Do you want to volunteer to provide pro bono legal assistance? No matter what your practice or practice setting is, there are opportunities for you. Through the resources linked below, you will find the program, the case, the issue and the location best suited for your needs and interests.

Find a Pro Bono Opportunity

• No matter where you live or work, there is a pro bono program that will be of interest to you and that needs your help. To find the program that is best for you, use The National Pro Bono Volunteer Opportunities Guide, a joint project of the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, its project, the ABA Center for Pro Bono, and Pro Bono Net.

• If you are a retired lawyer, a lawyer in career transition or scaling back your practice, and you are interested in opportunities to do pro bono or public service work, you will be interested in the American Bar Association Second Season of Service. Many Bar Associations are also providing volunteer opportunities for senior lawyers, for example The Senior Lawyer Public Interest Project of the DC Bar.
• People, businesses and organizations affected by the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes remain in desperate need of legal assistance. You can help by clicking here. Volunteer for Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief

• Do you want to help the children in your community who need legal representation? Click here. Directory of Programs Serving Children

• If you are a paralegal, or if you know a paralegal, who wants to volunteer to do pro bono, click here. Paralegals and Pro Bono

• Your state or local bar association has a pro bono committee or program that needs your assistance, and you can find more by clicking here. Your local and/or state bar association

• There are legal aid and legal services providers in your community that have pro bono and other programs that will be of interest to you and enable you to serve the poor in your community. Find more information here. Your local legal aid/legal services office

• The American Bar Association supports a plethora of pro bono programs and you can learn more about them here.ABA Sections, Divisions & Committees

• And here. ABA Pro Bono activities in the Section Officers Conference (SOC)

• And here. ABA Pro Bono activities outside of the SOC

• Are you at a point in your career that affords you the time to do pro bono work in another country, or can you assist international programs from your home community? If so, learn more about international pro bono programs here. Volunteer for International Pro Bono

• The American Bar Association's Volunteer Legal Project ("VLP") was created in 1986 to assist the ABA's lawyer staff in fulfilling their professional obligation to perform pro bono service. Over the years, lawyers have provided legal services to numerous indigent clients in matters involving bankruptcy, divorce, custody, adoptions, guardianships, public benefits, wills and other matters. Read more about the VLP here. Volunteer Legal Project -- Pro Bono for Staff of the American Bar Association

  If you are a lawyer employed by the ABA and wish to participate in this program,

For more information on pro bono opportunities, you may contact the ABA Center for Pro Bono at (312) 988-5759 or .