The City Bar Justice Center, Legal Services NYC, The Legal Aid Society, and the City Bar Committee on Pro Bono and Legal Services will be co-sponsoring a training for attorneys interested in volunteering to provide legal assistance to New York City residents adversely affected by last week's Tropical Storm Sandy.

The training will prepare volunteer lawyers to participate in disaster assistance clinics and other opportunities to provide legal counseling to affected communities. It will cover FEMA, Insurance, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, Food Stamps, Housing and Landlord & Tenant, Replacement of Documents, Hotline Resources and other issues. The training will be videotaped and available for viewing on ProBono.Net.

To participate in the training, please RSVP ASAP to Mae Fang at mfang@nycbar.org.