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: Thursdays, January 7 & 21, 2021
- 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.
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.
Power-Up Legal Rights Video Series
Check out the latest in our new user-friendly, 2-minute videos on important topics related to legal rights, created with LawHelpmn.org. Feel free to download or share the YouTube link.
Rental Assistance
Criminal Expungement
Work Safety & Going Back to Work
Additional Power-Up Educational Resources
Power-Up on child abuse: Oct 2019
Power-Up on landlord issues: Sept 2019