Free legal aid


If you decide to appeal a decision of the National Insurance Institute to the Labor Court, you may request legal assistance free of charge from one of the Legal Aid Bureaus of the Ministry of Justice – closest to your place of residence.

The legal aid includes:

  • Legal counseling
  • Editing legal documents
  • Representation at the labor court
  • Covering expenses entailed in provision of the legal service
    (the expenses are determined by the legal aid bureau.

Filing a request for legal aid

In order to receive this legal aid, you should fill out a Request Form for legal aidand submit it to the legal aid bureau closest to your place of residence.

The legal aid bureau will examine your request and decide on provision of the aid, and its scope.

Legal aid call centers

  • To obtain information on an existing case, one must contact the call center *6405 from Sunday through Thursday between 8:00 and 16:00.
  • To open a case and change the meeting day one must call the number 073-3927788, from Sunday through Thursday between 8:00 and 16:00.

Legal Aid Bureaus

​City​AddressNII branches ​related to the Bureau
​Jerusalem​1 HaSoreg Street, Beit MItzpeh​Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Sderot, Kiryat Gat and Eilat.
​Tel Aviv2 Hashlosha Street, Tel Aviv (Moskovitz building)
​Tel Aviv. Jaffa, Holon, Bat Yam, Bnei Brak, Ramat Gan, Petah Tikvah, Kfar Saba, Herzliya, Rishon LeZion, Ramle, Beit Shemesh, Rehovot and Kiryat Malachi.
Haifa​15A Palyam Blvd., Government Campus (Kiryat HaMemshela)​Haifa, Hadera, Carmiel, Nahariya, Acre, Netanya and Krayot
Nof Hagalil (Nazareth Illit)2 Kryat HaMemshala Road​Nazareth, Upper Nazareth, Shfaram, Afula, Migdal HaEmek, Tiberius, Mrar, Safed and Kiryat Shmona
Be'er Sheva​4 Keren HaYessod Street., Beit Krasso.​Be'er Sheva and Dimona.
​Lod​13 Aba Hillel Silber​Rehovot and Ramle


Public reception hours at Bureaus

  • Sunday and Tuesday, upon prior appointment only, between 8:30 and 12:30.
  • Tuesday, public reception will also be available between 15:00 and 17:00.
  • Wednesday there will be no public reception nor telephone appointments.

More information is available on the internet site of the Legal Aid of the Ministry of Justice.