Client Centered. Community Focused. Pro Bono Powered.
VOLS partners with New York City’s community organizations, law firms and companies
to provide free civil legal services to New Yorkers with limited access to resources.
Our Services
VOLS’ free legal services support New Yorkers with limited access to resources as they face their civil legal challenges.
VOLS works with older adults, immigrant youth, individuals seeking public benefits, small business owners, and incarcerated mothers.
What's New At VOLS
Work of Photographer, Sara Bennett, Featured in the Exhibition “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration” at the MoMA PS1
Photographer, Sara Bennett, a former criminal defense attorney, chronicles women during and after incarceration in her photography. Prints from her…
Lou Craco, Visionary: A Reflection by John Kiernan
Louis A. Craco, VOLS Co-Founder On February 15, the Volunteers of Legal Service family and New York City's legal community…
VOLS Testifies at New York City Council Oversight Hearing Committee on Housing and Buildings- February 24, 2020
On Monday, February 24th, 2020, VOLS testified at a City Council Hearing in support of two pieces of legislation that…
VOLS Mourns Loss Board Member Marcia Horowitz
VOLS Board Member Marcia Horowitz died of pancreatic cancer on February 10, 2020. Over a 41-year-career Marcia advised law firms,…
VOLS Testifies at New York City Council Committee on Finance and Aging Hearing on January 21, 2020
Elderly Project and Legal Director of Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS), Peter Kempner, did double duty on January 21st, 2020…
VOLS Opposes Proposed Rule That Would Eliminate Protections for LGBTQ Seniors
On December 19, 2019, Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) submitted a public comment, with the assistance of Kramer Levin Naftalis…
