Volunteer Lawyers for Justice
- To Volunteer, Contact:
- Location:
PO Box 32040Newark, NJ 07102Map: maps.google.com
- Phone: 973-645-1955
- Fax: 973-645-1954
- Website: http://www.vljnj.org
- Email: vlj@vljnj.org
Volunteer Lawyers for Justice (VLJ) is a comprehensive pro bono program for New Jersey providing civil legal assistance to indigent individuals through 750 registered volunteer attorneys. VLJ operates 8 distinct programs including a special education law project, a wills clinic, divorce and family motions clinics, legal seminars, a guardianship project with Merck & Co., Inc. a direct referral service, and its latest project, the Newark Reentry Legal Services Project (ReLeSe) in partnership with Newark Mayor Cory Booker, to provide legal assistance to ex offenders to assist with reentry into the community. There are many different ways to to volunteer and VLJ provides resources such as mentors, training, legal forms, malpractice coverage, and exemptions from NJ mandatory pro bono requirements.
- Location of Volunteer Opportunity: New Jersey
- Area of law: Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Prisoners, Public Benefits
- Populations Served: Children, Communities of Color, Elderly, General Public, HIV, Low Income, Military/Veterans, Persons with Disabilities, State Residents, Women, Working poor and unemployed
- Projects For: Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors, Nonlitigation Projects, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers
- Need for non-English services: Portuguese, Signers for the deaf, 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
- Mentoring or supervision offered: No
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
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