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 Submitted Testimony for NYC Council on Aging and Public Housing
Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) Legal Director, Peter Kempner, submitted testimony yesterday to a joint hearing of the New York…
VOLS Microenterprise Team Publishes Article in New York State Bar Association Pro Bono Newsletter
Mai Toyohara (2020-21 AmeriCorps VISTA) and Arthur Kats (VOLS Microenterprise Project Director) recently published an article in the New York…
VOLS Files Amicus Brief in Appellate Court Seeking to Uphold Small Business Protections
In August of 2020, the federal district court in Manhattan accepted the VOLS Microenterprise Project’s “friend of the court” brief (also known as an amicus brief), in support of…
Understanding the New American Rescue Plan
The VOLS Unemployed Worker's Project applauds the passage and signing into law of the American Rescue Plan Act, which extends eligibility…
VOLS Testifies at City Council Hearing on Preliminary Budget for Veterans
On Tuesday, March 23, VOLS' Legal Director Peter Kempner spoke at a hearing of the New York City Council's Committee…
VOLS Elderly Project Director Joins Village View NORC Advisory Board
Elderly Project Director Peter Kempner has been invited to become a member of the Village View NORC Advisory Board. Village…
