Welcome to the Statewide Website Support Site!
This site provides resources for administrators involved in managing legal services statewide websites, including LawHelp.org and probono.net sites. For those interested in document assembly projects, please visit the LawHelp Interactive Resource Center.
Getting started ...
If you are a probono.net administrator:
- Sign up for our probono.net admin listserv
We use this to communicate with our admins about platform updates, site maintenance, upcoming trainings and more.
- For additional resources, view the probono.net Support Portal - especially our QuickStart Guide Resource.
To find user guides, best practice resources, and other helpful information. Sign-up to access all resources.
- Attend our probono.net Community Roundtables
Several times a year we host Community Roundtables to cover new platform features, program updates, community news and more. Find out about upcoming calls through the probono.net admin listserv.
- To request training, contact our HelpDesk
Whether you are a new administrator, need a review of a specific aspect of the platform, or need help thinking through best practices or site strategy, request a training from Pro Bono Net staff.
If you are a LawHelp.org administrator:
- Sign up for our LawHelp.org admin listserv
We use this to communicate with our admins about site maintenance times, upcoming trainings and more.
- Attend our LawHelp.org Community Roundtables
- Several times a year we host Community Roundtables to cover new platform features, program updates, community news and more. Find out about upcoming calls through the probono.net admin listserv
- For additional resources, visit the LawHelp Support Portal to view user guides, best practice resources, and other helpful resources. Sign-up to access all resources.
- To request training, email support@lawhelp.org
Whether you are a new administrator, need a review of a specific aspect of the platform, or need help thinking through best practices or site strategy, request a training from Pro Bono Net staff.
Looking for Legal Help?
This site is not intended to serve people looking for legal assistance. If you are in need of an attorney but cannot afford to hire one, please visit www.LawHelp.org.
What is Pro Bono Net?
Pro Bono Net is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase access to justice for the millions of poor people who face legal problems every year without help from a lawyer. Pro Bono Net has partnered with pro bono and legal aid organizations to build statewide websites, and many other access to justice websites, that offer powerful and sophisticated online tools to pro bono and legal aid advocates, and to provide critical legal information and assistance directly to the public. Learn more about Pro Bono Net's mission and programs.
What is a Pro Bono Net Statewide Website?
Looking to get involved in other ways?
Are you looking for a lawyer? probono.net is a lawyer-to-lawyer network. We do not provide a referral service for clients looking to find a lawyer. If you are a client and need to find a lawyer, visit www.lawhelp.org. There you will find information about how to find a lawyer or a legal service office in your community.
Are you a private practitioner? You can join one or more practice areas. Just go to www.probono.net, find your regional site or a substantive national site, and then click on the JOIN button and submit the information requested. Within a day, you will get a password and can start participating fully in the practice area.
Are you a law firm? There are a number of ways for you to support probono.net. First, you can get your lawyers to join practice areas and use it as a resource. You could easily use probono.net as the primary way for your lawyers to find opportunities and training for their work. Second, you can provide financial support. In addition to foundations, probono.net receives support and is soliciting additional support from law firms. Probono.net is a 501(c)(3) corporation. If you are interested in making a contribution, please contact us at info@probono.net.
Are you a legal service provider or public interest law group? There are a number of ways to get involved. First, your staff can join a practice area and get involved. Having the expertise of the legal service community is critical to building an effective online community of public interest lawyers. Second, there might be an existing practice area that covers your geographic area, and you might be interested in placing cases for volunteer lawyers in the practice area. In this situation, you should contact us at info@probono.net and/or the host of the particular practice area to discuss these issues. The goal is to expand practice areas so that, where appropriate, they include and involve more than one legal service provider. The details of how such collaborations will work must be worked out, however. We are committed to working with other providers to give them access to existing practice areas. Third, you might be interested in constructing a new practice area for your organization or community. If so, contact probono.net. We are looking to provide this service to new groups and legal communities across the country.
Are you a pro bono referral organization or a VLP (volunteer lawyer project)? You might be interested in working with probono.net to construct an area for your organization and legal community. If so, contact probono.net. We are looking to provide this service to new groups and legal communities across the country.
Are you a law school clinic or law student? We welcome your involvement in any of our practice areas. We look forward to having the resources and expertise of law schools added to our community. Please contact probono.net or the host of any practice area if you are interested in discussing such a collaboration.