Client Centered. Community Focused. Pro Bono Powered.
VOLS provides free civil legal services to low-income New Yorkers through close partnerships with community-based organizations, law firms and companies. Our vision is access to justice for every New Yorker.
Our Services
VOLS’ free legal services support New Yorkers with limited access to resources as they face their civil legal challenges.
Our legal programs support older adults with incapacity and life planning, immigrant young people and families navigating immigration laws, individuals seeking access to public benefits, small business owners with transactional legal challenges, and incarcerated mothers with family law questions.
What's New At VOLS
VOLS Testified at Joint Hearing of City Council Committees on Veterans & Aging
VOLS Legal Director Peter Kempner testified before a joint hearing of the New York City Council’s Committees on Veterans and…
VOLS Applauds $2.1B Excluded Workers Fund in NYS Budget Act
Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) applauds the creation of a first-of-its-kind, $2.1B Excluded Workers Fund in the FY 2022 Enacted…
Elderly Project/Veterans Initiative Newsletter Archive
Please find the latest text only version of our VOLS Elderly Project and Veterans Initiative newsletters below. You can access…
Guide to COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021
UPDATE 12/6/21: The eviction moratorium for commercial and residential tenants has been extended to January 15, 2022. The information and…
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…
