National Pro Bono Opportunities Guide
Counsel for Child Abuse and Neglect (CCAN)
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Wilma Brier , brierwa@dcsc.gov
Covenant House of Washington
- Area of law: Employment, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Life Planning, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: 202-610-9602
D.C. Appleseed Center for Law & Justice
- Area of law: Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Environmental
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: info@dcappleseed.org , 202-289-8007
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center
- Contact: 202.626.3475
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center Advice and Referral Clinic
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Taxes, Personal Injury
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: 202-737-4700
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center Nonprofit & Small Business Legal Assistance Programs
- Area of law: Community Development, Nonprofit Organizations, Project Finance, Real Estate/Housing Development, Tenant Association, Tenant Building Purchase, Commercial Lease, Real Estate Settlement, Environmental & Land Use, Small Businesses
- Contact: npsb@dcbar.org , 202-737-4700
D.C. Employment Justice Center
- Area of law: Employment
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Heather Kryzak , hkryzak@dcejc.org
D.C. Family Court Self Help Center
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: John King , John.King@dcsc.gov , 202-879-0096
D.C. Law Students in Court Program
- Area of law: Consumer, Housing, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Moses Cook , MCook@dclawstudents.org
DC Earned Income Tax Credit Campaign
- Area of law: Public Benefits, Taxes
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Nonlitigation Projects, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Adam Perry , volunteer@dceitc.org , 202-419-1442
DC Volunteer Lawyers Project
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile, Domestic Violence, Guardian at Litem, Foster Parent & Caregiver Advocacy
- Opportunities for: Lawyers
- Contact: Chetherington@dcvlp.org
Dispute Resolution Division of the Court
- Area of law: Mediation
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Kitty Huggins
DVLEAP
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Joan Meier , jmeier@law.gwu.edu
Federal Public Defender for the District of Columbia
- Area of law: Criminal Appeals
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: 202-208-7500
George Washington University Community Legal Clinics
- Area of law: Consumer, Family & Juvenile, Immigration & Naturalization, Public Benefits
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: 202-994-7463
Howard University School of Law Criminal Center
- Area of law: Criminal Appeals, Housing
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Tamara Meekins , 202-806-8082
Human Rights First Asylum Representation Program
- Area of law: Immigration & Naturalization
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Candice Hunt , huntc@humanrightsfirst.org
Institutional Services Program of the DC PDS
- Area of law: Prisoners
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: Brian Roberts , broberts@pdsdc.org
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- Area of law: Disability, Health
- Opportunities for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
- Contact: 202-467-5730
Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia
- Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Public Benefits, Foreclosure
- Opportunities for: Law Students, Lawyers
- Contact: Sylvia Soltis , soltis@legalaiddc.org
The National Pro Bono Opportunities Guide is a joint project of the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, its project the ABA Center for Pro Bono, and Pro Bono Net.
