Welcome to Louisiana's online community of public interest and pro bono advocates:
Follow the link on the left to "Civil Law," "Road Home" or "Arts & Entertainment." Follow "Join this Area" in the upper left hand corner for your online membership form.
Pro bono advocates, legal services attorneys, law professionals and law students who represent or help with representation of low income or disadvantaged clients are welcome to join our community. Look for news, events, information about organizations with volunteer opportunities and resources to help you help others.
Your work means more now than ever. Click here for Poverty Tour USA.
Members, please share your practice resources!
Here's how: log in under Civil Law, click on "Library," click on "Add a Resource," and follow the online instructions.
Want to help? See the Louisiana State Bar Association's list of organizations with pro bono opportunities. Plus you can click on the "Volunteer" tab at the top of this page to learn more about pro bono opportunities for you.
Please update old contact information. Go to your practice area, log in, go to "My Profile." Click on "forgot password" for an e-mail reminder.
Law Students: click here to check out Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps.
Click here to read about the terms and conditions of using this site.
This website is administered by Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (SLLS) in collaboration with free legal services programs and pro bono projects around the state.
Participating Partners:
For more information about www.probono.net/la, please contact:
Lisa J. Stansky
Statewide Website Administrator
tel: (504) 529-1000, ext. 279
e-mail: lstansky@slls.org
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Law Students: check out Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps.
Learn how you can support Louisiana's Justice community.
Future public interest lawyers: check out the online student debt relief resource center from Equal Justice Works.
More housing aid for Katraina & Rita survivors: FEMA and HUD extend rental assistance to August 31, 2009. Click here for the announcement, including details about the DHAP transition.
Important Road Home Program Update!
Learn more here about a recent announcement from The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) that affects some Road Home applicants who tried to pursue appeals. According to the announcement, the Louisiana Recovery Authority and the Office of Community Development will review cases of people who claim their Road Home appeals were "lost in the shuffle" or "stuck" in the "resolutions process." The Road Home applicants must ask for this review. Contact information is on the LRA's web site.
The Louisiana Disaster Hotline has information and referrals for hurricane survivors: (800) 310-7029.
Do you have a request for help from a member of the armed forces? Click here to take a look at the ABA's new Military Pro Bono Project.
Did you know . . . the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law has more than 500,000 resources in its online library? Click here to learn more.
FEMA rescinds Katrina & Rita recoupment notices. Click here for the Federal Register entry.
