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Pro Bono Opportunities in SE Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton and Berks Counties)

Philadelphia VIP, Pro Bono Legal Services and LawWorks, a Project of VIP (P)

  • Area of law: Consumer, Education, Family & Juvenile, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Taxes, Probate, Real Estate, Special Education and School Discipline, and Tort Defense
  • Contact: Joseph Durkin (jdurkin@phillyvip.org, 215-523-9557); Nina Josephson (njosephson@phillyvip.org)

AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

  • Area of law: Consumer, Employment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Adoption, Bankruptcy, Breaches of Confidentiality, Discrimination Claims, Insurance, Landlord/Tenant, Real Estate, Torts
  • Projects for: Law Students, Lawyers
  • Contact: Ronda Goldfein, goldfein@aidslawpa.org, 215-587-9377

American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

  • Area of law: Civil Rights, Criminal Appeals, Disability, Immigration & Naturalization, Prisoners, Death Penalty, Cyber Liberties; Free Speech; Patriot Act; Privacy; Racial Justice; Religious Liberty; Reproductive Freedom; Security & Civil Liberties; Student & Youth Rights; Voting Issues
  • Contact: info@aclupa.org  

Chester County Bar Association - Access to Justice Program (C)

  • Area of law: Simple Wills; Power of Attorney; Living Wills; Bankruptcy; Landlord-Tenant; Elder Law; Custody and Visitation; No Asset Divorce
  • Contact: 610-692-1889  (*no email address*)

Community Impact Legal Services (M,C,D,B)

  • Area of law: Community Development, Consumer, Housing, Bankruptcy
  • Contact: info@cilspa.org , 610-380-7111 Community

Justice Project (M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

  • Area of law: Civil Rights, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Housing,Childcare, Transportation, Welfare
  • Contact: Larry Norton, lnorton@palegalaid.net, 717-236-9486

Community Legal Services, Inc. (P)

  • Area of law: Disability, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Utilities, Bankruptcy, Food Stamps, Medical Assistance, Welfare
  • Contact: info@clsphila.org, 215-981-3700

Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project (P)

  • Area of law: Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
  • Contact: Mary Anne Lucey, malluce@gmail.com, 215-523-9511

Disabilities Rights Network of Pennsylvania (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

  • Area of law: Disability, disability discrimination law including employment, housing, post-secondary education, access to community services, health care, architectural barriers, abuse and neglect, and rights of persons in institutions
  • Contact: drnpa-phila@drnpa.org, 215-238-8070

Education Law Center - Pennsylvania (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

Education Law Center - Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Office) (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

  • Area of law: Education
  • Contact: Shari Mamas, smamas@elc-pa.org, 412-391-5225; x2122

Equality Advocates Pennsylvania (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

  • Area of law: Equality Advocates offers assistance on over 30 distinct issues including: child custody; support and visitation; second-parent adoptions; and the and the need for legal documents, such as wills powers of attorney, as well as employment discrimination.
  • Contact: Stacey Sobel, lzeitlin@equality.org or info@equalitypa.org, 215-731-1447, x10

Friends of Farmworkers (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

  • Area of law: Housing, Public Benefits,Discrimination, Work Conditions, Wage Payment, Workers' Rights, Work Place Safety, Employment and Labor Law, Landlord/Tenant Law, Social Security, Disability and Benefits Law, Immigration Law, Workers Compensation
  • Contact: Karen Detamore, kdetamore@friendsfw.org, 215-733-0878 or 800-729-1607

HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia (P)

  • Area of law: Immigration & Naturalization
  • Contact: Judith Bernstein-Baker, hiasphl@hiaspa.org, 215-832-0900

Homeless Advocacy Project (P)

  • Area of law: Health, Homeless, Housing, Public Benefits, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Child Custody, Support, Visitation, Divorce, Records, Trusts & Estates
  • Contact: Marsha Cohen, marsha@philalegal.org, 215-523-9595

Juvenile Law Center (P)

  • Area of law: Family & Juvenile Projects for: Law Students
  • Contact: Laval Miller-Wilson, lwilson@jlc.org, 215-625-0551

