Legal Aid
Society of Hawai`i Offices
Moloka`i
 Moloka`i Office
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 427
Kaunakakai, HI 96748-0427
Physical Address:
19-23 Ala Malama Street
Kaunakakai, HI 96748
For a map to the Moloka`i office in downtown Kaunakakai, click HERE.
Telephone: (808) 553-3251
Fax: (808) 553-5809
Business Hours:
Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
How to apply for legal services:
Call our office during normal Intake hours. Please do not walk in to our office without scheduling an appointment first.
Be prepared to provide information about your legal problem, income, assets, and number of people in your household. If you are not a US citizen, you must be able to provide proof of your legal residency when meeting with staff.
For a list of services provided by Legal Aid, click HERE.
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.
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