Texas Riogrande Legal Aid

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) is a non-profit organization that provides free civil and criminal legal services to indigent residents of Southwest Texas. TRLA also serves migrant and seasonal farm workers throughout the state of Texas and in six southern states served by the Southern Migrant Legal Services office in Nashville: Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana. Migrant and seasonal farm workers, domestic violence victims, victims of elder abuse, the homeless, and displaced workers are among the many clients served each year by TRLA staff. Cases range from routine family law counseling to complex litigation in state and federal courts, from the local Justice of the Peace to the United States Supreme Court. There are three dozen different practice areas in which TRLA attorneys specialize, including community economic development, federal taxation, colonias and real estate, civil rights, environmental justice, low-wage workers, displaced workers, workers compensation, public