Legal Name Change Clinic

By Crissi Dalfonzo, October 28, 2024

Legal Name Change Clinic- Friday 11/8 on Cornell's Campus

Filing paperwork for a name change can often feel overwhelming. The Cornell LGBT Resource Center is hosting a name change clinic where you can work with a lawyer from the Volunteer Lawyers Project of CNY to start the process of a legal name change, and IC students are invited to sign up. You must be a New York State Resident. The clinic is Friday, November 8, 10am-4pm, at 626 Thurston Ave.

Appointments are required—first come, first served. To sign up for a one-hour appointment, please fill out this intake form: https://forms.office.com/r/0774ADC3ab. Registration closes November 4.

Once the Cornell LGBT Resource Center receives confirmation that you have filled out the intake form, they will contact you to schedule you for an appointment. Though appointments are available from 10am-4pm, they will be scheduled in the earliest time block based on availability.

Requirements from the hosts:
- Identify as TGNC+ (trans or gender non-conforming)
- New York State Resident
- Must be income qualified (fill out the form for more information)
- Open to Cornell students, IC students, and the local community
- Youth under the age of 18 need permission from both parents

Questions about eligibility or the form? Please contact Tara Dion at tdion@vlpcny.org.

Need additional bus or driving directions for getting to the clinic? Email lgbt@ithaca.edu 

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Crissi Dalfonzo at cdalfonzo@ithaca.edu or 607-241-5967. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.