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At the Western New York Law Center (WNYLC), our mission is to ensure everyone in our community can get the civil legal help they need. This includes providing "non-traditional" legal services like policy advocacy and legal education.

We are a proactive legal services group committed to helping our community.

Founded in 1996, WNYLC started because of new rules from Congress that limited what types of cases Legal Services Corporation (LSC) grantees could take on. We work to help low-income residents of Western New York with civil issues, especially in areas that LSC does not cover.