National Pro Bono Opportunities Guide
JASA Legal Services for Elder Justice
- Area of law: Consumer, Health, Housing, Life Planning, Public Benefits
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: help@jasa.org , 212-273-5272
JustCause
- Area of law: Community Development, Consumer, Family & Juvenile, Health, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Unemployment Insurance, Wills, Guardianships, and Pro Se Clinics
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers, Interpreters
- Contact: Brittany Long , blong@justcauseny.org , 585.683.0184
Lawyers Alliance for New York
- Area of law: Community Development, Employment, Housing, Nonprofit Organizations
- Opportunities for: Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers
- Contact: Laren Spirer , 212-219-1800 x234
Lawyers for Children, Inc.
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile
- Opportunities for: Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Glenn Metsch-Ampel , GMAMPEL@LAWYERSFORCHILDREN.ORG , (212) 966-6420
Legal Aid Society
- Area of law: Community Development, Consumer, Criminal Appeals, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations, Prisoners, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Taxes, Foreclosure, Law Reform and Appeals, Micro-entrepreneurship, Predatory Lending, Supreme Court Litigation, Parole, Prisoners Rights, Sealing, Students Rights, Wrongful Conviction
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: ProBono@legal-aid.org
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York (Binghamton Office)
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Consumer, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Life Planning, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, divorce and bankrupcy
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Arlene Sanders , asanders@wnylc.com , (607) 723-7977
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York (Oneonta Office)
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Melinda Gaidemak , mgaidemak@wnylc.com , (607) 433-2600
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York (Oswego Office)
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Kim Crisafulli , kcrisafulli@lscny.org , (315) 342-2191
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York (Syracuse Office)
- Area of law: Arts, Civil Rights, Community Development, Consumer, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Elder Law
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Mentors, Lawyers
- Contact: Arlene Sanders , asanders@wnylc.com , (607) 723-7977
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York (Utica Office)
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Matrimonial
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Renee Kolwaite , renee.kolwaite@lasmny.org , (315) 793-7061
Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York (Watertown Office)
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Terry Whelan , twhelan@wnylc.com , (315) 788-2072
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York (Albany Office)
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Taxes
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers
- Contact: info@lasnny.org , (518) 462-6765
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York (Amsterdam Office)
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Taxes
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers
- Contact: Dolores Hebert , dhebert@lasnny.org , (518) 842-9466 x221
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York (Canton Office)
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Taxes
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers
- Contact: Linda LaRue , llarue@lasnny.org , 315-386-4586 x14
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York (Plattsburgh Office)
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Taxes
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers
- Contact: Rebecca Buchanan , rbuchanan@lasnny.org , (518) 563-4022 x16
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York (Saratoga Springs)
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers
- Contact: Mary Withington , mwithington@lasnny.org , (518) 587-5188
Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. ®
- Area of law: Arts, Consumer, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Veterans
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Mentors, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: 585-295-5613
Legal Momentum
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Education, Employment, Housing, Sexuality & Family Rights, Women's Rights
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: Brigitte Watson , bwatson@legalmomentum.org , 212.413.7583
Legal Outreach, Inc.
- Area of law: Education
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Mentors, Lawyers
- Contact: Marla Trinidad , LRE@legaloutreach.org , 718-752-0222 ext. 208
Legal Services NYC
- Area of law: Community Development, Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Disaster and Crisis Assistance
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Mentors, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: 212-431-7200/646-442-3600
The National Pro Bono Opportunities Guide is a joint project of the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, its project the ABA Center for Pro Bono, and Pro Bono Net.
