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
WNYC News, Last Day for Sandy Victims to Apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance
WNYC Article: Last Day for Sandy Victims to Apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance
Nelson Gutierrez Wins City Bar’s Civil Legal Services Award
Nelson Gutierrez, the paralegal in VOLS' Elderly Project, appeared on the front page of the New York Law Journal in…
VOLS Holds Deferred Action Clinic For Immigrant Students
Recently, attorneys volunteering through VOLS' Immigration Project completed deferred action applications for 15 immigrant students. In addition to help preparing…
Volunteer Wins Legal Permanent Residency for Two Boys
James came to the United States from Nigeria to provide a better life for his family. In 2002, a few…
VOLS Holds Info Session of Obama Deferred Action Policy
On July 10, 2012, Liz Markuci, the Director of VOLS' Dream Not Deferred Project, met with 40 very hopeful students…
Law Firms Exceed One Million Hours of Pro Bono Service
The firms that take the Volunteers of Legal Service Pro Bono Pledge exceeded 1 million hours of pro bono service…
