The Bankruptcy Pro Bono Project is seeking bankruptcy attorneys willing to volunteer their services to help low-income individuals involved in bankruptcy proceedings. The BPBP is a cooperative effort of the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Northern District of California and numerous Bay Area bar associations and non-profit groups.

The BPBP sponsors legal clinics in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and Pleasant Hill. Volunteer attorneys are needed to staff the clinics, which provide free, limited legal advice to persons who have already filed a bankruptcy case but cannot afford legal counsel.

"The people who come to BPBP clinics generally have nowhere else to turn. Helping them is a very laudable effort by the bar," said Chief Bankruptcy Judge Randall J. Newsome of the Northern District.

To participate in the BPBP clinics, contact Wendy Kan at the bankruptcy court, (415) 268-2340, email: pro_bono@canb.uscourts.gov. Information regarding pro bono services is also available on the court's website at: http://www.canb.uscourts.gov.