Director of Development
Email: mpankow@hivlawproject.org
Phone: 212.577.3001 ext. 231

     
  HIV Law Project Overview FY07 Data
  HIV Law Project Program Overview

 

“At HIV Law Project, we take the time with each client to unpack the complexity of barriers and pressures in their lives. In this way, we are able to ...help lift them out of the vicious cycle of poverty and ill-health.”

Kendell Johnson, Senior Managing Attorney, HIV Law Project

 

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HIV Law Project
15 Maiden Lane, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212 577 3001
Fax: 212 577 3192

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