Volunteer Experience
Here you will find information about the opportunities each pro bono provider has and the supports they provide for volunteers. When you are ready to sign up to volunteer, click here.
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Advocate Legal Senior Center |
Description of Pro Bono Program
Advocate Legal Senior Center provides Pro Bono Legal Services and Legal Services on a sliding scale. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider American Gateways |
Description of Pro Bono Program
American Gateway’s mission is to champion the dignity and human rights of immigrants, refugees, and survivors of persecution, torture, conflict and human trafficking through exceptional immigration legal services at no or low cost, education, and advocacy. We have three offices in Austin, San Antonio, and Waco and serve 23 central Texas counties, including 3 immigration detention centers and we have various pro bono opportunities focused on obtaining release for individuals detained by ICE and representation before the Immigration Court. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Austin Bar Association |
Description of Pro Bono Program
We need lawyers in all practice areas for our virtual veterans legal clinics. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Beacon Law |
Description of Pro Bono Program
Beacon Law provides free civil legal services to the homeless or those facing homelessness in areas that affect the ability to stabilize. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program |
Description of Pro Bono Program
The Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program recruits, trains, and supports volunteer attorneys to provide free, civil legal help to low-income people in Dallas County, Texas. DVAP volunteers provide advice and full representation in a variety of cases, including family, housing, landlord-tenant, real property, consumer, wills, expunctions and non-disclosures, probate, and more. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Disability Rights Texas |
Description of Pro Bono Program
Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) is the federally designated legal protection and advocacy agency (P&A) for people with disabilities in Texas. DRTx’s mission is to help people with disabilities understand and exercise their rights under the law and secure their full and equal participation in society. DRTx practices law in the areas of: ADA, employment, accessibility, voting rights, housing, transportation, disaster, COVID-19, healthcare, SDMA/alternatives to guardianship, vocational rehabilitation, and special education. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Houston Volunteer Lawyers |
Description of Pro Bono Program
The mission of Houston Volunteer Lawyers is to provide free civil legal services to low-income people in Harris County and to promote volunteerism among lawyers. Houston Volunteers Lawyers is bridging the legal gap between needs and solutions. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Jefferson County Bar Association (Pro Bono Program & Veterans Legal Initiative) |
Description of Pro Bono Program
The Pro Bono Program & Veterans Legal Initiative are services offered by the Jefferson County Bar Association that provides access to justice for low income residents of Southeast Texas who otherwise do not have the means to afford an attorney. The program serves the residents of Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty and Orange Counties. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas |
Description of Pro Bono Program
Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas provides free legal services in civil cases to low-income Texans across North and West Texas. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Lone Star Legal Aid |
Description of Pro Bono Program
Lone Star Legal Aid is the fourth largest service provider of free legal aid in the United States. LSLA serves 72 counties in Texas and four in Arkansas, and has 13 offices. LSLA provides services for a broad spectrum of legal needs. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Migrant Center for Human Rights |
Description of Pro Bono Program
Migrant Center for Human Rights helps detained immigrants process their cases and get released. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider San Antonio Legal Services Association |
Description of Pro Bono Program
SALSA mobilizes legal volunteers to transform the lives of those in need. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Tarrant County Bar Foundation |
Description of Pro Bono Program
Tarrant County Volunteer Attorney Services (TVAS) connects attorneys with low-income residents of Tarrant County through clinics. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Texas Advocacy Project |
Description of Pro Bono Program
Texas Advocacy Project works to prevent domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking throughout Texas through free legal services, access to the justice system, and education. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Texas Legal Services Center |
Description of Pro Bono Program
Texas Legal Services Center is a statewide nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide high-quality legal representation, advice, advocacy, and education at no cost to underserved people across the state. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Texas RioGrande Legal Aid |
Description of Pro Bono Program
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc. provides free legal services to approximately 23,000 low-income Texans in 68 southwestern counties including the entire Texas-Mexico border. TRLA attorneys specialize in more than 45 practice areas. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider The Alliance |
Description of Pro Bono Program
The Alliance is looking for pro bono attorneys to help address clients' COVID-19 related issues as well as to provide immigration services to victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. |
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Name of Pro Bono Provider Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas |
Description of Pro Bono Program
Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas (VLS) vision—poverty is not a barrier to justice—fuels our two-fold mission to: 1) help individuals access life-changing legal services by matching them with attorneys who donate their time and expertise to resolve civil legal issues; and 2) recruit, train, and support a growing network of dedicated pro bono attorneys |
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