Clients and Cases
All DVAP clients must meet strict financial eligibility guidelines to receive help. The Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program provides legal help to low-income clients with the following types of classes:
Benefits
Consumer
Employment
Family
Housing
Landlord-Tenant
Bankruptcy
Expunctions & Non-disclosures
Probate
Real Property
Tax
Wills
DVAP does not help with criminal cases, tickets, or fee-generating cases such as personal injury matters.Any person who wants to receive free legal help from the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program must apply for assistance and meet our eligibility guidelines. The Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program helps clients with benefits, consumer, employment, family, housing, landlord-tenant, bankruptcy, expunctions and non-disclosures, probate, real property, tax, and wills cases. DVAP cannot help with criminal cases, tickets, or fee-generating cases such as personal injury matters. Applicants who have been sued should bring copies of their legal documents when applying for help.