Alameda County Bar Association Volunteer Legal Services Corporation
- To Volunteer, Contact:
- Location:
70 Washington StreetSuite 200Oakland, CA 94607Map: maps.google.com
- Phone: 510-302-2222
- Fax: 510-452-2224
- Website: http://www.acbanet.org
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
