King County Bar Association Pro Bono Services- QLSP
- To Volunteer, Contact:
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Location:
1200 Fifth Avenue, Suite 700Seattle, WA 98101
- Phone: 206-267-7100
- Fax: 206-267-7099
- Website: http://www.kcba.org/
- Email: ToVolunteer@kcba.org
The King County Bar Association Pro Bono Services (PBS) promote social justice by ensuring equal and non-discriminatory access to PBS services for all individuals. PBS programs provide volunteer-based, client-focused legal services to low income King County residents who would not otherwise receive legal assistance.
Housing Justice Project - Legal help for low income tenants facing eviction.
DV LEAD - Dissolution and parentage cases where children are at risk.
Kinship Care Solutions Project - Third party custody cases
Self Help Plus Program - Uncontested marriage dissolutions
LAARK - Legal advice and referrals for kinship caregivers
Neighborhood Legal Clinics - Civil legal issues, 30-minute client consultations.
Records Project - Vacating Criminal Convictions, Legal Financial Obligations Reductions and Waivers
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: King
- Area of law: Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations
- Populations Served: General Public
- Opportunities For: Law school clinic, Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors, Mentors/consultants, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Flexible
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: Yes
- CLE credit for trainings: Yes
- CLE credit for pro bono: Yes
- Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Client counseling (e.g., brief advice), Client intake and screening, Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Hotline staffing, Legal Research, Litigation: Appellate, Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation, Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students, Prepare legal education materials
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No