Legal Impact
Some statistics for Legal Services Vermont in 2025:
- answered about 10,000 requests for legal help
- gave legal advice, information or referral to 4,742 Vermonters over the phone and via text
- attracted 465,350 page views on our legal help website at VTLawHelp.org
- helped 274 victims of crime
- represented 783 households facing eviction
- advocated for 70 Vermonters who lost Social Security benefits
- helped 244 Vermonters navigate bankruptcy and debt collection
- fought for 143 Vermonters to get emergency housing
- sent 924 cases to Vermont Legal Aid
Our lawyers and paralegals often have a lasting, life-changing impact on their clients.
On any given day, LSV’s lawyers and paralegals might help someone get heat back on in their apartment or find emergency housing, help a senior reclaim their lost Social Security benefits, help a battered woman get protective orders from the court, or help a family navigate the eviction or bankruptcy process.
Vermonters ask us most often about legal issues like these, in descending order:
- Housing
- Family
- Benefits
- Consumer
- Individual Rights
- Employment
- Health
- Other