More than 70 percent of low-income New Yorkers must face serious legal challenges, such as eviction, deportation, and termination of government benefits alone, without a lawyer.
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By focusing on recruiting and training hundreds of volunteer lawyers each year, our small staff is able to multiply its impact, and provide pro bono legal services to thousands of low-income New Yorkers.
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Enabling New York City's Leading Law Firms to Serve Low-Income New Yorkers

VOLS' mission is to leverage the good will, resources, and talents of New York City's leading law firms to provide pro bono legal assistance to low-income New Yorkers.  By recruiting, training, and supporting volunteer lawyers, we are able to multiply our impact significantly.  

In 2016, our ten-person staff enabled 1,000 volunteer lawyers from 50 firms to provide 18,000 hours of pro bono legal assistance benefitting 3,000 low-income New Yorkers on critical issues including immigration, elder law, family law, housing, government benefits, and community economic development.