PRO BONO OPPORTUNITIES

Veterans Legal Services welcomes attorney volunteers interested in accepting pro bono case assignments and/or mentoring less experienced attorneys in their areas of expertise. Volunteer opportunities include:

Accept pro bono case assignments
Counsel veterans at legal clinics, Stand Down, and other periodic legal aid events
Mentor other volunteer attorneys

VLS supports its volunteer attorneys in a number of ways:

Coverage through VLS's malpractice insurance
Mentorship and support on veterans' issues
Free access to trainings and events

Pro Bono Director Angie Vargas Martin

APPLY TO VOLUNTEER
For more information about
pro bono opportunities, please complete this brief interest form and a member of our team will be in touch soon.

Pro Bono Opportunities on the South Shore

Thank you to all you attended the info session on October 30th and special thanks to our presenters. Please follow these links to access the materials from the session.

Presentation (pdf)

Case Study (Lassman)

New Case Intake Checklist (Lassman)

If you are interested in learning more about pro bono opportunities with Veterans Legal Services,
please complete this interest form.

For more information about opportunities with South Coastal Counties Legal Services, please contact:

Jamie Gau, Esq.

Private Attorney Involvement (PAI) Coordinator

South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc.

www.sccls.org

Tel: (508) 676-5022 x2023

jgau@sccls.org

This program is made possible in part by the
American College of Bankruptcy Foundation.

Mia Frabotta

Partner, McCarter & English

" You will rarely have the opportunity to make such a critical difference in the life of another person as you will volunteering to provide legal services to help veterans. Working with VLS is one of the most rewarding volunteer experiences you can have as a lawyer."

VLS & the Boston Bar Association Present:

The Value of Volunteering to Help Our Military Veterans

Legal services make up NINE of the top ten unmet needs of veterans experiencing housing insecurity. Legal assistance and representation are key to veterans securing adequate and permanent housing, accessing specialized benefits, capitalizing on their full economic potential, and promoting their well-being.

VLS’s 300-member panel of volunteer attorneys provides critical capacity in VLS’s mission to make access to justice more equitable. Answering VLS’s call to service is a meaningful and rewarding way to make a difference for individual veterans, families, and communities. It also provides opportunities to gain pro bono hours while developing advocacy expertise across a wide range of practice areas.

Pro Bono Spotlight: Jared Spinelli

Jared Spinelli is a product of the times he grew up in. He has always wanted to serve others, and has carved out his own path in doing so.

Pro Bono Spotlight: James Gallagher

James Gallagher, of Davis Malm, is proud to carry on his family's tradition of service through the military and the law.

Pro Bono Spotlight: Stephanie Chesney

Stephanie Chesney, Esq., of MG+M in Boston, knows a thing or two about civilian support for the U.S. military.

Access to Justice Fellows

2017-2018: Steve Parker, Esq.

Mintz (ret.)

2016-2017: Hon. Paul A. Chernoff (ret.)

2015-2016: Hon. John C. Cratsley (ret.)

2014-2015: Jordan Krasnow, Esq.
Goulston & Storrs (Of Counsel) and

Richard Allen, Esq.

Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (Board President) and Casner & Edwards (ret.)

2013-2014: Rosemary Allen, Esq.

Mintz (ret.)

2023-2024: Susan Anderson, Esq.

Executive Office of Elder Affairs (former)

2022-2023: Michelle Wolf, Esq.

Veterans Disability Benefits

2019-2020: Pamela Meister, Esq.
Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (ret.)

2018-2019: Jonathan Feltner, Esq.
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (ret.) and

Crispin Birnbaum, Esq.

Massachusetts Probation Service