Pennsylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Office

Lawyers are needed to support pro bono services.

The Pennsylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Office works with the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network to promote civil legal aid making use of the technologies at www.PALawHelp.org and www.PAProbono.net.

More than 6,000 legal aid matters flow through the PBA Pro Bono Office on an annual basis and the program is always looking for pro bono attorneys to volunteer to help the neediest among us.

Each year, the PBA Pro Bono Office answers calls for help from thousands of impoverished Pennsylvanians and from veterans in need. Under this program, volunteer attorneys are asked to screen calls made to the PBA Pro Bono Hotline and use the resources at PALawHelp.org and PAProbono.net to provide advice and direction to those callers. Lawyers are also asked, when possible, to provide direct legal aid services. 

Lawyers who haven't previously provided pro bono services through the PBA Pro Bono Office should complete this form. 

Lawyers are also welcome to volunteer their services directly to the PBA Pro Bono Office by contacting David Trevaskis at dkt@pabar.org or 717-571-7414

  • State(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Pennsylvania
  • Area of law: Arts, Civil Rights, Community Development, Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Environmental, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Prisoners, Public Benefits, Taxes, Veterans, senior
  • Populations Served: Asylum Seekers, Children, Communities of Color, Domestic Violence Victims, Elderly, EMS; Fire, Police and Active Duty Service Personnel
  • Opportunities For: Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors, Nonlitigation Projects, Paralegals
  • Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Evenings, Flexible, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Weekends
  • Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: No
  • Training Provided: Yes
  • Training Required: No
  • CLE credit for trainings: Yes
  • Training / Supervision Comments: Many of our trainings are provided through legal aid providers for free if the lawyer takes on cases.
  • CLE credit for pro bono: No
  • CLE pro bono comments: Lawyers may earn one (1.0) CLE credit for every five (5) hours of pro bono service completed through an Accredited Provider of Pro Bono CLE. A maximum of three (3) credit hours earned in this manner may be applied towards the annual CLE requirement. https://www.pacle.org/assets/pdfs/2022_PACLE_Pro_Bono_Release.pdf
  • Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
  • Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
  • Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes
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