The mission of Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) is to provide pro bono civil legal services to benefit poor people in New York City. We identify areas of legal need, develop projects to meet these needs, and recruit volunteer lawyers and law firms to provide the needed legal services.  VOLS serves these vulnerable New York City populations:

• children,
• the elderly poor,
• claimants denied unemployment insurance benefits,
• incarcerated mothers,
• persons with HIV/AIDS, and
• low-income microentrepreneurs.

VOLS also conducts outreach projects to the legal community to promote pro bono participation by lawyers.

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December 1, 2011

VOLS partners with White & Case, Community Pediatrics at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, and Pro Bono Net to create SocialNeedsRx.org, a referral database to legal, social and medical services in New York City. The website’s launch was announced in the New York Law Journal, Professional Services Team Launches Referral Website.

If you are an individual seeking legal assistance, go to www.lawhelp.org/ny. Law Help provides referrals to free legal services programs for low income New Yorkers, information about legal rights and links to social services and government agencies.