Prisoners' Legal Services of New York

  • Location:
    41 State Street,
    Suite M#112
    Albany, NY 12207
    Map
  • Phone: (518) 445-6050
  • Fax: (518) 445-6053
  • Website: http://www.plsny.org/

Prisoners' Legal Services of New York provides high quality, effective legal representation and assistance to indigent prisoners, to help them to secure their civil and human rights and to advocate for more humane prisons and for a more humane criminal justice system.

  • County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Albany, All NYC, Allegany, Bronx, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Kings (Brooklyn), Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Nassau, Niagara, NY (Manhattan), Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Orleans, Oswego, Otsego, Putnam, Queens, Rensselaer, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Suffolk, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Westchester, Wyoming, Yates
  • Area of law: Civil Rights, Disability, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Immigration & Naturalization, Prisoners, immigration- specifically removal defense, and mental health
  • Populations Served: Communities of Color, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Low Income, Prisoners/Criminal Defendants
  • Opportunities For: Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors, Nonlitigation Projects, Paralegals, Small and medium law firm attorneys
  • Need for non-English services: Spanish
  • Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Evenings, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Weekends
  • 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
  • Long Distance Opportunities: Conduct Research
  • Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes
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