Shreveport Bar Foundation Pro Bono Project
- To Volunteer, Contact:
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Location:
625 Texas StreetSte 100Shreveport, LA 71101
- Map: maps.google.com
- Phone: 318-221-8104
- Website: http://www.shreveportbarfoundation.org/pro-bono-project/
The Shreveport Bar Foundation operates the Pro Bono Project (PBP) in Caddo and Bossier Parishes (f/k/a Northwest Louisiana Pro Bono Project). The Pro Bono Project provides free legal assistance by volunteer attorneys in civil matters for qualified indigent and low-income Caddo and Bossier Parish residents. Lawyers in private practice volunteer through the Pro Bono Project to take cases for individual clients who qualify based on Federal Poverty Income Guidelines. Hundreds of people with serious legal problems that affect their health, safety, shelter or income are assisted by volunteer attorneys annually. More information is available by calling 318-221-8104.
Cases include: Adoption, Consumer, Child Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Housing, Wills. No criminal matters, no fee generating. Eligibility according to Federal Poverty Income Guideline
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Bossier, Caddo
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile, 103 Uncontested Divorce cases, Succession & Wills, POA, name Change, Child Custody, Adoption
- Populations Served: General Public
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: No
- CLE credit for trainings: Yes
- Training / Supervision Comments: We offer CLEs at least once a year, always with LA credit, sometimes with TX credit as well. We offer training and have formal mentoring program in family law, plus less formal mentoring for all other case types.
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: Yes
- Other Case Load Requirements: We ask that each volunteer take one to three cases per year. The State of LA 50 hours annually is preferred.
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
