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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
New York Law Journal Names Two VOLS Volunteers As “Lawyers Who Lead By Example”
VOLS is proud to announce that just before the start of National Pro Bono Week, the New York Law Journal chose…
Skadden Arps Donates Backpacks and Promotes Awareness About Pro Bono Legal Services
Happy winner of a backpack! Stuffing the backpacks at Skadden. In September, during back to school orientation programs at DREAM Charter School, Skadden delivered…
VOLS Microenterprise Project Celebrates Pro Bono Week
Founder of Sweet Loren’s Highlights the Importance of Pro Bono Legal Assistance to Her Growing Business “[Pro bono legal assistance]…
VOLS Microenterprise Project Celebrates Pro Bono Week
Founder of Sweet Loren’s Highlights the Importance of Pro Bono Legal Assistance to Her Growing Business “[Pro bono legal assistance]…
Film Screening, Thursday, October 23, “What I Want My Words To Do To You”
Check out a screening of the film, "What I want my words to do to you" that brings us into…
The heat is on! Or is it?
Dear Friends, Yesterday evening as the radiators in my apartment were hissing away, I thought about the many elderly tenants…