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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 Staff Attorney Jess Penkoff Testifies at City Council Hearing on Expansion of Right to Counsel
On January 25th, 2021, VOLS' Staff Attorney for Housing Rights & Special Populations, Jess Penkoff, testified before the New York…
VOLS Prevents Eviction of Two Generation Veteran Household, Co-counsels with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
About forty years ago, Mr. Hernandez[i], an honorably discharged Army veteran in his 30s, fell in love with Ms. Ortega,…
December Pro Bono Newsletter
Over the past year, you and your firms and companies have shown an extraordinary response to the legal challenges facing…
Attorney Spotlight: Meet Imran Hossain
For VOLS Microenterprise Project staff attorney Imran Hossain, his journey into public interest law was a surprise. As a law…
Protecting NYC’s Unemployed Workers: Our Report
During the COVID-19 crisis, it is not only the spikes in positive virus tests, deaths, and hospitalizations that have come…
Fighting for NYC’s Immigrant Youth: Our Report
Dear Friends of Volunteers of Legal Service: It has been a trying four years for immigrant communities as a result…
