ARKANSAS DIRECTORY
Free legal aid, the state offices that take a complaint or a claim, and where to look for a lawyer in Arkansas. 8 offices, each read off its own page.
verified October 13, 2026
A list, not a referral. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no office on it has any connection to this site.
Free civil legal help
Each program sets its own eligibility, and some cover only part of the state, as each entry says.
- Legal Aid of Arkansas
A nonprofit public interest law firm giving free legal services on civil problems within its priorities, among them guardianship, orders of protection, landlord and tenant disputes, housing discrimination, debt relief, consumer matters, employment rights, public benefits, garnishments and evictions; applications are online at any hour.
- Covers
- Arkansas
- For
- Low income Arkansans within its income and asset guidelines
- Phone
- 1-800-952-9243
Another phone line
- Fair housing helpline, statewide · (870) 338-9834
- Disability Rights Arkansas
The organization the Governor designated to run the federally funded protection and advocacy systems, with information and referral, short term assistance, legal representation and systemic advocacy, free of charge.
- Covers
- Statewide
- For
- People with disabilities
- Phone
- 1-800-482-1174
- Info@DisabilityRightsAr.org
- Post
- 400 West Capitol Ave, Suite 1500, Little Rock, AR 72201
Another phone line
- Local line · (501) 296-1775
State offices
Where a complaint, a claim or a report goes, in each office's own description of what it takes.
- Arkansas Attorney General
Takes consumer complaints and robocall reports, with pages on common senior scams and lemon laws.
- Covers
- Statewide
- Phone
- 1-800-482-8982
- Post
- 101 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72201
Another phone line
- Local line · (501) 682-2007
- Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing, Labor Standards
Investigates wage claims filed by workers who are owed $2000 or less, whether they were employees or independent contractors who physically did the work, along with minimum wage, overtime and child labor.
- Covers
- Statewide
- Phone
- (501) 682-4599
- Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission
The commission for workers' compensation, with a Legal Advisor Division that has its own toll free line, and an office in Springdale.
- Covers
- Statewide, from Little Rock and Springdale
- Phone
- 1-800-622-4472
- Post
- 324 South Spring Street, Little Rock, AR 72203
3 more phone lines
- Main line · (501) 682-3930
- Legal Advisor Division · 1-800-250-2511
- Springdale · 1-800-852-5376
- Arkansas Fair Housing Commission
A quasi judicial regulatory and enforcement agency that works with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and takes complaints of housing discrimination.
- Covers
- Statewide
- Phone
- 1-800-340-9108
- Post
- 900 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 310, Little Rock, AR 72201
Another phone line
- Local line · (501) 682-3247
- Arkansas Insurance Department
An agency whose primary mission is consumer protection, helping with insurance questions, complaints and finding a lost life insurance policy.
- Covers
- Statewide
Finding a lawyer
Directories and referral services that give a name and a number. They are not a recommendation.
- Arkansas Bar Association
The association of Arkansas lawyers, with a member directory and AR Free Legal Answers.
- Covers
- Statewide
- Phone
- (501) 375-4606
- Post
- 1401 W. Capitol Ave., Suite 170, Little Rock, AR 72201