Kansas Legal Services - Topeka Office

Kansas Legal Services - Topeka Office A non-profit law firm helping low and moderate income people in Kansas.

During the 1920s and 30s, the American Bar Association recognized the need for special assistance to the poor by creating a committee on legal aid. State and local bar associations worked over the following decades to promote legal aid societies to offer free legal services to the poor. Early legal services supporters accepted that the pledge of "Equal Justice Under the Law" cannot be realized as

long as people with limited resources do not have access to the justice system. In the mid-1960s and 70s, legal aid societies were formed in Topeka, Wichita and Kansas City. From the 1960s until 1974, the three Kansas legal aid societies ran under the authority of the Office of Economic Opportunity, Office of Legal Services. Power for the legal services program was transferred to the newly formed Legal Services Corporation during 1975. Through all of these changes in administrative authority and funding, the Kansas legal aid societies continued to supply free legal services to the poor in Kansas. In 1977, the Kansas City, Topeka and Wichita legal aid societies merged to form Kansas Legal Services, Inc. Kansas Legal Services now has eleven legal services and two mediation services offices located across the state. It also maintains a wide retainer contract system with assistance from members of the Kansas Bar Association.

10/02/2025
The Jennie Mitchell Kellogg Achievement Award, named after the first female lawyer in Kansas, is given to a female attor...
07/20/2022

The Jennie Mitchell Kellogg Achievement Award, named after the first female lawyer in Kansas, is given to a female attorney who has achieved professional excellence, and influenced and opened doors for other women in the field.

Marilyn Harp, Executive Director of Kansas Legal Services, won the award Friday, July 15, at the Kansas Women Attorneys Association annual conference in Lindsborg, Kansas.

Congratulations, Marilyn!

The Kansas Name Change Project provides free legal support to transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse Kansans seeking...
05/23/2022

The Kansas Name Change Project provides free legal support to transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse Kansans seeking name changes and ID corrections. The project serves the entire state of Kansas. Visit the link below to see what this new program can offer!

Here is a new video guide to help with filling out paperwork in a do-it-yourself name change. This video is a product of a collaboration with the Kansas City Center for Inclusion.

Photo below by Andrea Lichter, KLS - Topeka, for the KLS Annual Report.Go here to read our amazing annual report:
05/23/2022

Photo below by Andrea Lichter, KLS - Topeka, for the KLS Annual Report.

Go here to read our amazing annual report:

1,012 Victims of domestic violence obtained a Final Protection from Abuse order, through the representation of a KLS advocate and funded by a variety of sources, including the Victims Of Crime Act (VOCA) funding, including stability for 606 children.

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712 S. Kansas Avenue, Suite 200
Topeka, KS
66603

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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