Pro Bono Programs

The Latin term pro bono publico refers to free legal services for the public good. Pro bono is a long-standing tradition of the legal profession. New York City offers a number of pro bono programs, and some of the City's most prestigious law firms participate.Contact the programs listed below for referral to a volunteer lawyer.

Brooklyn Volunteer Lawyers Project Inc.
Brooklyn Bar Association
123 Remsen Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
(718)-624-3894
-Serves Kings County

Department of Pro Bono Affairs
(518)-487-5641
-Serves all of New York State

Queens Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.
90-35 148th Street
Jamaica, N.Y. 11435-4097
(718)-739-4100
-Serves Queens County Queens Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.

Pro Bono.Net/NY
URL: http://www.probono.net/

LawHelp.Org/NY
- From Pro Bono Net/NY, offers online help to low income New Yorkers solving legal problems", searchable by zipcode and by boro
URL: http://www.lawhelp.org/ny/

• The LawHelp.Org/NY site provides links to the following: Consumer, Education, Health, Immigration, Life Planning, Work, Disability, Family and JuvenileHousing, Individual Rights and Public Benefits

Southern District Pro Bono Panel
U.S. District Court
Southern District of New York
(212)-805-0175
-Serves New York County

United States Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit
Pro Bono Panel
(212)-857-8800
-Serves Second Circuit (New York, Connecticut and Vermont)