Legal Services

Access to legal knowledge and community resources are vital parts of being an informed and healthy citizen. We will work with you to provide referrals or alternative solutions when possible.

FreeState Justice’s work focuses on the following issue areas:

  • FreeState Justice provides legal services, for the following matters

    Legal Name Changes for Adults and Minors


    Judicial Declarations of Gender Identity for Adults and Minors


    Discrimination Matters

    • Education Discrimination
    • Employment Discrimination
    • Public Accommodation Discrimination
    • Housing Discrimination
    • Healthcare and Health Insurance Discrimination

    Estate Planning

    • Advanced Directives
    • Living Wills
    • Power of Attorney Documents

    Criminal Record Expungements



    Family Law Matters

    • Adoption
    • Child Custody
    • Divorce
    • Parental Rights Disputes

    Protective and Peace Orders

    • Filing Orders
    • Shielding Dismissed Orders

    Income Maintenance Issues

    • Debt Collection Relief
    • Unemployment Denials
    • Workers’ Benefits/Rights

    Individual Rights

    • Protection of Incarcerated Persons’ Rights
    • Police Brutality Claims

  • Incident Reports

    FreeState Justice can help you with the following, can be a witness or the involved party:


    • Community Violence Incident Reports
    • Hate Crime/Bias Incident Reports
    • Negative Police Interactions
    • Negative State Agency Interactions (MSDE, DSS, DHS, DJS, etc.) 

  • General Questions & Resources

    FreeState Justice provides the following referrals to community services:

    • Housing services
    • Healthcare services
    • Public Benefits / Social Services applications, including SNAP, Medicaid, and Medicare
    • Resume and Job Application Assistance
    • Transportation Coordination
    • Food Instability
    • Free Clothing

FreeState Justice provides free legal services, referrals, and community resources to LGBTQ+ Maryland residents. FreeState Justice is a grant-funded, non-profit organization, and your eligibility for direct legal services may be impacted by your LGBTQIA+ status, income level, household size, case type, and geographic residency, dictated by MLSC guidelines which you can find here. 

MLSC GUIDELINES

For New Clients

Our office will be in touch with you via email or phone, after the service request form is completed. If you have multiple legal matters, please submit a separate intake form for each matter. If you would like assistance in submitting an intake form, please call Traé McWhite, Program Coordinator, at (443) 977-4243, or send an email to intake@freestate-justice.org. You may have someone else (therapist, case worker, family member, friend) submit a form on your behalf, if they include your contact information. You may submit an intake form in your native Language.

NEW CLIENT INTAKE FORM

For Existing Clients

If you are working with one of our legal staff, please contact them directly via email or phone.


Existing clients may also request an update by sending an email to intake@freestate-justice.org. For a quicker response, existing clients may also call or text (443) 977 4254.

If you are seeking any of the above resources

Please submit a service request form:

You may list multiple community resource needs on one intake form.

RESOURCE REFERRAL REQUEST FORM