Women's Bar Foundation
- To Volunteer, Contact:
- Organization Type: Nonprofit Legal Services Provider
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Location:
105 Chauncy Street8th FloorBoston, MA 02111
- Phone: 617-973-6666
- Fax: 617-073-6663
- Website: https://wbawbf.org/wbf/pro-bono-projects
The Women's Bar Foundation (WBF) advances social and economic justice by providing low-income women with access to legal representation and a means to be heard. The WBF recruits and trains volunteer attorneys to address legal issues that disproportionately affect low-income women and their children. Through its pro-bono programs, the WBF educates the legal community about the positive impact that one attorney's work canhave on the life of a client at risk.
Listing and projects up-to-date as of October 2023.
- State(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Massachusetts
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile, Life Planning, Prisoners, Family & Juvenile, Life Planning, Prisoners
- Populations Served: Communities of Color, Domestic Violence Victims, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Low Income, Persons with Disabilities, State Residents, Women, Working poor and unemployed
- Opportunities For: Interpreters, Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers
- Need for non-English services: Cambodian, Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Khmer, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Signers for the deaf: ASL, Spanish, Vietnamese
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: No
- CLE credit for trainings: No
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Client counseling (e.g., brief advice), Client intake and screening, Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Legal Research, Litigation: Support (e.g., discovery), Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation, Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students, Prepare legal education materials
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes
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