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Northwestern Legal Services

  • To Volunteer, Contact:
    814.452.6957, 800-665-6957

We are a legal aid program that represents low income people in civil legal matters without fee in the 10 northwestern counties of Pennsylvania - Erie, Elk, Crawford, Cameron, Forest, Warren, McKean, Potter, Venango and Mercer Counties.

  • Location of Volunteer Opportunity: McKean, Mercer, Venango
  • Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Elder Law, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Health, Housing, Public Benefits
  • Populations Served: Low Income, State Residents, Working poor and unemployed
  • Projects For: Lawyers
  • Need for non-English services: Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish
  • Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Flexible
  • Malpractice Insurance for Volunteer Lawyers: Yes
  • Training Provided: Yes
  • Training Required: No
  • CLE credit for trainings: Yes
  • CLE credit for pro bono: No
  • CLE pro bono comments: Pro bono attorneys generally do not do protection from abuse cases. We generally represent them in-house.
  • Mentoring or supervision offered: No
  • Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
  • Other Project Types: pro bono lawyers for our priorities
  • Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
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