About the Community Legal Center

The Community Legal Center is a project of And Justice For All, an alliance of nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing free, civil legal aid to Utah's poor, elderly, disabled, and ethnic minorities.

The Community Legal Center houses Utah's primary providers of free, civil legal aid* and is located at 205 North 400 West. It is the first collaboration of its kind in the nation among civil legal service providers.

Co-location of civil legal service agencies in a single facility offers a number of important benefits:

• Economies of Scale
  Co-location allows partner agencies to make more efficient use of existing resources through the sharing of reception, computer systems, phone systems, meeting spaces, reference materials, libraries, accounting and payroll, fund-raising, and administrative functions. Savings, estimated to be approximately $375,000 annually, will allow agencies to serve more needy individuals without increasing budgets.
  
• Legacy of Stability
  Co-locating operations in a joint facility allows partner agencies to stabilize facility costs at 40 to 60 percent of market rental rates.
  
• Single Location/Multiple Services
  Many clients have multiple needs and many have a difficult time distinguishing between the functions of the various partner agencies. Co-location facilitates interagency referrals while reducing client confusion and frustration.
  
• Enhanced Opportunities for Volunteerism
  Volunteers are an important source of civil legal assistance for needy individuals. However, none of the participating agencies previously had sufficient personnel or space to operate a comprehensive volunteer program. Co-location allows agencies to integrate volunteer recruitment and training activities while providing workstations and conference areas for client meetings.

"And Justice For All" has launched a capital campaign to raise approximately $4 million in cash and pledges to purchase the building and fund the modification of the facility. Civic-minded individuals, corporations, and foundations are encouraged to make significant contributions to the And Justice For All Capital Campaign over a three- to five-year pledge period.

The campaign was officially launched in March of 2002 and will conclude in 2003. Pledges will be payable in calendar years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007.

*The Disability Law Center, the Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake, the Senior Lawyer Volunteer Project, and Utah Legal Services. Together these agencies served more than 20,000 individuals in the year 2001.