National Volunteer Week 2018

Welcome to Pro Bono Net's Volunteer Week 2018!


In honor of National Volunteer Week 2018, which took place April 15-21, Pro Bono Net would like to extend our gratitude to the thousands of volunteer lawyers who make a huge difference for those in need.  For those at risk of losing their homes, income and even their children, volunteer lawyers are an indispensable resource. Now more than ever it is important for us to support our most vulnerable communities. This wouldn't be possible without the immense efforts of volunteer lawyers around the country and the organizations that facilitate volunteering. Read our press release thanking volunteer lawyers across the country.

Pro Bono Net’s online platform, at www.probono.net, makes it easy for attorneys to get involved in pro bono work, saving them time and connecting them with opportunities and substantive practice resources such as training videos, practice manuals and sample documents. Volunteer lawyers can connect to opportunities through the National Pro Bono Opportunities Guide, which was co-developed with the American Bar Association Center for Pro Bono. Special, issue-specific opportunities are also available through The National Domestic Violence Pro Bono Directory, the Immigration Advocates Network and DisasterLegalAid.org. 

Over the week, Pro Bono Net highlighted volunteers and shared ways lawyers and advocates can get involved. Visit our Connecting Justice Communities blog to read them, and subscribe to our mailing list to receive our latest blogs direct to your email! 

 

City Bar Volunteers Kick Off FEMA Appeals Clinics

To kick off the week we would like to highlight the work of the Pro Bono FEMA Appeals Clinics which were initiated in response to the 2017 hurricane season. The clinics are made possible by the collaborative efforts of the City Bar, the Association of Pro Bono Counsel, and members of the new Task Force on Disaster Relief launched by New York’s Chief Judge Janet DiFiore.
 
Stand With Immigrants Campaign 

We would like to highlight the #StandWithImmigrants campaign from Immigration Advocates Network. We need volunteers to join the campaign and pledge to Stand with Immigrants. The site offers volunteer opportunities, resources, trainings, and calls to action.

 

Wantee Ramkaran, LiveHelp Volunteer

To wrap up National Volunteer Week we are highlighting Wantee Ramkaran, a LiveHelp Volunteer for LawHelpNY. LawHelpNY.org, is a website designed to help low-income New Yorkers solve their legal problems. Volunteers staff LiveHelp, an online, real-time chat service that directs users towards relevant self-help materials, legal services organizations and court information.

 

 


Interested in volunteering?  Start searching for opportunities right now by using our searchable online Pro Bono Opportunities Guide or check out our "Volunteer Tools" page to learn about the range of online resources we have on probono.net to help mobilize and engage pro bono volunteers!

 

 
Nominate a Volunteer

Do you know someone who should be featured? Pro Bono Net is proud to feature volunteers who work to increase access to justice for the underserved. We are interested in featuring all pro bono volunteers, including law students, attorneys, law firm pro bono counsel.  Whether you are a law firm, legal or community-based organization or an individual who wants to share your pro bono experience, contact us! Please e-mail us at development@probono.net for more information.
 National Celebrate Pro Bono Week

National Celebrate Pro Bono Week is a co-ordinated national effort by the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, and is an exciting time of the year where we recognize the hard work of our volunteers, and the critical roles they play in helping bridge the justice gap, and live up to our professional ideal of "justice for all". In 2017 we celebrated  National Pro Bono Week through a special Volunteer-a-Day Initiative, which showcased a new volunteer profile to our national community for each day of Pro Bono Week. Throughout the week we released these profiles on our Connecting Justice Communities blog. 

 

 

Pro Bono Net is a national non-profit dedicated to increasing access to justice through the innovative use of technology. Probono.net, a program of Pro Bono Net, a national, online community for pro bono and civil legal service attorneys, law professors and students, and related social services advocates with a network across 23 states, as well as national and international practice areas.  

 


Interested in volunteering?  Check out our "Volunteer Tools" page to learn about the range of resources we have at Pro Bono Net to help mobilize and engage pro bono volunteers, or start searching for opportunities right now by using our national Pro Bono Opportunities Guide!