To File A Request For Assistance

To obtain information or ask about assistance, please contact us by letter or e-mail.  In-person interviews are generally not possible, although we will try to accommodate individuals who cannot write because of a disability.

Your letter or email should provide a brief but complete factual account of your difficulty, in the order in which the events happened. Please be sure to include answers to the following questions:

• What happened to you?  Include dates, times, places and the names, titles, addresses, and phone numbers of the people directly involved.
• Do you have witnesses or persons with information regarding your complaint? Include their contact information if we may contact them.
• What documentation do you have on the matter?  Please send copies of what you have.  DO NOT SEND ORIGINALS.
• What steps have you taken to solve the problem (i.e., have you filed a grievance, appeal, or complaint with the parties involved, or with any public agency or official, or with any other organization, or with another lawyer)?
• How were your rights violated?
• What do you want the ACLU to do about what happened to you? 

Attach to your letter copies of any important documents.  NEVER SEND ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.  Do not simply send us documents or copies of letters to or from other organizations without a cover letter written by you to us, explaining what the problem is and how the documents are important.   The ACLU does not review material not addressed to us; we must have a written statement from everyone who wants ACLU assistance.

We receive numerous requests for assistance each week.  Every request is carefully reviewed.  Please understand that by accepting your request for assistance, the ACLU of Delaware is not undertaking legal representation of you and the ACLU of Delaware is not responsible for ensuring that any statute of limitations requirement or any other requirement or deadline is met in your case.

Our postal address is:

• ACLU of Delaware
  100 W. 10th St., Suite 603
  Wilmington, DE 19801

Our e-mail address is:

• aclu@aclu-de.org

Our fax number is:

• (302) 654-3689