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ALBANY, NY (04/04/2017)(readMedia)-- The Brooklyn Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) has been honored with the New York State Bar Association's 2017 Angelo T. Cometa Award for its longtime commitment to recruiting and
training volunteer attorneys for pro bono work.
Not exact matches
A coalition of groups joined Ms. James to announce monthly clinics to
train attorneys who would like to
volunteer to represent children in federal immigration court, and set up a «help desk» in federal court to provide the children with resources and representation.
At 9:30 a.m., Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, Commissioner of Health Gale Burstein, U.S.
Attorney for the Western District William Hochul and police chiefs make a plea for
volunteers to help combat the region's ongoing opioid abuse epidemic, Erie County Fire
Training Academy, 3359 Broadway St., Cheektowaga.
More than 350
trained volunteers will be answering calls over the course of the week and immigration
attorneys will oversee the operation and provide assistance to
volunteers when needed.
That project
attorney will conduct four «know - your - rights»
training for veterans and mentor private
volunteer attorneys.
Several times during the year we provide CLE
training for our
volunteer attorneys.
He has also been instrumental in helping Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida recruit and
train other
volunteer attorneys.
He
trained law students from Florida A&M University and other
volunteer attorneys in housing counseling and foreclosure litigation; served as a liaison between Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida and the FAMU College of Law; attended Alex Sink Foreclosure Workshops throughout the CLSMF service area, coordinated efforts with other nonprofits;
volunteered at foreclosure legal advice clinics where clients were provided legal advice and pro se assistance with foreclosure pleadings; appeared at summary judgment hearings; provided full representation; co-counseled with staff
attorneys; and counseled clients during mediations.
After completion of the pilot, in 2015 Trusch conducted another collaborative law
training for in - house corporate
attorneys interested in
volunteering for the program, and she and Emmott refined the standardized forms used in the project.
Sherrie Abney conducted a collaborative law
training on behalf of the Section for staff paralegals through the Dallas
Volunteer Attorneys Program, and
volunteer collaborative lawyers are being solicited to provide pro bono collaborative law services to eligible clients in family law and civil disputes alike through DVAP and Legal Aid of Northwest Texas.
The project requires that one of the
attorneys be an experienced collaborative lawyer, while the other can be newly
trained, less experienced
volunteer attorney.
The legal fellow will assist in developing a
training program for pro bono
attorneys volunteering at the court self - help center.
The Women's Bar Foundation recruits,
trains, and mentors
volunteer attorneys to respond to more than 2,000 calls for assistance from low - income individuals throughout Massachusetts annually.
(PLEASE NOTE this is only for
attorneys who wish to
volunteer): Click here
Training:
Volunteer Manual and
Training Materials Available.
(PLEASE NOTE this is only for
attorneys who wish to
volunteer): Click here
Training: CLE
Training Materials Available.
We provide
training, administrative support, translation services and malpractice coverage to all
volunteer attorneys, as well as the option to reserve a space in the Legal Aid office or work in a remote location that suits you.
A Fellow will work in Honolulu this summer with The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii where they will help develop
training programs for pro bono
attorneys volunteering at the Honolulu's court self - help center.
Train pro bono
attorneys,
volunteers, and service provider organizations on how to identify survivors of human trafficking and provide trauma informed care to this population
Volunteers began the day with an hour and a half
training session led by
attorneys from DLA Piper.
The Housing Court's
Volunteer Lawyers Program offers free Continuing Legal Education (CLE) certified
training to
attorneys who agree to
volunteer in the Court's Help Centers by giving unrepresented litigants legal advice and information.
The Pro Bono Center recruits,
trains, and mobilizes
volunteer attorneys to take pro bono cases serving individuals living in poverty who are at risk of losing their homes, their livelihoods, and their families.
The
volunteer attorneys have been
trained in election administration by the Secretary of the State's office, and have signed an agreement that they will not act in a partisan way on Election Day.