Rule 3 Eligibility Criteria

Only the following legal service providers are eligible to receive disbursements from the fund to provide free civil legal services in Maine:

A. Nonprofit organizations whose missions include the statewide provision of free civil legal services and who have at least five years of experience providing free civil legal services;

B. Legal aid clinics of accredited law schools operating exclusively in Maine; and

C. Programs whose primary mission is to coordinate pro bono legal services on a statewide basis for low-income people in Maine.