Other Pro Bono Opportunities

 

In addition to LACBA's own legal services projects, we'd like to make you aware of opportunities for other pro bono work:



Pro Bono Programs Guide:

There is a searchable online directory of statewide California legal services programs offering pro bono opportunities available here:  https://www.californiaprobono.org/oppsguide/

 

IOLTA Grant Recipients:

More than 100 nonprofit organizations that provide free civil legal services to low-income Californians are registered with the State Bar to receive limited available funding:,  http://www.calbar.ca.gov/AboutUs/LegalAidGrants/GrantRecipients.aspx)


 

Federal Court Pro Bono Opportunities

Pro Bono Civil Rights Panel
United States District Court, Central District of California
https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/attorneys/pro-bono

Pro Bono Limited-Scope Representation Pilot Program
United States District Court, Central District of California
https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/attorneys/pro-bono/pro-bono-limited-scope-representation-pilot-program

Pro Bono Program
United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/probono/



Appellate Pro Bono Opportunities

LACBA’s Appellate Courts Committee, in partnership with Public Counsel, is operating a pilot program in the Second District Court of Appeal to offer representation to indigent litigants who are without counsel.
http://www.courts.ca.gov/2503.htm

Pro Bono Program
United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/probono/



Other Pro Bono Resources

 ABA Model Rule 6.1 (Voluntary Pro Bono Publico Service)
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/probono_public_service/policy/aba_model_rule_6_1.html

ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Service and Center for Pro Bono
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/probono_public_service.html

Campaign for Justice / the Justice Gap Fund
http://www.caforjustice.org/

Southern California Pro Bono Managers
https://www.californiaprobono.org/socal/

State Bar of California Center on Access to Justice
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/AboutUs/CenteronAccesstoJustice.aspx

Pro Bono Institute
http://www.probonoinst.org/

Pro Bono Net
https://www.probono.net/

Pro Bono opportunities in California representing Unaccompanied Children
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/accessJustice/CA%20Pro%20Bono%20Opps%20UAC%20List_Rev.12.9.16.pdf 

Pro Bono Practice Program for Retired Attorneys
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/AboutUs/CenteronAccesstoJustice/ProBonoPracticeProgram.aspx

Pro Bono Programs Guide
https://www.californiaprobono.org/oppsguide/

Pro Bono Training Institute
http://www.pbtraining.org/

 
 

 

Los Angeles Legal Services Programs:

Advancing Justice | Los Angeles
advancingjustice-la.org

Alliance for Children’s Rights
www.kids-alliance.org

ACLU of Southern California
https://www.aclusocal.org/

Bet Tzedek Legal Services
www.bettzedek.org

California Women’s Law Center
www.cwlc.org

Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law
www.centerforhumanrights.org

Disability Rights Legal Center
www.disabilityrightslegalcenter.org

Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project
http://www.esperanza-la.org/

Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law
www.hbcfl.org

Immigrant Defenders Law Center
http://www.immdef.org/

Inner City Law Center
www.innercitylaw.org

Justice in Aging
www.justiceinaging.org

 

Lambda Legal
http://www.lambdalegal.org/

Learning Rights Law Center
www.learningrights.org

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
www.lafla.org

Levitt Quinn Family Law Center
http://levittquinn.org/

Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice
www.laclj.org

Mental Health Advocacy Services
www.mhas-la.org

National Health Law Program
www.healthlaw.org

Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County
www.nlsla.org

OneJustice
https://onejustice.org/

Public Counsel
www.publiccounsel.org

Wage Justice Center
www.wagejustice.org

Western Center on Law & Poverty
www.wclp.org