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Pro Bono Virginia (PBV) is a groundbreaking effort to create permanent statewide infrastructure that turns interested attorneys into capable volunteers—providing the training, support, and community they need to take their first case and then stay engaged over time.
If you’re interested in doing or supporting pro bono efforts in Virginia, you’re in the right place.
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Take the quiz, find your fit
The pro bono quiz will help you find the types of service opportunities that best match your skills, experience, interest, and available time.
Get Pro Bono Training
I want to help, but I need training
If you want to make the biggest impact with your time, consider participating in the Pro Bono Academy. Attorneys selected to participate will be guided into a high priority, high demand practice area and trained with a group of peers through 4-6 weekly classes taught by veteran pro bono volunteers. Classes will be virtual and one to two hours in duration. After getting an overview of the law and a sense of the process for handling cases, you will work with your instructor and your cohort to tackle live case assignments, connect with your clients, prepare required documents and, if necessary, get ready for court appearances.
Outside of the Academy, if you need training before you start doing pro bono, you have a lot of options. Some service opportunities include training provided by the legal aid/legal service organization.
Some service opportunities include training provided by the legal aid/legal service organization.
There are multiple training opportunities available. Some organizations provide stand alone training sessions.
In addition Virginia CLE provides free trainings and educational materials to pro bono volunteers
CONNECT WITH LIVE CASES
If you’re ready to serve, check out the statewide Pro Bono Portal
If you’re ready to serve, and you know what you want to do, just click the button. The portal will show you actual cases with legal aid and legal service organizations across Virginia. No need to create an account.
Our Pro Bono Community
Legal Aid Organizations participating in Pro Bono Virginia:
The following Qualified Legal Service Providers (QLSPs) are currently placing service opportunities on the statewide portal (Paladin). You can accept cases from any of the listed providers.
QLSPs placing opportunities on the statewide portal:
- ABA Free Legal Answers
- ABA Military Pro Bono Project
- Amica Center for Immigrant Rights (formerly CAIR Coalition)
- Blue Ridge Legal Services
- Central Virginia Legal Aid Society Inc.
- Chesapeake Legal Alliance
- Children’s Immigration Law Academy (ABA-CILA)
- ECBA Volunteer Lawyers Project
- Greater Richmond Bar Foundation
- Hogar Immigrant Services Legal – Catholic Charities Diocese of Arlington
- Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia
- Human Rights First
- Justice Forward Virginia Foundation
- Legal Aid Justice Center
- Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia
- Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley
- Legal Aid Works
- Legal Services of Northern Virginia
- Miscarriage of Justice Operations (MOJO)
- Northern Virginia Pro Bono Law Center
- Pro Bono Virginia
- Tahirih Justice Center
- The Community Tax Law Project
- The PenFed Foundation
If your organization is not listed above, and you’d like to partner, please email us probono@vsb.org
Invest in Pro Bono Virginia
PBV has developed the blueprint for a lasting pro bono system—one that is coordinated, intentional, and capable of transforming access to justice across the Commonwealth. An investment in PBV is an investment in service-minded lawyering and the community—while expanding access to justice across Virginia.
Resources & Additional Information
For Volunteers
Virginia State Bar
Greater Richmond Bar Foundation
Virginia Poverty Law Center Resources hyperlink:
Virginia CLE Pro Bono Education portal
For Organizations
For Law Firms
For Corporate Legal Teams
For information about joining or forming a local Firms in Service group email probonova@grbf.org.
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Our Sponsors
Thanks to our inaugural sponsors, who helped to launch Pro Bono Virginia:
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