Prairie State Legal Services, Inc

Overview

Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. (PSLS) began serving clients on October 1, 1977. We started with five Illinois offices located in Bloomington (McLean County), Geneva (Kane County), Peoria (Peoria County) Rockford (Winnebago County), and Waukegan (Lake County). Our staff consisted of 15 attorneys, three paralegals, and one or two support persons in each office. About 80% of our funding was from the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) through an appropriation by the U.S. Congress.