Volunteers of Legal Service

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.

The VOLS Model begins by identifying pressing civil legal issues affecting New Yorkers. We structure our programs, staff, and pro bono resources around these needs. Our approach is continually refined through feedback and guidance from the communities we serve, ensuring our efforts effectively address our clients’ civil legal challenges. We are a Pro Bono First Organization – every VOLS project and initiative is designed to maximize support for our clients by incorporating pro bono volunteers from private law firms and companies. That’s how one VOLS attorney becomes many. We can take more cases, serve more New Yorkers, and tap into more resources for our clients than we could through our nonprofit staff alone.