Lawyering Together: Villanova University School of Law's Pro Bono Project (P,M)

  • Area of law: Consumer, Family & Juvenile, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Personal Injury Projects for: Law Students, Lawyers
  • Contact: Elizabeth Dunn, dunn@law.villanova.edu, 610-519-7228

Legal Clinic for the Disabled (P,M,C,D,B)

Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania (M,C,D,B)

  • Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Housing, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Domestic Violence, Government Benefits, Landlord/Tenant
  • Contact:  (*no email address*)

MidPenn Legal Services - Reading Office (Br)

  • Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Housing, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Domestic Violence Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
  • Contact: Benjamin Hooper, bhooper@midpenn.org, 610-376-8656

Military Assistance Program - Philadelphia Bar Association (P)

  • Area of law: Veterans Projects for: Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
  • Contact: Charles Klitsch, iris@philabar.org, 215-238-6388

Montgomery Child Advocacy Project (MCAP) (M)

  • Area of law: Family & Juvenile Projects for: Non-litigation Projects, Lawyers
  • Contact: Mary Pugh, marypugh@mcapkids.org, 610-279-1219

National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

  • Contact: 215-351-0010  (*no email address*)

Nationalities Service Center (P,M,C,D,B)

  • Area of law: Immigration & Naturalization; all areas of immigration law except employment-based applications, with an emphasis on family immigration, asylum, deportation defense and domestic violence cases.
  • Contact: Dennis Mulligan, dmulligan@nationalitiesservice.org, 215-893-8400, x132

North Penn Legal Services - Bethlehem Office (L,N)

  • Area of law: Consumer, Disability, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Housing, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Domestic Violence Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
  • Contact: Suzanne Moschini, smoschini@northpennlegal.org, 610-317-8757

North Philadelphia Christian Legal Aid Program (P)

  • Area of law:  General -- serves clients of the Ayuda Community Center in N. Philly Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
  • Contact: Pete Hileman, phileman@dhdlaw.com, 215-348-2088

Pennsylvania Farmworker Project (C)

Pennsylvania Health Law Project (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

  • Area of law: Disability, Health, Public Benefits, Elder Law
  • Contact: mcampbell@phlp.org

Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

  • Area of law: Immigration & Naturalization, Defenses from Removal/Deportation, with an emphasis on asylum, withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture. Projects for: Law Students, Lawyers
  • Contact: Angela Edris-Eveler, aeveler@pirclaw.org or info@pirclaw.org, 717-600-8099, x202

Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

Pennsylvania Utility Law Project (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

Philadelphia Christian Legal Aid Program (P)

  • Area of law:  General -- serves the needs of clients of the Salvation Army West Philadelphia facility and other Salvation Army stations throughout the Delaware Valley Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
  • Contact: Dennis Abrams, dennis@lowabram.com, 610-667-7511

Philadelphia LawWorks (P)

  • Area of law: Community Development, Housing Projects for: Law Students, Lawyers
  • Contact: Stefanie Fleischer Seldin, sfseldin@phillyvip.org, 215-523-9550

Philadelphia Legal Assistance (P)

  • Area of law: Consumer, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Public Benefits, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy
  • Contact: Anita Santos, info@philalegal.org, 215-981-3800

Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (PVLA), a program of the Arts + Business Council of Greater Philadelphia (P,M,C,D,B, L, Br)

  • Area of law: Arts, arts-related transactional and litigation issues affecting artists and arts and cultural organizations, including arts and entertainment law, intellectual property, contract review and drafting, landlord/tenant and real estate law, tax law, and other areas Projects for: Lawyers
  • Contact: Miriam DeChant, Esq., mdechant@artsandbuisnessphila.org or info@artsandbusinessphila.org, 215-790-3836

Philadelphia Volunteers for the Indigent (P)

  • Area of law: General Projects for: Lawyers
  • Contact: Sara Woods, swoods@phillyvip.org, 215-523-9550

Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia (P)

