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
Hello from Olga Medyukh, Director of the Unemployment Insurance Advocacy Project
Hello everyone! I wanted to let you know that I started as the new Director of VOLS’ Unemployment Insurance Advocacy…
Reminder: Medicare Part D Extra Help status should never end mid-year
Dear Friends, As you probably know, Medicare's Extra Help program helps certain Medicare recipients pay the cost of Medicare prescription…
Boddewyn Gaynor Architects, D.P.C. Designs Worth Street Headquarters for Volunteers of Legal Service
VOLS' new office has been featured in Citybizlist. Citybizlist Article: Boddewyn Gaynor Architects, D.P.C. Designs Worth Street Headquarters for Volunteers of…
Hello from Kelsey Ripper, New Microenterprise Project Director
I am thrilled to be the new Director of the Microenterprise Project here at VOLS. As I take on this…
Cardozo Law School legal clinic is looking for NYCHA/Section 8 tenants with cognitive impairments who’ve had problems re-certifying
Dear Friends, I am writing to pass along a query from Lezlie Salzman, the director of Cardozo Law School's Clinical…
Not every “Notice” deserves your notice
Dear Friends,Recently a senior brought me something that she’d received in the mail that really worried her. There was a…
