Vermont Legal Aid is hosting a monthly legal clinic for residents of Bennington County.
The next clinic is scheduled for June 18, 2025. You can take part on the phone or online. Appointments are between 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Advocates can answer questions about:
- housing matters, including evictions (tenants only), foreclosures, property taxes
- Social Security benefits, including SSDI, SSI, Social Security Retirement
- public assistance programs, including 3SquaresVT, Fuel Assistance, Medicaid, General Assistance, Reach Up
- family law, including child support, child custody, divorce
- victim of crime or domestic violence
- employment discrimination
- unemployment Insurance
- consumer matters, including debt collection
- special education
- criminal record expungements
- taxes
Please note
Your appointment must involve your own problem — not a problem of a friend or family member.
We cannot consult on criminal cases. However, we can help victims of crime or Vermonters looking to expunge a past criminal record.
To make an appointment
Call the VLA Bennington Legal Advice Clinic hotline at 802-318-4169 to schedule an appointment.
Leave a message with your name and contact number. Please be sure to mention the Bennington Legal Advice Clinic. Tell us if you need an interpreter.
Space is limited. Income eligibility is required for certain subject matters.