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
RENE ALEXANDER ACOSTA IS SWORN IN AS THE 27TH SECRETARY OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Rene Alexander "Alex" Acosta (born January 16, 1969) is an attorney, dean, and politician who is the 27th and current…
HEAP Cooling Assistance Program begins TODAY!
Alex Ryley Director, Elderly Project Dear Friends,Happy May Day! Today's not only the first day of May, but also the…
4 Inspiring Stories of Equal Pay Fights in the Last Year
Federal law is slow in minimizing the gender wage gap. However, on a state-level and societal level we can bring…
VOLS Board Member Cyrus Mehta on Fox News
VOLS Board member Cyrus Mehta, founder of Cyrus D. Mehta & Partners PLLC, spoke eloquently against discriminating against all immigrants because…
Liz Markuci, VOLS Immigration Project Director, Featured In An Interview With Pro Bono Institute
Liz Markuci, VOLS Immigration Project Director, was featured in an interview with Pro Bono Institute for their weekly Pro Bono Happy…
Legal services in danger under Trump’s budget proposal.
"President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget eliminates funding for the Legal Services Corp. In his first budget proposal released Thursday, Trump…
