National Pro Bono Opportunities Guide
CNY Fair Housing
- Area of law: Foreclosure
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: info@cnyfairhousing.org , 315-471-0420
Community Service Society
- Area of law: Health
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Law school clinic, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: Jessica Glick , healthvolunteer@cssny.org , 212-614-5309
Court Navigator Program in NYC Civil Court (Consumer Debt)
- Area of law: Consumer
- Opportunities for: Law Students
- Contact: Azeeza Tropea , aztropea@nycourts.gov , 646-386-5428
Court Navigator Program in NYC Housing Court
- Area of law: Housing
- Opportunities for: Law Students
- Contact: Azeeza Tropea , aztropea@nycourts.gov , 646-386-5428
Earth Law Center
- Area of law: Environmental, International
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Grant Wilson , gwilson@earthlaw.org , 972-676-8773
EIS Housing Resource Center
- Area of law: Housing, Public Benefits
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Lawyers
- Contact: info@eisny.org , 212-308-2210
Empire Justice Center (Albany Office)
- Area of law: Predatory lending cases
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Anne Erickson , aerickson@empirejustice.org , (518) 462-6831
Empire Justice Center (Rochester Office)
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Consumer, Disability, Employment, Health, Foreclosure, ADA, Disability Benefits (SSD/SSI), LGBT Rights, Special Education
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Rebecah Corcoran , rcorcoran@empirejustice.org
Empire Justice Center (White Plains Office)
- Area of law: HIV/AIDS
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Robert Cisneros , rcisneros@law.pace.edu , (914) 422-4329
Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project
- Area of law: Consumer, Employment, Family & Juvenile, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Law school clinic, Mentors/consultants, Interpreters, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: Maria Valeri , mvaleri@ecbavlp.com
FACES New York, Inc.
- Area of law: Disability, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Life Planning, Public Benefits
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: Shirley Daniels , sdaniels@facesny.org , (212) 283-9180
Gay Men's Health Crisis: Legal Department
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Public Benefits
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: Babatunde Tinubu , babatundet@gmhc.org , (212) 367-1254
Gender Equality Law Center
- Area of law: Education, Employment, gender discrimination in employment and education
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Lauren Betters , lbetters@genderequalitylaw.org , (347) 844 -9003 Ext. 2
Goddard Riverside Law Project
- Area of law: Housing
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: Shafaq Islam , sislam@srolaw.org , 212-799-9638
Her Justice
- Area of law: Immigration & Naturalization, Matrimonial
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: Martha Vargas , mvargas@herjustice.org , 646-442-1198
Honorvet.org
- Area of law: Employment, Housing, Nonprofit Organizations, Veterans, Research of veterans Programs in states
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers, Law school clinic
- Contact: Thomas Amon , tamon@amonlaw.com , 2128102430
Housing Conservation Coordinators
- Area of law: Housing
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Shawn Blumberg , SBlumberg@hcc-nyc.org , 212-541-5996 ext. 30
Human Rights First
- Area of law: Immigration & Naturalization, Asylum
- Opportunities for: Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Interpreters, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: Lamisse Abdel Rahman , AbdelRahmanL@humanrightsfirst.org , 212-845-5231
Immigration Equality
- Area of law: HIV/AIDS, Immigration & Naturalization
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: (212) 714-2904
Immigration Legal Services of Long Island
- Area of law: Immigration & Naturalization
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Carlos Piovanetti , cpiovanetti@ilsoli.org