Client Centered. Community Focused. Pro Bono Powered.
Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) seeks to ensure that every New Yorker has access to justice by mobilizing pro bono and community partnerships to provide free civil legal services that protect rights and expand opportunities.
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
Free air conditioners via HEAP cooling assistance!
Dear Friends,After several conversations with the office of the Director of the HEAP program, I am pleased to be able…
Goodwin Procter, Sam Adams, and KIND to Offer Free Business Coaching
On June 10th at 5:30 p.m., Goodwin Procter will host an evening of networking, ideas and business and legal resources for small businesses and…
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…
