Office of Civil Legal Aid

Title: Office of Civil Legal Aid Category: Legal Aid Offices Clicks: 2 Listing added: Jul 8, 2008 PageRank: 4/10

The Office of Civil Legal Aid (OCLA) is an independent judicial branch agency. It is responsible for administration and oversight of state funds that are appropriated by the Legislature to provide civil (not criminal) legal aid services to low income people in Washington State.

The Office of Civil Legal Aid does not provide civil legal aid services directly. It is a contracting and oversight agency. The Office of Civil Legal Aid contracts with the Northwest Justice Project for the efficient and effective delivery civil legal aid services to eligible low income clients throughout the state.

The activities of the Office of Civil Legal Aid are overseen by an 11-member bipartisan Civil Legal Aid Oversight Committee.