  • Area of law: Disability, Education, Employment, Housing, Additional need for partners in systemic litigation, research in areas of civil rights, Medicaid, IDEA; corporate and tax advice to organizations on an as-needed basis; factual research. Projects for: Lawyers
  • Contact: Jennifer Clarke, jclarke@pilcop.org, 215-627-7100

Senior Law Center (P)

  • Area of law: Housing, Elder Law, Consumer Protection, Advance & Estate Planning (simple wills, powers of attorney, advance health care directives, probate), Family Law (custody & support, primarily for grandparents & other elders raising children)
  • Contact: Karen Buck, kbuck@seniorlawcenter.org, 215-701-3201

Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight (SCRUB ) (P)

  • Area of law: Community Development, Representation of community groups and citizens in zoning cases filed in local, state and federal court Projects for: Lawyers
  • Contact: Mary Tracy, scrub@urbanlight.org, 215-731-1775

Support Center for Child Advocates (P)

  • Area of law: Family & Juvenile, Child abuse and neglect
  • Contact: Beth Perez, LSW, Esq., bperez@sccalaw.org, 267-546-9228

The Center for Disability Law and Policy (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

  • Area of law: Disability, Employment Contact: John Smith, info@equalemployment.org The Pro Bono Project - Delaware County (D) Area of law: Non-emergency cases
  • Contact: Del. County Legal Assistance Ass'n, 610-874-8421 (*no email address*)

Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program (P,M,C,D,B,L,N,Br)

  • Area of law: Veterans Projects for: Lawyers
  • Contact: mail@vetsprobono.org, 202-628-8164 or 888-838-7727

Women Against Abuse Legal Center (P)

Women's Law Project (P)

Pro Bono Opportunities in Delaware
(Kent, New Castle and Sussex Counties) 

Community Legal Aid Society (Dover) (K)

  • Area of law: Community Development, Consumer, Disability, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Domestic Violence
  • Contact: clasincc@declasi.org, 302-674-8500

Community Legal Aid Society (Georgetown) (S)

  • Area of law: Community Development, Consumer, Disability, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Domestic Violence
  • Contact: clasincc@declasi.org, 302-856-0038

Community Legal Aid Society (Wilmington) (NC)

  • Area of law: Community Development, Consumer, Disability, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Domestic Violence
  • Contact: clasincc@declasi.org, 302-575-0660

Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, Inc. (County coverage unclear)

  • Area of law: Civil Rights, Consumer, Disability, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Homeless, Housing, Life Planning, Prisoners, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Veterans
  • Contact: dvls@delanet.com, 302-478-8680

Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc. (Wilmington) (NC)

  • Area of law: Consumer, Housing, Public Benefits, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Taxes
  • Contact: feedback@lscd.com, 302-575-0408

Mission Legal Aid Clinic (Wilmington) (NC)

  • Area of law:  General -- serves the clients of the Sunday Breakfast Mission Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Lawyers
  • Contact: Tom Laymon, tlaymon@sundaybreakfastmission.org, 302-652-8314

Office Of The Child Advocate (County coverage unclear)

Pro Bono Opportunities in South/Central New Jersey
(Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and Salem Counties) 

New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (County coverage unclear)

  • Area of law: Arts Projects for: Nonlitigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
  • Contact: info@njvla.org

Ocean-Monmouth Legal Services (O)

  • Area of law: Civil Rights, Community Development, Consumer, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Housing, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Domestic Violence, Wills, Trusts and Estates Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Non-litigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
  • Contact: Susan Brown, sbrown@lsnj.org, 732-866-0020, x7212

Rutgers/LEAP Project - Rutgers University School Of Law  (County coverage unclear)

South Jersey Legal Services (A,B,C,CM,Cb,G,S)

  • Area of law: Civil Rights, Community Development, Consumer, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Prisoners, Public Benefits, Elder Law, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Taxes, Veterans, Domestic Violence, Wills, Trusts and Estates Projects for: Paralegals, Law Students, Non-litigation Projects, Mentors, Lawyers, Senior Lawyers
  • Contact: Kate Myers, kmyers@lsnj.org, 856-451-0003, x475
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