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
Harlem Grandma Finally Gets Green Card
The NY Daily News today ran an article on an immigration case that VOLS' Immigration Project Director and Fried Frankpro…
New VOLS Elderly Project referral forms and fax number
Dear Friends, I hope that you have all had a nice summer. I sure did, and now I'm looking forward…
MSNBC Covers VOLS Microenterprise Project Client
Yesterday, MSNBC aired this terrific story on how the Universal Hip Hop Museum, a client of VOLS’ Microenterprise Project, is bringing hip hop back…
Bringing Hip Hop Home to the Bronx
MSNBC aired a story on the Universal Hip Hop Museum, a client of VOLS’ Microenterprise Project. MSNBC Article: Bringing Hip Hop…
The Case for Pro Bono Support of Social Enterprises
Many of the entrepreneurs and small business owners in our Microenterprise Project have goals beyond making a profit, such as…
“But I don’t live there anymore!” Lawsuits seeking rent from former tenants are on the rise
Dear Friends,Yesterday I attended the summer meeting of the Consumer Advocates Task Force, which meets periodically at a Legal Aid…
