Community Legal Aid Services Volunteer Legal Services Program
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Location:
50 South Main StreetSuite 800Akron, OH 44308-1828
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- Phone: (330) 983-2695
- Fax: (866) 978-1690
- Website: http://www.communitylegalaid.org/volunteer
- Email: vlsp@communitylegalaid.org
The Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP) seeks to engage volunteer attorneys in pro bono and reduced fee work through a variety of programs. VLSP is a program within Community Legal Aid Services' whose mission is to provide meaningful opportunities for volunteers to serve the poor by securing justice, protecting rights, providing quality representation, and promoting pro bono measures that fight poverty.
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Columbiana, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Wayne
- Area of law: Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Elder Law, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Health, Housing, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Guardianships
- Populations Served: Low Income
- Opportunities For: Law Students, Lawyers, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Flexible, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: No
- CLE credit for trainings: Yes
- 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: Client counseling (e.g., brief advice), Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation, Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students
- Other Project Types: Clinics
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
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