Nassau County Bar Association
- To Volunteer, Contact:
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Location:
15th and West StreetMineola, NY 11530
- Phone: 516-666-4857
- Website: https://nassaucountybarassociation
- Email: mmullane@nassaubar.org
The Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) is the leading resource for legal information and education for the more than 1.3 million people living in Nassau County. NCBA members have a long tradition of stepping forward to assist children, seniors, the abused and neglected, students, homeowners, parents and teen, and any others in need.
Nassau County has one of the highest rates of mortgage foreclosure in the state. Since 2009, NCBA volunteer attorneys have provided one-on-one legal consultations at free clinics to any Nassau County homeowner who is facing or anticipating mortgage foreclosure.
Post COVID-19, clinics have now resumed being held in-person, monthly on Mondays, 3-6p.m., at the NCBA headquarters in Mineola.
Volunteers also represent homeowners pro bono at court-mandated foreclosure settlement conferences, held weekly, in-person, at Nassau Supreme Court in Mineola, Monday through Thursday mornings.
NCBA is currently seeking student interns to volunteer to assist and support attorneys in court and at clinics, as well as volunteer attorneys to volunteer with the mortgage foreclosure project.
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Nassau
- Area of law: Foreclosure
- Populations Served: Children, Communities of Color, Elderly, General Public, Immigrants, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Low Income, Military/Veterans, Native Americans, Nonprofits, Persons with Disabilities, State Residents, Women, Working poor and unemployed
- Opportunities For: Interpreters, Law school clinic, Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors, Mentors/consultants, Nonlitigation Projects, Senior Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Need for non-English services: Any
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: No
- CLE credit for trainings: No
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- CLE pro bono comments: This Program will fulfill the 50 hour requirement.
- 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, Legal Research, Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students, Translate legal documents
- Other Project Types: Mediation: Direct Representation
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
