Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania

Pro Bono CLE Pilot Project logoLegal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (LASP) is a non-profit Pennsylvania corporation committed to providing quality legal representation to low-income and vulnerable people in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery County, to empower them to solve problems without legal representation through legal education and increased access to the courts, and to change community practices and systems that cause or aggravate poverty. 

To volunteer an attorney may contact Pro Bono Program Director Jennifer Pierce, Esq. at 610-756-7264 or jpierce@lasp.org, or the county specific contacts listed below.

Locations:

Bucks County
1290 Veterans Highway
Box 809
Bristol, PA 19007
Local Contact: Megan Reinprecht, Esq.
mreinprecht@lasp.org
484-206-8101

Chester County
222 North Walnut Street
Second Floor
West Chester, PA 19380
Local Contact: Brian Doyle, Esq.
bdoyle@lasp.org
484-416-4259 x5210

Delaware County
410 Welsh Street
Chester, PA 19013
Local Contact: Thomas Kerstan, Esq.
tkerstan@lasp.org
484-206-7808

Montgomery County
625 Swede Street
Norristown, PA 19401
Local Contact: Kathryn Palladino, Esq.
kpalladino@lasp.org
484-209-0892

  • County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery
  • Area of law: Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Elder Law, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Health, Housing, Public Benefits, Protection from Abuse; Eviction Defense, Divorce; Elder Law (wills, powers of attorney and living wills) and Unemployment Compensation
  • Populations Served: Children, Communities of Color, Domestic Violence Victims, Elderly, General Public, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals with criminal histories, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Low Income, Military/Veterans, Native Americans, Persons with Disabilities, State Residents, Women, Working poor and unemployed
  • Opportunities For: Interpreters, Law Students, Lawyers, Nonlitigation Projects, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
  • Need for non-English services: Afrikaans, Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Levantine), Bosnian, Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, Estonian, Filipino, Gujarati, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
  • Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Monday-Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm and clinics and outreach events on evenings and weekends
  • Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
  • Training Provided: Yes
  • Training Required: No
  • CLE credit for trainings: Yes
  • CLE credit for pro bono: Yes
  • CLE pro bono comments: Through the PA CLE Board Pro Bono Pilot project, attorneys may receive one (1) CLE credit hour for every five (5) hours of pro bono service completed. A maximum of three hours may be applied per compliance period.
  • 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), Client intake and screening, Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Legal Research, Litigation: Impact, Prepare legal education materials, Translate legal documents
  • Long Distance Opportunities: Conduct Research, Draft or Translate Legal Documents, Virtual/remote clinics
  • Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes
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