VOLS Monthly Newsletter

What Comes Next?

Since becoming VOLS Pro Bono Director, I am consistently inspired by New York City’s community of legal service providers and pro bono attorneys and professionals. This month, we hosted the fourth annual VOLS Pro Bono Partners Convening, bringing together a packed house of pro bono leaders from New York City’s law firms, companies and legal service organizations. At the center of the day was the question: What comes next for our clients, pro bono programs, and collaborations? Co-facilitators guided small groups through deep conversation on how to maximize the impact of pro bono to help close the access to justice gap in New York City. Based on conversations, participants were encouraged to identify one existing initiative they would aim to double down on and one new idea to pursue for their pro bono program in 2026. We look forward to working together to move these visions forward for New Yorkers.

Best,

Stephanie Taylor
Pro Bono Director

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January Project Updates

VOLS Microenterprise Project (MEP) was on-site at the NYC Department of Small Business Services NYC Contracting Summit in Brooklyn alongside pro bono attorneys from Davis Polk & Wardwell. The team met with entrepreneurs and small business owners to provide clinic consultations on transactional legal matters to help their businesses thrive.

VOLS Benefits Law Project (BLP) held a rent freeze clinic at Leonard Covello Older Adult Center alongside pro bono attorneys from Paul, Weiss. The team also held a SCRIE/DRIE training for pro bono attorneys from Con Edison.

VOLS Immigration Project (IP) held weekly virtual briefings on changing immigration law and policy for our volunteer attorneys. IP will resume our regular screening clinics for immigrant families in February.

VOLS Incarcerated Mothers Law Project (IMLP) worked with volunteer attorneys from DLA Piper, Fried Frank, and NBC Sports to provide education, advocacy, and counsel at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility and held a legal clinic at Taconic Correctional Facility supported by volunteer attorneys from Akin Gump, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Freshfields, and Paul, Weiss.

VOLS Senior Law Project (SLP) held an execution clinic alongside pro bono attorneys from Morrison & Foerster and conducted a presentation for older adults supported by the West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing. The team also held a presentation focused on life planning documents with the Community Agency for Senior Citizens. This new community partnership and training were made possible with funding from The Staten Island Foundation.


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