518-463-3200
Pro Bono Department
800-582-2452
Pro Bono Department
518-487-5641
Primary Services
Legal Information Services
Description
A virtual legal advice clinic. Qualifying users post their civil legal question to their state's website. Users will then be emailed when their question receives a response. Attorney volunteers, who must be authorized to provide pro bono assistance in their state, log in to the website, select questions to answer, and provide legal information and advice. Volunteer attorneys will not answer criminal law questions.
Hours
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Eligibility
Adult residents of New York State who meet the following criteria:
- Income is low for family size
- Value of checking account, savings account, stocks or bonds is low
- Not in jail or prison
- Legal problem isn't related to a criminal charge
- Don't already have a lawyer to help with legal problem
Service Area: New York State.
- Income is low for family size
- Value of checking account, savings account, stocks or bonds is low
- Not in jail or prison
- Legal problem isn't related to a criminal charge
- Don't already have a lawyer to help with legal problem
Service Area: New York State.
Intake Process
Qualifying users post their civil legal question to their state's website. Users will then be emailed when their question receives a response.
Program Fees
Free.
Date of Official Change
Jul 24, 2020
Contacts
NYS Free Legal Answers (Primary)
probono@nysba.org
800-582-2452
Thomas Richards
Director, Pro Bono Services
trichards@nysba.org
518-487-5640