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Alameda County Bar Association Volunteer Legal Services Corporation

Description: Volunteer Legal Services Corporation (VLSC) provides free legal assistance to low-income residents in Alameda County with certain non-criminal legal issues. Volunteer attorneys provide all the legal work on a pro bono basis. VLSC offers two types of service: clinics and referrals to attorneys. We have clinics available for advice and the preparation of legal documents in the following areas: dissolution of marriage, general family law advice, custody, visitation, and support, debt collection defense, guardianship, immigration/citizenship, and low-income landlord eviction assistance. For certain types of cases, and for cases the clinics cannot handle, the VLSC operates a referral service for pro bono representation (there is a $20 administrative fee for all cases placed with a pro bono attorney).

  • Location of Volunteer Opportunity: Alameda
  • Area of law: Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations
  • Populations Served: Children, Communities of Color, Immigrants, Low Income, Nonprofits, Working poor and unemployed
  • Projects For: Lawyers, Mentors, Paralegals
  • Need for non-English services: Cantonese Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish
  • Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Evenings, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
  • Malpractice Insurance for Volunteer Lawyers: Yes
  • Training Provided: Yes
  • Training Required: No
  • CLE credit for trainings: Yes
  • CLE credit for pro bono: Yes
  • 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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