Community Legal Services of Philadelphia
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To Volunteer, Contact:
Kathy Gomez, Deputy Director of Legal Practice
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Location:
1424 Chestnut StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19102
- Phone: 215-981-3700
- Fax: 215-981-0435
- Website: http://www.clsphila.org
- Email: rcourtney@clsphila.org
Our mission is to fight poverty, challenge systems that perpetuate injustice, and change lives through cutting-edge advocacy and exceptional legal representation.
CLS often seeks pro bono assistance for co-counseling in large or class litigation or in other special cases.
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Philadelphia
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Community Development, Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Elder Law, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Health, Homeless, Housing, Public Benefits
- Opportunities For: Law school clinic, Law Students, Lawyers
- Need for non-English services: Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian), Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, Signers for the deaf: ASL, Spanish, Vietnamese
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Flexible
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: Yes
- CLE credit for trainings: Yes
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- 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: Legislative or policy advocacy, Litigation: Appellate, Litigation: Class actions, Litigation: Impact, Litigation: Support (e.g., discovery), Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation
- Long Distance Opportunities: Policy assistance, Virtual/remote clinics
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes
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