San Francisco-Marin Lawyer Referral and Information Service

San Francisco-Marin Lawyer Referral and Information Service

Legal Services

Expanding Your Practice, Elevating Your Impact

About us

The San-Francisco-Marin Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS) was founded in 1946 and is the most robust public service program of The Bar Association of San Francisco. Since starting as a resource for returning World War II veterans, the program has evolved into two distinctive departments to serve the public’s need for legal services: 1) an attorney referral line for private cases and 2) panels of highly qualified attorneys appointed by the court to represent clients when they have a right to counsel. Fielding 50,000 calls every year, the Referral Service arm of the LRIS connects clients with a variety of cases to qualified attorneys in the Bay Area. Multilingual legal interviewers in the program pre-screen and assign clients to LRIS-member attorneys. Within the last 10 years, these attorney members have generated over $23 million in attorney fees from cases referred to them by the SF-Marin LRIS. On the other side of the LRIS, the Court Appointment Programs contracts with the San Francisco Superior Court to qualify and schedule attorneys on specialized panels to provide high quality court-appointed legal representation in criminal, juvenile delinquency, and juvenile dependency (child welfare) court. As of August 2024, these attorneys represent 40% of Juvenile clients in delinquency cases, 30% of Adult clients in criminal cases, and 100% of Parents/Guardians and Children in Juvenile Dependency Cases. If you’d like to learn more about joining our cohort of attorneys and how LRIS membership can elevate your business model, please visit our website: https://www.sfbar.org/lris/lris-how-to-join-or-renew/ For the public in need of legal services, please call the referral intake line at (415) 989-1616 or complete an online request form: https://www.sfbar.org/lris/online-referral/

Website
https://www.sfbar.org/lris/
Industry
Legal Services
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
San Francisco
Founded
1946

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