Hope + knowledge + free legal assistance = economic mobility

Through Power-Up, Interfaith Action provides free legal assistance and practical educational opportunities and resources that help people build economic mobility.

Our legal clinic provides free-of-charge legal advice for community members.

• Power-Up Legal Clinic is available only by phone due to the Covid-19 situation.
• Upcoming clinic dates: Thursday, October 1 & 15
• On the day of the clinic, call 651-222-5863 at 12:30 pm.
• Say “I’m calling for Power-Up Clinic.” You must say you are calling for Power-Up to get help that day.
• A lawyer will call you back the same afternoon. After a brief introductory call, a volunteer attorney will call you back between 1:00 and 3:30 pm to hear about your issue in detail.

Legal Issues Covered Include

• Landlord/tenant or property
• Divorce, parenting time, custody, or other family law issues
• Debt collection
• Impounded car
• Purchase or service contracts
• Probate
• Employment
• Simple wills and health care directives
• Any other civil legal issues (no criminal law issues, please)

Power-Up Legal Clinic is made possible through a partnership with Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services and the Twin Cities Cardozo Society.

2020 Clinic Dates

Nov 5 & 19
Dec 3

2021 Clinic Dates

Jan 21 | Feb 4 & 18 | Mar 4 & 18

Apr 1 & 15 | May 6 & 20 | Jun 3 & 17

Jul 1 & 15 | Aug 5 & 19 | Sept 2 & 16

Oct 7 & 21 | Nov 4 & 18 | Dec 2 & 16

Questions outside clinic hours?
To talk to a legal aid lawyer outside of clinic hours, you can call the intake phone number at SMRLS (legal aid) between 9 am to 3 pm on weekdays at 651-222-5863.