We provide free civil legal services to residents in 68 Southwest Texas counties, and represents migrant and seasonal farm workers throughout the state and in six other southern states. We serve about 23,000 clients each year. However, more than 2.6 million residents of Southwest Texas are considered eligible for services, a ratio of almost 21,000 potential clients per legal aid lawyer. As a result, thousands of low-income Texans still lack access to civil legal representation. 

We specialize in more than 45 practice areas, including family, employment, foreclosure, bankruptcy, subsidized housing, farmworker, civil rights, and environmental law. We serve clients through its Mercedes headquarters and branch offices throughout Southwest Texas. Its Southern Migrant Legal Services (SMLS) office in Nashville, Tenn., serves migrant farm workers in that state and five others: Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas.   

TRLA has developed other special programs that serve specific client populations such as: Legal Aid for Survivors of Sexual Assault (LASSA), funded by TAJF, and the Texas Foster Youth Justice Project.