About Us: Mission & History

Our Mission

To pursue justice by providing legal assistance and advocacy to help low-income people in Western North Carolina meet their basic needs and improve their lives.

What We Do

Pisgah Legal Services is an innovative, responsive nonprofit law firm founded in 1978 that: 

• provides free civil legal aid to very low-income people; 
• helps more than 9,000 of the most vulnerable people in our communities annually to meet urgent needs;
• partners with dozens of other agencies to make sustainable change for people in crisis;
• coordinates the pro bono services of more than 250 area attorneys;
• improves systems and policies that impact the lives of thousands of low-income people.

Our Attorneys

At Pisgah Legal Services, 16 staff attorneys and more than 250 volunteer attorneys help low-income people avoid homelessness, escape domestic violence, access health care and meet other basic needs.

Area Served

PLS' primary service area includes seven counties: Buncombe, Henderson,
Madison, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania and Yancey Counties.  We provide limited services in seventeen Western North Carolina counties.