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 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…
VOLS Microenterprise Project Testimony to Committee on Small Business
On March 17th, 2021, VOLS Microenterprise Project Director Arthur Kats testified before the New York City Council Committee on Small…
VOLS Microenterprise Project Welcomes Pro Bono Scholar Parth Kalaria
VOLS Microenterprise Project Pro Bono Scholar Parth Kalaria has had a longstanding interest in the intersection of business and law.…
