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
Meet Abja Midha, VOLS’ New Executive Director
Dear Friends, On behalf of Volunteers of Legal Service, I am thrilled to announce that Abja Midha will be our…
VOLS Joins NHeLP on Amicus Brief in Doe v. Trump
VOLS is proud to join the National Health Law program (NHeLP) and 54 other organizations nationwide who submitted an amicus…
VOLS’ Jenifer Guzman Interviewed by CUNY TV’s “I am a Dreamer”
When we want progress, we want progress for all. And we don't want to leave other groups, other people behind.Jenifer…
Sara Effron Reflects on 33 Years at VOLS
It’s January, and a new year begins. Last week, our country witnessed the Inauguration of a new President, a change…
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,…
