The annual campaign raises money to purchase blankets and sleeping bags for non-profit homeless, battered women's, and temporary aid shelters in the San Fernando Valley. The blankets are distributed on Blanket the Homeless Day during the holiday season. BACK TO TOP Family Law Mediators Family law attorneys serve as volunteer mediators in the Van Nuys and San Fernando Courts. Volunteers must be able to compute spousal and child support. The San Fernando Valley Bar schedules attorneys to serve as Judge Pro Tems in the Northwest and North Valley Districts of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Volunteers hear default dissolutions and small claims matters.
In order to be considered for the Temporary Judge Program, attorneys must be admitted to the State Bar at least five years and attend a Court training program. The Legal Information Line is available free to the public 24 hours a day and provides general information on over 30 areas of law. The LRIS sponsors a program to provide quality legal advice to senior citizens. Volunteer attorneys staff the program at three Senior Centers in the San Fernando Valley. The cost for the initial twenty-minute consultation is ten dollars and legal matters which require further service may be handled on a reduced fee basis.