Get Legal Help
First Shift Justice Project provides legal consultations to pregnant women and new parents regarding work and family issues. Specifically, we offer legal advice regarding the following:
Pregnancy Discrimination
Family Responsibilities Discrimination
Family & Sick Leave
Workplace accommodations for pregnancy or breastfeeding
Free Legal Services
First Shift provides free legal services to individuals who earn up to 300% of the federal poverty guidelines ($59,160 for a household of two, or $28.44/hr).
Please Note: Our income guidelines vary for individuals who live in households with more than one wage earner or who have access to additional sources of income.
Contact First Shift for legal help from First Shift on any of the issues listed above:
By Phone: 202-644-9043; Ext. 1 for English and other languages; Ext. 2 for Spanish.
By Email: intake@firstshift.org
Online: Provide more information about the nature of your legal issue in the form below.
Contact First Shift for Legal Help
Provide more information about the nature of your legal issue in the form below and submit directly from our website.
A Staff Member of First Shift will contact you within 1-2 business days of receiving your inquiry. If you do not hear from anyone, please feel free to follow up via phone at 240-241-0897 or via email at intake@firstshift.org.
PLEASE NOTE: Use of this website and merely contacting First Shift Justice Project does not create an attorney-client relationship between you and First Shift Justice Project. Although any information you provide to us regarding your legal issues will be kept confidential, an attorney-client relationship is not created until an agreement has been reached between you and First Shift Justice Project to handle a specific matter. You should not take or refrain from taking any legal action based upon information contained in this website without first obtaining the advice of professional legal counsel.
Do you have general questions about your rights in the workplace? Take a look at our fact sheets.