VLS refers low income people with legal problems to volunteer attorneys. VLS screens clients for financial eligibility, merit and program priorities. VLS volunteers are asked to represent one or two pro bono clients annually averaging 4 -10 hours per case. Volunteers can choose the areas of law and cases they will accept. Common referrals include guardianships, debt defense, landlord-tenant, foreclosure, tort defense and representation in an administrative hearing.
Mentors are available in most case areas.
Send an email to the VLS Managing Attorney , Martha Ehman for more info. I never cease to be amazed and humbled by those who have accepted the brutally defined finiteness of their own existence as just another reality. Each encounter leaves a new sense of what strengths we have and the preciousness of life. Most clients qualify for pro bono services. Volunteers include attorneys from all areas of practice.