Snohomish County Legal Services - QLSP

Snohomish County Legal Services is a nonprofit civil legal services organization, offering free legal services for individuals and families facing poverty. We are looking for volunteer attorneys for our Tuesday evening Family Law Clinic, Housing Justice Project, and our Bankruptcy clinic. We also are in need of attorneys willing to take matters pro bono, primarily in family law. Please contact us for more information on how you can make a difference in your community.

  • County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Snohomish
  • Area of law: Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Life Planning
  • Populations Served: Children, Domestic Violence Victims, Elderly, Low Income, Women, Working poor and unemployed, Low and Very-Low income individuals and families
  • Opportunities For: Interpreters, Lawyers, Paralegals
  • Need for non-English services: Russian, Signers for the deaf: ASL, Spanish
  • Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Evenings, Flexible, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
  • Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
  • Training Provided: Yes
  • Training Required: No
  • CLE credit for trainings: Yes
  • Training / Supervision Comments: Staff attorneys and volunteer mentors available for new attorneys. Shadowing opportunities available before our new volunteers are matched with clients.
  • CLE credit for pro bono: Yes
  • CLE pro bono comments: We offer up to 6 CLE credits per year for pro bono services, per MCLE 103(f).
  • 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), Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation, Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students
  • Other Long Distance Opportunities: Virtual clinics are now in operation
  • Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes
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