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
Microenterprise Project Launches Commercial Leasing Initiative
Update: Thank you too all of our partners and volunteers who helped us successfully educate so many entrepreneurs during our…
VOLS Board Member Jeffrey Trachtman Helps Win Landmark Expanding Rights of Non-Biological Parents
Working with a team of lawyers from Kramer Levin and Lambda Legal, VOLS Board member Jeffrey S. Trachtman helped win a landmark ruling from the…
VOLS Elderly Project Client Feels “Loved and Respected”
"I enjoyed working with my client on her life-planning documents. It felt great to provide her peace of mind in…
VOLS Supports New Commercial Tenant Anti-Harassment Law
On June 28, 2016, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law Intro 851, a commercial tenant anti-harassment bill that gives…
Attorneys React To High Court Tie In Immigration Actions Case
Law360 featured VOLS’ Liz Markuci's response to the US Supreme Court's decision on immigration made on June 23, 2016. Law360…
How the Supreme Court’s Immigration Decision will Affect Local Families
PIX11 News featured VOLS’ Liz Markuci and two clients and their reactions to the US Supreme Court's split 4-4 decision…
