The Maryland Center for Legal Assistance (MCLA) expands access to justice by providing free, compassionate, innovative, and high-quality legal services. Through comprehensive legal advice, education, and collaboration with community partners, we empower all people, regardless of means or background, to navigate the civil legal system with confidence.
The Help Centers deal with a wide range of civil legal matters, including landlord-tenant, consumer matters such as debt collection and credit card cases, child support, and criminal record expungements to remove barriers to obtaining housing, employment, and child custody.
Maryland Courts Help Centers
Annapolis (call center only)
410-260-1392
Telephone Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m
Live Chat Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m
Frederick
Walk-In Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
Frederick, MD 21701
La Plata
Walk-In Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
La Plata, MD 20646
Family Law Help Center
Walk-In Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County (closed from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
8 Church Circle
Annapolis, MD 21401
Charles County Court
200 Charles St.,
La Plata, MD 20646
District Court Help Centers
Baltimore City
Walk-In Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
500 N. Calvert St., 3rd Fl.
Baltimore, MD 21202
Catonsville
Walk-In Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
1 Rolling Cross Rd., 2nd Fl.
Catonsville, MD 21228
Cambridge
Walk-In Hours: Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m (Closed 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.)
310 Gay Street
Cambridge, MD 21613
Hagerstown
Walk-In Hours: Monday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m (Closed 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
36 W. Antietam Street, 2nd Fl.
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Glen Burnie
Walk-In Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
7500 Governor Ritchie Hwy.
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Rockville
Walk-In Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
191 E. Jefferson St.
Rockville, MD 20850
Salisbury
Walk-In Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
201 Baptist St.
Salisbury, MD 21801
Upper Marlboro
Walk-In Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m
14735 Main St.
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772