Legal Services

Legal Aid Service
421 High Street, Ste 110
Oregon City OR 97405-2249
503-655-2518

The Oregon City office of Legal Aid provides legal services concerning a limited number of civil legal matters to low-income residents in the Mid-Columbia. Call the Oregon City office for information about whether they can assist you with your legal problem or help you find another resource for your legal questions. The Oregon City office is a part of Legal Aid Service of Oregon.

Oregon Advocacy Center
620 SW Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor
Portland, OR 97204-1328
503-243-2081 (Voice)
503-323-9161 (TTY)
800-556-5351 (TTY)

Oregon Advocacy Center (OAC) provides information about the rights of people with disabilities, health care, access to services, and other topics related to mental health and developmental disabilities. Direct case advocacy is provided only to persons with disabilities for problems related to the disability. Publications available on their web site include information about special education, accommodations and assistive devices, the Assistive Device Lemon Law, fair housing, mental health law, accommodations in health care, and more.
OAC's web site is also available in Spanish.

For general information about guardianship and future planning, the Arc of Oregon and The Arc of the United States have publications available for downloading.

OregonLawHelp.org offers on-line publications on a range of legal topics such as disability, consumer, employment and other matters. This web site is available in Spanish.

Estate Planning for the Parents of the Disabled
is from the Oregon State Bar's Tel-Law service. The information is general but gives an overview of issues parents when they are considering long term provisions for the well-being of their child with a disability. Two key recommendations are that parents must develop a thorough understanding of their child's needs and they must understand the alternative estate planning tools that are available to protect disabled children personally and financially.