Pro Bono Law Resources

Alliance for Justice
The Alliance for Justice is an association that works to strengthen the capacity of public interest groups to influence public policy. The alliance's Judicial Selection Project provides a database of federal judges that can be sorted by race, gender and court. It's Nonprofit Advocacy Project offers legal guides which help nonprofits plan advocacy campaigns, with guidance in the related laws.

URL: http://www.afj.org/

Brennan Center for Justice
The programs of the Brennan Center for Justice tackle campaign finance, reform, judicial independence and community justice, among other topics. Find a legal services arena which produces a series of fact sheets, and a legal services E-lert which summarizes news articles and opinion pieces.

URL: http://www.brennancenter.org/

Center for Law and Social Policy
The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is a non-profit organization with expertise in both law and policy affecting the poor. This site offers a monthly report on welfare reform developments, and an extensive library on related articles.

URL: http://www.clasp.org/

Corporate Pro Bono
The site of Corporate Pro Bono is designed to match in-house counsel with pro bono opportunities in legal services and public interest programs.

URL: http://www.corporateprobono.org/

Find Law - Legal Subjects
FindLaw - Pro Bono provides thousands of legal sites, cases, codes, forms, articles, resources, and law reviews that are pro-bono-centric for the law researcher.

URL: http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/scripts/lc.pl?entry=PROBONO&sites=findlaw.com

Legal Services Corporation
Legal Services Corporation is a nonprofit corporation established by Congress to ensure equal access to justice for all Americans. Site includes LSC's governing statutes, bylaws and regulations. Review it's budget and case statistics, and see the text of its reports to Congress and testimony given to congressional committees.

URL: http://www.lsc.gov/

National Center on Poverty Law
The Shriver Center's National Center of Poverty Law offers a bimonthly legal publication " Clearinghouse Review " which features in-depth articles and analysis on civil rights, housing, elder law, family law, domestic violence, housing, disability, employment, health and welfare reform.

URL: http://www.povertylaw.org/

National Housing Law Project
The National Housing Law Project website provides information on housing law and advocacy in six primary categories. Each category includes three types of resources. Also offers current reports on legislation, litigation, regulations, HUD notices, and current up-to-date reports.

URL: http://www.nhlp.org/

National Immigration Law Center
The National Immigration Law Center conducts policy analysis and social policy litigation. It provides publications, technical advice, and training to legal aid agencies, community groups, and pro bono attorneys. Find practical articles tracking the latest developments in immigration law and policy, as well as reports on recent court opinions.

URL: http://www.nilc.org/

National Legal Aid and Defender Association - Project for the Future of Equal Justice
The Project for the Future of Equal Justice is a joint project of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) and the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). The Project's mission is to fulfill the promise of equal justice under law by ensuring that low-income people have meaningful access to a full range of civil legal assistance.

URL: http://www.nlada.org/Civil/Civil_EJN

Pine Tree Legal Assistance
The Pine Tree Legal Assistance offers help with materials in English, Spanish, and Russian, the site provides an array of materials so that Maine residents can learn about law on their own. This site features links to legal service organizations within the U.S., as well as a separate collection on legal aid organizations worldwide. " Around the Web in 80 Minutes" is an introduction to internet legal research, including major subject areas and some not-so-common topics such as Native American Law.

URL: http://www.ptla.org/index.html

Pro Bono Institute - Georgetown University Law Center
The Pro Bono Institute from the Georgetown University Law Center links to primary source material ( codes and statutes) and a variety of estate planning articles.

URL: http://www.probonoinst.org/

ProBono.net
ProBono.net is a virtual network where pro bono lawyers can exchange practice materials, volunteer opportunities etc. Lawyers must register to gain access but there is no cost.

URL: http://www.probono.net/

Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center is known for it's Intelligence Project, which monitors hate groups and extremist activity throughout the U.S., and also supports educational programs to tackle hate crime among young people through their Teaching Tolerance program. Site includes a list of hate groups and patriot groups. Hate incidents are listed by state.

URL: http://www.splcenter.org/

Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service/ABA
The Standing Committee on Pro Bono from the ABA offers a comprehensive list of pro bono programs, organized by state. A resource library provides materials on developing pro bono programs. There is also information on conferences and related ABA services and publications.

URL: http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/