Legal Aid staff attorneys and volunteer mentor attorneys, with expertise in relevant substantive law, are also at the clinic to advise and support the volunteers, if needed. Law students from area law schools are available to help with intake “triage.” During the summer months, many of the firms have summer associates who help with the intake triage for the clinic that the firm is staffing. The clinic is a great opportunity for members of a firm to work together in a different setting.

Yes. Legal Aid provides a brief, half-hour orientation on the morning of the clinic immediately prior to the start of the customer intake.  If a firm is staffing a clinic, we can also do the orientation session at the firm sometime during the week prior to the scheduled clinic.

The clinics are held at neighborhood centers that are easily accessible by public transportation.

The clinics are held at times convenient for the volunteer attorneys. Most clinics are held on Saturday morning from 10:00 a.m. to noon.  We also hold early evening weekday clinics from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Volunteer attorneys at the clinic are asked to consult with the Clinic customers and offer advice and direction. It is likely you will be able to effectively assist Clinic customers even if your area of practice is defined and specialized.  You might also be interested in the VLP Programs & Projects that specifically seek out volunteers in your practice area. Contact us for more information and to see how your expertise may be valuable to clients.

The clinics address a variety of civil legal problems.  Typical client issues include questions about employment, foreclosure, public benefits, consumer/debt problems, landlord/tenant disputes, and family law.  On occasion, a clinic will have a specialty focus, such as immigration, family law, employment or consumer issues.

For additional information or to sign up, contact Lauren Gilbride, Esq. at lgilbride@lasclev.org.

A list of upcoming clinics is available on the Events page.