Pro Bono Net is pleased to introduce a new webinar series Pro Bono in New York. Over the coming year, this new series will highlight exciting pro bono organizations and opportunities, and show you how you can get involved. This series has been funded by the New York Community Trust.

Pro Bono in New York webinar series presents

MFY Legal Services and Custody/Guardianship Law: An Introduction to the Kinship Caregiver Law Project and a Substantive Training on Custody and Guardianship for Non-Parents

To Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/607280789

Description of Session: In New York City, over 300,000 children are cared for by grandparents or other relatives. In many cases, these children have been with a relative caregiver from birth. In June 2006, MFY launched the Kinship Caregiver Law Project, an initiative to help bring greater permanency in the lives of children who are being raised by their grandparents or other relatives by connecting families that provide kinship care with pro bono private attorneys to represent them in custody, guardianship, and adoption matters. The goal of the project is to help stabilize families, promote children’s security, and help prevent children from entering the foster care system.

MFY will present substantive training related to Custody and Guardianship of children by non-parents. Please note this training does not provide CLE credit.

Presenters: Ramonita Cordero, Supervising Attorney, and Amy Roehl, Staff Attorney/Equal Justice Works Fellow, at MFY Legal Services, Inc.

This session is FREE.

Date: Tuesday, October 7th from 3pm - 4pm ET.

To Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/607280789

Who Should Attend: Attorneys, paralegals and law students interested in family pro bono opportunities, especially custody and guardianship opportunities.

What You Need to Participate: This session is delivered via GoToWebinar web conferencing and the phone or VoIP. You can participate from your own office. Note: in order to run GoToWebinar on your computer, you will be prompted to download a small, free application when you enter the training.

Questions: Please contact Tory Messina at Pro Bono Net (tmessina@probono.net).

About MFY Legal Services: MFY Legal Services Inc.’s mission is to ensure that no New Yorker is denied justice because he or she cannot afford an attorney. Since 1963, MFY’s practice has successfully combined essential legal services to low-income individuals with strategic litigation to change the institutional structure that creates and sustains poverty. During its history MFY?has served tens of thousands of low-income New Yorkers and won numerous test cases and class action lawsuits. MFY’s staff includes 32 attorneys and supervisors who handle 5,000 cases a year in housing, public benefits, civil and disability rights, employment, elder law, consumer rights, and family law.

About Pro Bono Net (PBN): Pro Bono Net (www.probono.net) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to justice through innovative uses of technology and increased volunteer lawyer participation. Pro Bono Net's program's include probono.net, LawHelp.org, NPADO.org and Pro Bono Manager. Pro Bono Net's web platforms have been adopted in 30 states and regions, reaching approximately two-thirds of the poverty population and lawyers in the United States.

About Pro Bono in New York: The goal of this new series is to increase the number of attorneys involved in pro bono work in New York. Each webinar will highlight a NYC-based pro bono program and/or substantive legal topic, offering a virtual orientation session to attorneys wanting to learn how to get involved. This series has been funded by the New York Community Trust.

Save the Date for future Pro Bono in New York webinars
November – City Bar Justice Center
December – The Legal Aid Society
Keep an eye out for email announcements!