Text Box: Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc. (SVLAS) was incorporated in 1972 and is the oldest rural Legal Aid in Virginia. Covering a mountainous area of almost 8,700 square miles, SVLAS provides legal services to a low-income community of 92,000 people from three field offices located throughout the region. SVLAS is a law firm organized as a not-for-profit corporation. We provide free legal services regarding civil matters to income eligible persons. SVLAS is funded by a number of sources, without which our work would not be possible. Our funding sources: Legal Services Corporation of Virginia (LSCV), our conduit for state funding Legal Services Corporation (LSC), the conduit for our federal funding U.S. Department of Justice funds SVLAS to provide civil legal representation to victims of domestic violence. Department of Criminal Justice Services provides funding to provide civil legal representation to victims of domestic violence Virginia Law Foundation provides funding to help SVLAS host two annual domestic violence cross-training seminars United Way Agencies: United Way of Bristol United Way of Washington County United Way of Smyth County United Way of Southwest Virginia Twin County United Way Wythe County United Way Area Agencies on Aging: Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens District III Governmental Cooperative Mountain Empire Older Citizens New River Valley Area Agency on Aging Virginia Department of Aging—funds our Guardian of Last Resort Program in our Christiansburg Field Office - Text Box: Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society

Attorney responsible for this site:

Larry T. Harley, Executive Director
Text Box: 227 West Cherry Street Marion, VA 24354 E-Mail: svlas@svlas.org