National Pro Bono Opportunities Guide
Richmond County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project
- Area of law: Foreclosure
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Vincent Scamardella , rcbavlp@gmail.com , 718-442-4500
Rural Law Center of New York, Inc.
- Area of law: Consumer, Education, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Disaster and Crisis Assistance
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers
- Contact: Julie Davies , jdavies@wnylc.com , (518) 561-5460
Safe Horizon
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile, Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: Melissa Paquette , melissa.paquette@safehorizon.org , 718-834-7430
Safe Passage Project
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile, Immigration & Naturalization
- Opportunities for: Lawyers, Interpreters
- Contact: 212-324-6558
Sanctuary for Families: Center for Battered Women's Legal Services
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile, Immigration & Naturalization, Matrimonial, Domestic Violence, Anti-Trafficking
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: Emily Lo Bue , elobue@sffny.org
Suffolk County Pro Bono Project
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Matrimonial
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers
- Contact: Sharon Campo , scampo@nsls.legal , (631) 232-2400
Surrogate Decision-Making Committee Program
- Area of law: Disability, Health, Life Planning
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Laura Monthie , laura.monthie@justicecenter.ny.gov , 518-388-0469
The Bronx Defenders
- Area of law: Criminal Appeals, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Public Benefits
- Contact: Annie Pineda , anniep@bronxdefenders.org , 718.508.3461
The Center for Law and Justice, Inc.
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Criminal Appeals, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Prisoners
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers
- Contact: Daniel Salvin , dsalvin@nycap.rr.com , (518) 427-8361
The Children's Law Center
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile
- Opportunities for: Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers
- Contact: tmcknight@clcny.org , 718-522-3333 ext#130
The Door -- A Center of Alternatives, Inc.
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Public Benefits
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Beth Baltimore , bbaltimore@door.org
The Dramatists Legal Defense Fund
- Area of law: Arts, Nonprofit Organizations, Intellectual Property, Copyright, First Amendment rights
- Contact: Amy VonMacek , avonmacek@dramatistsguild.com , 212-398-9366
The Legal Project, CDWBA
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations, Small Business; Bankruptcy; General Law; Immigration & Naturalization for Domestice Violence Victims
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Lawyers
- Contact: Laurie Allen , lallen@legalproject.org
The Safe Center LI
- Area of law: Criminal Appeals, Family & Juvenile, Immigration & Naturalization, Elder Law, Civil legal proceedings; Family Law including family offenses, paternity, child/spousal support; Matrimonial Law; Consumer matters; Will, trusts and estates
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Mentors, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Law school clinic
- Contact: Michelle Cuevas, Esq. Assistant Legal Director/Pro Bono Coordinator , mcuevas@tscli.org
The Weinberg Center for Elder Justice at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Family & Juvenile, Health, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers, Law school clinic
- Contact: Deirdre Lok , deirdre.lok@theweinbergcenter.org , (718) 581-1843
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
- Area of law: Civil Rights
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: info@transgenderlegal.org , 646.862.9396
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit - Pro Bono Panel
- Contact: Sally Pritchard
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Pro Bono Panel
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Employment
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Pro Bono Coordinator , (718) 613-2629
United States District Court for the Southern District of NY Pro Bono Program
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Employment, Public Benefits
- Opportunities for: Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: Margaret A. Malloy , (212) 805-0181
United States District Court Western District of New York
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Employment, Immigration & Naturalization, Prisoners, Habeas
- Contact: Charles Carra , charles_carra@nywd.uscourts.gov , (716) 551-4211