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
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…
Serving Small Business: VOLS Microenterprise Project Report
For New York City’s small business owners, the impacts of COVID-19 were immediate and tangible. Public safety measures abruptly shuttered non-essential businesses, leaving…
Upcoming NYSBA Event: Drafting Key Life-Planning Documents
New York State Bar Association will be hosting an upcoming event "Drafting Key Life-Planning Documents During COVID-19." Elderly Project Director…
