PRO BONO | Veterans Legal Services

PRO BONO OPPORTUNITIES

Due to the high volume of veterans needing services, VLS is recruiting attorney volunteers interested in providing pro bono legal services. Opportunities include:

Virtual Legal Clinic

VLS is seeking volunteers to provide one-time counsel and advice at its monthly virtual clinic. The virtual clinic provides an opportunity for veterans to receive legal assistance when they are unable to travel to an in-person clinic. Learn more about the VLS Virtual Clinic.

In-person Legal Clinics

VLS welcomes volunteer attorneys to join members of the VLS team counseling veterans at its legal clinics at VA facilities in Bedford and Brockton.

Accepting Case Assignments

Join VLS’s pro bono panel and provide full or limited assistance representation to a veteran who needs your help.

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

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

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.