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Legal Aid Society of Hawaii - MOLOKA'I
OFFICE
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 427
Kaunakakai, HI 96748-0427
Physical Address
19-23 Ala Malama Street
Kaunakakai, HI 96748
INTAKE HOTLINE: (808) 553-3251
*Please call this number if you need legal services
Fax: (808) 553-5809
Business Hours
Monday to Friday
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Intake Hours
Monday to Friday
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and
1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
For a MAP to the Molokai Office
HOW TO APPLY FOR LEGAL SERVICES:
1. Call our office during normal Intake Hours. Please DO NOT walk-in
for assistance.
2. Be prepared to provide information about your legal problem, income, assets, and number of people in your household.
For a list of LEGAL SERVICES
The purpose of the intake Hotline is to provide easy access to services at the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii. Primarily, our clients can apply for services through our toll-fee state-wide phone service, which operates during the following times:
MONDAY - FRIDAY
9:00am to 11:30am in the morning, and
1:00pm to 3:30pm in the afternoon
HOTLINE NUMBERS:
(808) 553-3251 on MOLOKAI
O`ahu
HISTORY
After several years of coverage by circuit-riding Legal Aid attorneys
from Maui, the Moloka`i community finally welcomed the opening of its
own Legal Aid office in the mid-1970's. Over the past 20 years, the Moloka`i
Legal Aid Society office has employed the only full-time practicing attorney
on the island. As the island’s sole source of full-time legal service,
the Moloka`i office is a vital part of the community.
In addition to routine casework on behalf of the island’s poverty community (almost half of all Moloka`i residents are eligible for Legal Aid services), the Moloka`i office has served as an information resource and consultant for non-profit community organizations and for allied social service agencies, and as an advocate on behalf of causes with community-wide impact. Just one example of this type of work is the Moloka`i office’s spearheading a community-based initiative in the 1990’s to open the island’s first domestic violence shelter.
