National Pro Bono Opportunities Guide
Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc.
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Housing, Public Benefits, Divorce Law
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: (716) 284-8831
New York City Housing Court - Guardian Ad Litem Program
- Area of law: Housing
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers
- Contact: Denise Colon , dcgreena@courts.state.ny.us , 646-386-5408
New York County District Attorney's Office
- Area of law: Criminal Appeals
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Sylvia Wertheimer , wertheimers@dany.nyc.gov , (212) 335-3668
New York County Lawyers Association
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Prisoners, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Taxes
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: Hannah Sears , hsears@nycla.org
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Community Development, Disability, Health, Nonprofit Organizations
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Marnie Berk , mberk@nylpi.org , (212) 244-4664
New York Legal Assistance Group
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Taxes, Veterans, Foreclosure, Disaster and Crisis Assistance, Matrimonial
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Law school clinic, Interpreters, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: Volunteer Coordinator , volunteer@nylag.org , 212-613-7308
New York State Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board
- Area of law: Unemployment Insurance
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: , (718) 613-3505
Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights
- Area of law: Immigration & Naturalization
- Opportunities for: Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: Cynthia Carrion , ccarrion@nmcir.org , 212 781 0355
NYC Housing Court Volunteer Lawyers Program
- Area of law: Housing
- Opportunities for: Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: Azeeza Tropea , aztropea@nycourts.gov , (646) 386-5428
NYS Division of Human Rights
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Disability, Employment, Housing, Office of Sexual Harrasment Issues (OSHI - Kings County)
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: Barbara Klar , Barbara.Klar@dhr.ny.gov , (718) 741-8444
Onondaga County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyer Project
- Area of law: Consumer, Family & Juvenile, Life Planning, Foreclosure
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers
- Contact: Jeff Unaitis , vlp@onbar.org , (315) 471-3409
Pace Women's Justice Center
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile, Elder Law
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Interpreters
- Contact: Natalie Sobchak , NSobchak@law.pace.edu , 914-422-4069
Prisoners' Legal Services of New York
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Disability, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Immigration & Naturalization, Prisoners, immigration- specifically removal defense, and mental health
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: Mary Cipriano-Walter, Pro Bono Director , Mwalter@plsny.org
Pro Bono Appeals Program - 4th Department
- Area of law: Disability, Education, Family & Juvenile, Health, Housing, Public Benefits
- Opportunities for: Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: Elisa Lackey , law-pbap@buffalo.edu , 716-645-0508
Pro Bono Partnership
- Area of law: Community Development, Nonprofit Organizations, A wide range of business, transactional matters including: corporate, contracts, employment, real estate, intellectual property, privacy, and more.
- Opportunities for: Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Contact: rsachs@probonopartner.org
Project FAIR (Fair Hearing Assistance, Information and Referral)
- Area of law: Disability, Homeless, Public Benefits
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers
- Contact: Christopher Portelli , cportelli@nylag.org , 212-613-5060
Project Hospitality, Inc.
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Life Planning, Public Benefits
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: David Pascarella , David_Pascarella@projecthospitality.org , (718) 448-1544
Queens County Bar Association / Queens Volunteer Lawyers' Project, Inc. (QVLP)
- Area of law: Consumer, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Foreclosure, Administrative hearings
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Mark Weliky , MWeliky@QCBA.org , (718) 291-4500
Queens County District Attorney's Office
- Area of law: Criminal Appeals
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Ellen Abbot , 718-286-5800
The National Pro Bono Opportunities Guide is a joint project of the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, its project the ABA Center for Pro Bono, and Pro Bono Net.
