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
Your Guide to Welfare poster now available
Daer Friends, The Safety Net Project of the Urban Justice Center along with the Center for Urban Pedagogy and design…
Back to life-planning documents basics: the HEALTHCARE PROXY
Dear Friends, Welcome to the third installment in my series of e-mails on the subject of "Life-Planning Documents," which include…
A Student Describes How VOLS’ Dream Not Deferred Project Made Her “Proud and Worry-Free”
"I moved to the United States in 2011. It was a difficult time for me because I was undergoing a…
When landlords refuse a rent check sent by a pooled trust
As we know, the pooled trust is a great way for a senior with excess income and/or assets to qualify…
Microenterprise Project Partner Named Winner of NYCEDC’s Competition THRIVE
In January 2015, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) named the South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (SoBRO)…
Lenox Hill Pooled Trust Project has space for 10 new clients
Dear Friends,The Lenox Hill Neighborhood House has announced that it has space for ten new clients in its Pooled Supplemental Needs…
