MetroWest Legal Services
Lisabeth Jorgensen serves as the Supervising Attorney of the CLAVC Initiative and the Family Law Unit at MetroWest Legal Services since May 2019. Prior roles include Senior Staff Attorney and Staff Attorney, where Lisabeth represented victims of crime across various legal areas, providing direct client representation and engaging in community education and outreach. Previous experience encompasses positions as Private Counsel on the Appellate Panel in the Children and Family Law Division for the Committee for Public Counsel Services, part-time Legal Consultant, and Staff Attorney at the Public Utility Law Project of New York, Inc., as well as Assistant County Attorney at the Albany County Law Department. Early career experience includes a role as a Legislative Fellow in the New York State Senate. Lisabeth Jorgensen obtained a Juris Doctor from New York Law School and has education from Dana Hall School and New York University.
MetroWest Legal Services
The mission of MetroWest Legal Services is to provide legal advocacy to protect and advance the rights of the poor, elderly, disabled and other disenfranchised people in our service area and to assist them in obtaining legal, social and economic justice. We help our clients secure access to basic needs and challenge institutional barriers in order to achieve equal justice for all. MetroWest Legal Services provides free civil legal aid to low-income people who would be denied justice without our help. Our priority practice areas include: Family Law, Housing, Homeless Advocacy, Government Benefits (including Social Security), Education, Elder Law & Immigration.