Bay Area Legal Aid is here to help low-income individuals and their families with their legal problems in the areas of health care benefits and family cases. We offer phone counseling, brief service advice and direct legal representation.  While we cannot guarantee that someone on our staff will be able to represent you, we will do our best to refer you to someone who can.  Bay Legal counsels people on civil legal matters only. We do not take fee-generating, class action, or criminal cases.  All our services are free.