Western New York
Law Center

Fighting Injustice Within Our Community

Our mission is to ensure that all members of our community receive the full range of Civil Legal Services, including "non-traditional" legal assistance like Policy Advocacy and Legal Education.

We Are a Dynamic, Progressive Legal Services Agency Dedicated to Protecting Our Community

The Western New York Law Center was formed in 1996 after Congress restricted the types of cases that Legal Services Corporation (LSC) grantees could handle. We represent low-income Western New Yorkers in civil matters, emphasizing those areas restricted by LSC. 

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We Stand in Solidarity and Support BLM

The Western New York Law Center joins the community in lifting the memory of the ten victims of the 5/14 white supremacist attack in the City of Buffalo. The pain in our community extends much further back than this recent tragedy. This horrendous act of terrorism reopened deep racial wounds and laid bare the lingering effects of a shameful history of residential segregation and systemic racism, which, among other inequities, led to the ghettoization of Buffalo’s East Side.

As an organization, we acknowledge the complicity of racism within the legal system and the barriers that limit access for marginalized communities. To achieve social justice for all, people and institutions must be subject and accountable to our laws, which must be fairly applied and enforced.

We stand in solidarity with the members of our community who bear the weight of oppression and an unequal justice system and join them in demanding justice for the hundreds of Black people targeted and killed by law enforcement and vigilante violence because of the color of their skin. Specifically, we remember George Floyd, Michael Brown, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, and Breonna Taylor. At this crucial moment in history, we renew our commitment to advocate for meaningful reforms and policies that address racial and economic injustice and to create safe and inclusive communities within and outside our organization.

We support the right to protest and call on all members of our community to challenge racism in all its forms.

Black Lives Matter

Thank You to the Organizations
that Have Funded WNYLC

The American College of Bankruptcy Foundation

The American College of Bankruptcy Foundation

The Cameron
& Jane Baird Foundation

The Cameron
& Jane Baird Foundation

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

Erie County Clerk's Office

Erie County Clerk's Office

Erie County Legislature

Erie County Legislature

Fordham University

Fordham University

The
John R. Oishei Foundation

The
John R. Oishei Foundation

The KeyBank Foundation

The KeyBank Foundation

The
NYS Attorney General's Office

The
NYS Attorney General's Office

NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services

NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services

NYS Interest on Lawyer Account Fund (IOLA)

NYS Interest on Lawyer Account Fund (IOLA)

Office of Court Administration

Office of Court Administration

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

The Research Foundation of State University College at Buffalo

The Research Foundation of State University College at Buffalo

The New York Bar Foundation

The New York Bar Foundation

The Tower Foundation

The Tower Foundation

The
United Way of Buffalo & Erie County

The
United Way of Buffalo & Erie County

Verizon Media Community Benefit Fund

Verizon Media Community Benefit Fund

The WNY Foundation

The WNY Foundation

The
Margaret L. Wendt Foundation

The
Margaret L. Wendt Foundation

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