Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services

Since its inception in 1967, Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services has provided quality free civil legal services to the low income residents of the Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights Communities.  The Office has pursued this mission through the dedicated work of its staff of attorneys, legal workers, law students and national and international volunteers, as well as in partnership with community-based organizations and the private bar.

Areas of Priority and Special Projects Include:

• Housing
• Family
• Government Benefits
• Consumer
• Community Education
• Taxpayer Assistance
• Immigration
• Foreclosure Prevention

Location:

1360 Fulton Street, Suite 301
Brooklyn, New York 11216
Tel: (718) 636-1155
Fax: (718) 398-6414

 
Victor Olds, Managing Director and General Counsel

Area served (by zip code): 11221, 11225, 11233, 11213, 11216 

Resources:

Prepare For Trial With a Possible Appeal in Mind, New York Law Journal (October 15, 2002).

Is There a UFO In Your Future?, NYLJ Magazine(April  2004);.

Working to Stave Off the Crisis From Within, GC New York (March 14,  2005).

Arbitration: Attractive, Although Generally Not ‘Appealing’, NYLJ (Litigation Section (April 25, 2005).

Destination: Summer Jobs, NYLJ Magazine (May 2007). 

Preserving Objections to Jury Charges,NYLJ Litigation Magazine (October 2008).