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If you are involved in class action litigation, consider naming MLSC as a recipient of cy pres awards. These funds—often unclaimed settlement amounts—can be directed to nonprofit legal services organizations like MLSC to support access to justice in underserved communities. Learn More.

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Our mission is to promote equal access to justice and to provide high quality civil legal assistance to low income people. MLSC improves the lives of the people of Micronesia by helping them solve important legal problems; and strengthens communities through advocacy. 

MLSC has offices throughout Micronesia, including Palau, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas (Saipan) in each of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae), and in the Marshall Islands (Majuro and Ebeye). Our central administrative office is located in Saipan. 

MLSC is a United States Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)3 nonprofit and all or part of your gift may be tax deductible as a charitable contribution. Please check with your tax advisor. Please keep this written acknowledgment of your donation for your tax records.

MLSC is funded in part by the Legal Services Corporation (“LSC”). As a condition of the funding it receives from LSC, it is restricted in certain activities in all of its legal work- including work supported by other funding sources. MLSC may not expend any funds for any activity prohibited by the Legal Services Corporation Act, 42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq. or by Public Law 104-134. Public Law 104-234 §504(d)a requires that notice of these restrictions be given to all funders and contributors to programs funded by the Legal Service Corporation.