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
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…
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,…
