LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Make it through Court faster and easier.
LIFT’s interactive Legal Education Program provides free workshops on a wide range of family law issues, helping you put your best foot forward in Court.
Workshops are offered at our central offices in lower Manhattan. Click here for upcoming free workshops, offered in English and Spanish as noted. Refreshments are provided.
Are you a grandparent with custody of your grandchild?
LIFT also offers free Legal Information Workshops for grandparents who have custody (legally or informally) of their grandchildren. If you are a grandparent, or offer services to grandparents, email workshop@LIFTonline.org or call (212) 323-1122 to request more information about our community-based Grandparents Legal Education Program.
LIFT also holds a Grandparents Support Group for grandparent caregivers. Learn more here.
Do you need financial help to raise your grandchild? Learn about the Parent-Only Caregiver Grant.
Read more about our Grandparents Legal Education Program in the article "Giving Grandparents a LIFT: Program Teaches Kinship Caregivers About the Family Court System" authored by Melissa M. Beck, LIFT CEO, and published in the Journal of Intergenerational Relationships (7:337-339, 2009).
Going to Court today?
Be prepared with some basic tips from LIFT:
- Bring a pen and paper
- Bring a calendar
- Be prepared to wait for many hours, we suggest bringing activities for yourself and your family members (check out LIFT's activity book for children)
- Stop by LIFT’s EI Site in the courthouse lobby to ask questions and receive information (click here to learn more)
Get more tips with our Legal Resource Guide
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