Onondaga County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyer Project
- To Volunteer, Contact:
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Location:
109 S. Warren StreetSuite 1000Syracuse, NY 13202
- Map: maps.google.com
- Phone: (315) 471-3409
- Fax: (315) 471-0705
- Website: http://www.onbar.org/public-commprog.htm#vlp
- Email: vlp@onbar.org
Volunteer attorneys perform pro bono services through clinics and a limited number of direct referrals. Clinics include: Pro Se Divorce, Eviction Defense, and Will Clinics. Our "Talk To A Lawyer" program emulates "Enhanced Tel-Law" by placing volunteer attorneys in, now, three low-to-mid- income communities for two hours one night per week to interview walk-ins, help them sort out their legal problems and refer them to the appropriate resource. Direct referrals include 501(c)(3) incorporation, wills for homebound senior citizens, and divorces where there is a conflict of interest for other referring agencies. VLP also conducts an annual Onondaga County Elder Law Fair in collaboration with other legal services providers and human services agencies.
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Onondaga
- Area of law: Consumer, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Life Planning
- Populations Served: Domestic Violence Victims, Elderly, General Public, Low Income, Working poor and unemployed
- Opportunities For: Lawyers, Mentors, Nonlitigation Projects, Paralegals
- Need for non-English services: Spanish
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Evenings, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Weekends
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
- Training Provided: No
- Training Required: No
- CLE credit for trainings: No
- CLE credit for pro bono: Yes
- Mentoring or supervision offered: No
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
