National Pro Bono Opportunities Guide
Legal Services NYC - Bronx Legal Services
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Education, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Taxes, Foreclosure, Disaster and Crisis Assistance
- Opportunities for: Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Interpreters
- Contact: Jill Siegel , (718) 928-3700
Legal Services NYC - Brooklyn Legal Services
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Taxes, Foreclosure, Disaster and Crisis Assistance, Foreclosure Prevention
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: 718-237-5500
Legal Services NYC - Manhattan Legal Services
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Community Development, Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Taxes, Veterans, Environmental, Foreclosure, Disaster and Crisis Assistance
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Law school clinic, Mentors/consultants
- Contact: (646) 442-3100
Legal Services NYC - New York City Bankruptcy Assistance Project
- Area of law: Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: Bill Kransdorf , wkransdorf@ls-nyc.org
Legal Services NYC - Queens Legal Services
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Education, Family & Juvenile, Health, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Foreclosure, Disaster and Crisis Assistance
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: (718) 657-8611
Legal Services NYC - Staten Island Legal Services
- Area of law: Consumer, Education, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Foreclosure, Disaster and Crisis Assistance, Foreclosure Prevention
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Nancy Goldhill
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Veterans, Foreclosure
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Mentors, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Christopher Oldi , cneiditch@lshv.org , 914-949-1305 ext. 166
Legal Wellness Institute at The Family Center
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile, Housing, Public Benefits
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: Caroline Bersak , cbersak@thefamilycenter.org , 718.789.3841 x 164
LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York (LeGaL)
- Area of law: Employment, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Criminal, Discrimination, Family Law (Marriage/Divorce/Domestic Violence),Name Changes/I.D., Public Benefits, Wills/Probate/Estate Planning
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: Brett Figlewski , bfiglewski@le-gal.org
LiveHelpNY / Pro Bono Net
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: Wantee Ramkaran , wramkaran@probono.net
MDRC
- Opportunities for: Law Students
- Contact: Mario Flecha , mario.flecha@mdrc.org , 212-340-8683
Medicare Rights Center, Inc.
- Area of law: Health, Public Benefits
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: info@medicarerights.org , (212) 204-6220
Metropolitan Council on Housing
- Area of law: Housing, Tenant's Rights
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Law school clinic, Interpreters
- Contact: Andrea Shapiro , andrea@metcouncilonhousing.org , 2129796238
MFY Legal Services Kinship Caregiver Law Project
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: info@mfy.org
Migration Resource Center
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile, Immigration & Naturalization, Taxes
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers, Law school clinic
- Contact: Frederik Stefani , fstefani@migrationusa.org , 888.870.9766 ext. 1
Mobilization for Justice, Inc.
- Area of law: Disability, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Elder Law
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: Jacqueline Adorno , jadorno@mfjlegal.org , (212) 417-3806
Nassau County Bar Association
- Area of law: Foreclosure
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Law school clinic, Mentors/consultants, Interpreters, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: Madeline Mullane , mmullane@nassaubar.org , 516-666-4857
Nassau County Bar Association
- Area of law: Elder Law, Foreclosure, Disaster and Crisis Assistance, All practice areas welcome for foreclosure and Superstorm Sandy issues.
- Opportunities for: Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Madeline Mullane, Esq. , mmullane@nassaubar.org , 516-666-4857
Nassau Suffolk Law Services
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Immigration, Matrimonial, Name Change
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Mentors, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Sharon Campo , scampo@nsls.legal
National Center for Law and Economic Justice
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Disability, Employment, Health, Public Benefits
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers
- Contact: Marc Cohan , cohan@nclej.org , (212) 633-6967