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Current Public Service and Pro Bono Initiatives

Voices Against Violence
Voices Against Violence is a call to action for young lawyers around the country to join forces to end domestic violence. Learn more about the 2008-2009 Public Service Project.
Disaster Legal Services

When a disaster is declared, FEMA may call upon the Young Lawyers Division to assist victims through a disaster legal services hotline. Learn more about this on-going program.

Past Public Service and Pro Bono Initiatives

Wills for Heroes programs provide essential legal documents free of charge to our nation’s first responders, including wills, living wills, and powers of attorney. By helping first responders plan now, they ensure their family's legal affairs are in order before a tragedy hits. Learn more about this 2007-2008 project.

Choose Law

Choose Law encourages high-school students of color to become attorneys and is perfect for career day seminars, guidance counselors, social study classes, or programs designed to educate students about the practice of law. Educators and counselors can use the video and written materials as a stand-alone project or as a supplement to similar local programs, such as programs where a local attorney or judge speaks to high school students about the practice of law. You can modify the project to suit your needs and it can be presented in fifteen minutes or an hour depending on what will work best. How you incorporate Choose Law into your curriculum or program is up to you. Learn more about this 2006-2007 project.

Answer the Call

Answering the Call raises awareness of legal issues affecting people with HIV/AIDS and encourages state and local bar organizations and individual young lawyers alike to help address their needs, whether by establishing an HIV/AIDS pro bono program, participating in a local AIDS fundraiser, or contacting their local AIDS legal services organizations to learn about the organizations’ needs and provide assistance. Working in tandem with Answering the Call, the AIDS Legal Services Initiative seeks nationwide implementation of HIV Legal Check-Up, a diagnostic legal needs assessment program in which an attorney provides a brief consultation to identify the legal needs of someone living with HIV/AIDS and refers him/her to appropriate resources. HIV Legal Check-Up can be tailored to the needs of any community, be it a large urban setting with an existing AIDS legal services provider or a rural community with few resources for people living with HIV/AIDS. Learn more about this 2005-2006 project.

Learn more about other public service and pro bono projects.

 

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