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
While in prison, Ms. A re-establishes contact with her daughter
Following is a case example from the VOLS Incarcerated Mothers Law Project. For over twenty-five years, pro bono attorneys working…
VOLS Hiring Staff Attorney for Elderly Project and Veterans Initiative
Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) seeks a full-time Staff Attorney to work in our Elderly Project with an emphasis on…
The New York Bar Foundation awards grant in support of the VOLS Elderly Project
The New York Bar Foundation recently awarded a grant of $10,000 to Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS), to be used…
VOLS urges US Dept of HHS to withdraw proposal to restrict health care access
This week Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS), with the assistance of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, submitted a public…
VOLS Opposes Change To Federal Public Charge Rule
Updated August 12, 2018: Today, the Trump Administration issued a new rule that shuts America’s doors to limited-resourced immigrants, those…
VOLS opposes HUD’s proposed rule to restrict housing eligibility for immigrant households
VOLS - Volunteers of Legal Service today submitted a public comment opposing the adoption a proposed rule* by the United…
