Client Centered. Community Focused. Pro Bono Powered.
VOLS partners with New York City’s community organizations, law firms and companies
to provide free civil legal services to New Yorkers with limited access to resources.
Our Services
VOLS’ free legal services support New Yorkers with limited access to resources as they face their civil legal challenges.
VOLS works with older adults, immigrant youth, individuals seeking public benefits, small business owners, and incarcerated mothers.
What's New At VOLS
VOLS testifies at New York City Council Committee on General Welfare – February 28, 2022
On February 28, 2022, VOLS’ Staff Attorney, Imran Hossain testified at a hearing on the “Impact of the Expiration of…
VOLS Newsletter: February 2022
February News: The Stories of Our City As we prepare for Volunteers of Legal Service's New York, Together Gala 2022:…
VOLS Unemployed Workers Immigrant Client Story: Ms. M wins unemployment repayment case
VOLS is proud to extend our Unemployed Workers Project’s services to immigrant New Yorkers, providing increased access to eligible Unemployment…
VOLS submits testimony to New York State Budget Hearing for the #FundExcludedWorkers campaign
VOLS Unemployed Workers Project has joined the campaign to refund the Excluded Workers Fund (#FundExcludedWorkers) in the amount of $3…
VOLS Guide to e-filing for Pro Se Small Business Defendants
In early Fall 2021, the VOLS Microenterprise Project team began working with the Fordham Law Small Business Society on a…