About the Disability Law Center

Legal Aid’s disability law practice is managed by the Minnesota Disability Law Center (MDLC).

As a statewide project, we work with Minnesotans with physical and mental disabilities to provide free civil legal assistance related to those disabilities.

Our mission is to advance the dignity, self-determination and equality of individuals with disabilities by doing three things:

• Changing lives

• Changing attitudes

• Changing systems

Please note the following:

MDLC does not provide representation in criminal matters or take cases of a general legal nature when the problem is not related to your disability, as set forth in federal law. For example, if you’re a tenant who is being evicted because of your disability, we might represent you. But if your disability has no bearing on the dispute with your landlord, we will provide a referral to another lawyer.

MDLC does not generally provide assistance with divorce, child custody, or personal injury cases.