If you are homeowner in foreclosure faced with a situation that needs legal attention, you basically have Two Options: handle the matter yourself or seek professional legal help.

Representing yourself in a legal proceeding may hold some initial appeal due to the cost of hiring a lawyer or your interest in taking control of the situation.

Before you decide to handle a legal matter yourself, however, you need to evaluate yourself to see whether you can are ready to handle the matter and whether you have access to the resources you will need to succeed.

While our program is designed to assit homeowners in pro se litigations, if you are considering handling the matter yourself, be forewarned that a seemingly simple issue can quickly grow complex if you are not well versed with the legal system. For this simple reason, we are publishing this post to assist homeowners who may not be familiar with the legal system even if they wish to use our program to fight their case. The legal resources contained within our program can also help Attorneys practicing in other areas, help a homeowener fight his/her foreclosure case, saving valuable research time as time is of the essense.

In most situations homeowners will be better off hiring a lawyer, who will assess the merits of your case, explain your options, and help you achieve the best result.

If you decide to seek professional legal help, you can hire a lawyer directly or, depending on your situation, request legal assistance from a nonprofit legal assistance organization such as Legal Aid or the Citizen Media Law Project.

Nonprofit Legal Assistance

Many lawyers and legal organizations provide pro bono work. In common usage pro bono refers to volunteer work done for the public good. In the legal field, lawyers who do pro bono work take cases for those who are disadvantaged and unable to secure legal assistance. Additionally, legal advocacy organizations (organizations that take on cases) usually provide pro bono representation for their clients.

There are a number of nonprofit institutions and other organizations that may be able to represent you or provide other legal assistance. Should the organization offer to represent you in court, you will be in the enviable position of enjoying free legal work done by lawyers passionately committed to the underlying causes of your situation. Note that these lawyers may be working on your individual case because they want to break new legal ground or advance the law in a particular way to benefit society as a whole. Thus, you will want to make your individual goals clear to them. More often than not, they will share your goals and you’ll be able to forge ahead.

THESE ARE THE LIST OF NONPROFIT LEGAL ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS BY STATE

Nonprofit Legal Assistance Organizations in Arizona