Client Centered. Community Focused. Pro Bono Powered.
Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) seeks to ensure that every New Yorker has access to justice by mobilizing pro bono and community partnerships to provide free civil legal services that protect rights and expand opportunities.
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 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…
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…
