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
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2017
The United Nations’ 2017 focuses on “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030”. "The world of…
WALL STREET, MEET FEARLESS GIRL
State Street Global Advisors Calls on 3,500 Companies Representing More Than $30 Trillion in Market Capitalization to Increase Number of…
Dirty Waltz Band Show Benefits VOLS
The fabulous Dirty Waltz Band decided to donate all of the proceeds from its recent show at Jalopy in Brooklyn to support Volunteers of Legal…
Lawyers Grapple With New Hardline Attitude in Trump-Era Immigration Court
Read the article on Gothamist.com
Online “iAppeals” now available for SSI suspensions and reductions
Alex Ryley Director, Elderly Project As of December 2016, an individual who wants to appeal a decision by the Social…
New Legal Aid immigration hotline can provide information on ICE raids and enforcement
Alex Ryley Director, Elderly Project Some of your clients, or their families, may be coming to you with concerns about…
