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
Interest Form for Unemployed Workers Project
Letter to NYS Department of Corrections: Make phone calls and emails free during COVID-19 in DOCCS facilities
The Volunteers of Legal Service Incarcerated Mothers Law Project supports The New York Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents in…
3/20/20 Follow-Up: Important Update for NYC Small Businesses Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dear Current & Former VOLS Microenterprise Project Clients: We are following up on our email on March 12, 2020 to provide you with…
Important Update for NYC Small Businesses Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dear Current & Former VOLS Microenterprise Project Clients: In light of the developing COVID-19 pandemic, we write to provide…
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…
