Charleston Legal Access

Charleston Legal Access CLA is a nonprofit, sliding scale law firm dedicated to expanding access to legal services and rights in South Carolina to clients with moderate incomes.

Can't afford a private firm to handle a legal matter? We're here for you. (843) 640-5980.

06/11/2026

Think your firm has what it takes to claim trivia bragging rights and get your name on the GOAT trophy?

Battle of the Firms is coming up in less than a week, and there's still time to get your team registered! Gather your attorneys, staff, summer associates, and interns for an evening of friendly competition, networking, and fun, all in support of access to justice in the Lowcountry.

๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ | ๐Ÿฑ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ.๐—บ. | ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€

Want the best seats in the house? Seating is limited, so be sure to check out our reserved seating options to make sure your team has a table waiting for them.

Register today! charlestonlegalaccess.org/trivia

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ! Weโ€™re excited to welcome her to the Charleston Legal Access team as the new ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.Kate is...
06/10/2026

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ! Weโ€™re excited to welcome her to the Charleston Legal Access team as the new ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

Kate is a passionate advocate for equity and a lifelong ally of marginalized communities. With years of experience in operations, leadership, and coaching across both corporate and public service settings, she brings a thoughtful and steady approach to her work. Sheโ€™s especially excited to be back in the nonprofit world, joining CLAโ€™s mission-driven team.

Originally from northern New Jersey, Kate has called the Charleston area home for nearly 15 years. She is deeply committed to cross-cultural learning and became fluent in Spanish while living and working in Guatemala.

Kate holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in International Education. Outside of work, youโ€™ll likely find her outdoors, enjoying activities like hiking, running, and time at the beach with her family and their rescue pets.

Weโ€™re so glad to have Kate on board and canโ€™t wait for the impact sheโ€™ll make at CLA!

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜“๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜“๐˜ˆ'๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ญ. ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜Š๐˜“๐˜ˆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ.

IT'S TRIVIA TUESDAY WITH CHARLESTON LEGAL ACCESS!What type of legal issue is most commonly faced by middle-income famili...
06/09/2026

IT'S TRIVIA TUESDAY WITH CHARLESTON LEGAL ACCESS!

What type of legal issue is most commonly faced by middle-income families?

A) Housing disputes
B) Family law matters
C) Immigration concerns
D) Employment problems

(Trick question: itโ€™s probably all of the above.)

If you want to support access to justiceโ€“and love a little competition between attorneysโ€“join us for Charleston Legal Accessโ€™ Battle of the Firms Trivia Night.

Tuesday, June 16 | 5:00-7:00 p.m. | Commonhouse Aleworks

REGISTER YOUR TEAM OR DONATE HERE: charlestonlegalaccess.org/trivia

We had so much fun at The Tiny Tassel last Thursday as they hosted us for a special Happy Hour celebrating Charleston Le...
06/08/2026

We had so much fun at The Tiny Tassel last Thursday as they hosted us for a special Happy Hour celebrating Charleston Legal Access' 10th Anniversary and a decade of rooting our community in justice.

Thank you to The Tiny Tassel and to all those who stopped by, shared stories, and shopped the CLA Addlestone earrings! Your support makes our work possible and reminds us how fortunate we are to be part of such a generous and engaged community.

If you didn't have a chance to grab your Addlestone earrings yet but want a pair, click here: charlestonlegalaccess.org/addlestone. For every pair purchased, 20% comes back to CLA!

๐——๐—ข๐—ก'๐—ง ๐— ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ง: ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—Ÿ!Join CLA at The Tiny Tassel from 3:00-6:00 p.m. TODAY, Thursday...
06/04/2026

๐——๐—ข๐—ก'๐—ง ๐— ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ง: ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—Ÿ!

Join CLA at The Tiny Tassel from 3:00-6:00 p.m. TODAY, Thursday, June 4, for a special anniversary happy hour - ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ.

Meet the CLA team, shop the EXCLUSIVE CLA Addlestone Earring collaboration, and help us round out our celebration of a decade of expanding access to justice in our community.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น: ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜, ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป
๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿฏ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿฒ:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฝ.๐—บ.

An RSVP isn't necessary, but if you know you're going to be there, click here: charlestonlegalaccess.org/tt-collab

We can't wait to celebrate with you!

๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜, ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€!Jake joined Charleston...
06/04/2026

๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜, ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€!

Jake joined Charleston Legal Access as a Housing Justice Fellow for the summer 2026. Jake supports housing court, client services, and legal research related to landlord-tenant matters.

He is currently a law student at Charleston School of Law with an interest in litigation. Prior to joining CLA, he gained litigation experience as a paralegal and worked with Coastal Conservation League on policy and legislative research.

Jake is passionate about expanding access to justice and helping clients navigate legal issues that impact housing stability. Outside of work and law school, he enjoys gardening, hiking, volunteering, and flats fishing.

We're excited to welcome Jake to the CLA team this summer!

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€!Emma is a rising 3L at Charleston School o...
06/03/2026

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€!

Emma is a rising 3L at Charleston School of Law. Originally from Catskill, New York, she graduated from University of Rhode Island in 2023.

At Charleston Legal Access, Emma is looking forward to supporting local communities in housing court and gaining hands-on courtroom experience. Outside of work and school, she enjoys reading, crocheting, and spending time at the beach.

We're so excited to have Emma as another advocate for justice at CLA!

IT'S TRIVIA TUESDAY WITH CHARLESTON LEGAL ACCESS!Which constitutional amendment guarantees the right to counsel in crimi...
06/02/2026

IT'S TRIVIA TUESDAY WITH CHARLESTON LEGAL ACCESS!

Which constitutional amendment guarantees the right to counsel in criminal prosecutions?

A) Fifth Amendment
B) Sixth Amendment
C) Seventh Amendment
D) Fourteenth Amendment

At Charleston Legal Access, we know legal access matters...and so does knowing your constitutional amendments!

Know the answer? You belong at CLAโ€™s Battle of the Firms. And if you donโ€™t...recruit someone who does!

BE THERE: Tuesday, June 16 | 5:00-7:00 p.m. | Commonhouse Aleworks

REGISTER YOUR TEAM OR DONATE HERE: charlestonlegalaccess.org/trivia

Happy Pride Month from Charleston Legal Access!We celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and reaffirm our commitment to dignity,...
06/01/2026

Happy Pride Month from Charleston Legal Access!

We celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and reaffirm our commitment to dignity, equality, and access to justice for all. Everyone deserves legal support and the freedom to live with safety and respect!

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป!A Charleston native, Anna graduated from Clemson University with a ...
05/29/2026

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป!

A Charleston native, Anna graduated from Clemson University with a B.A. in Criminal Justice and is currently a part-time 4L at Charleston School of Law, where she is expected to graduate in May 2027.

At Charleston School of Law, Anna serves as President of the Animal Legal Defense Fund Student Chapter and Associate Editor-in-Chief of ๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜š๐˜–๐˜“๐˜๐˜Œ๐˜‹: ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. She is interested in real estate law, estate planning, and nonprofit work, and also helps with her familyโ€™s business.

Outside of school and work, Anna enjoys reading novels and spending time with her German Shepherd, Rose.

Welcome, Anna! We're so glad to have you on our team!

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