Jacksonville Area Legal Aid
- To Volunteer, Contact:
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Location:
126 W. Adams StreetJacksonville, FL 32202
- Phone: 904-356-8371
- Fax: 904-356-8285
- Website: http://www.jaxlegalaid.org
- Email: missy.davenport@jaxlegalaid.org
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Saint Johns
- Area of law: Community Development, Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Disaster and Crisis Assistance, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, HIV/AIDS, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Taxes, full case representation, group information clinics, pro-se clinics
- Populations Served: Children, Communities of Color, Domestic Violence Victims, Elderly, General Public, HIV, Immigrant youth and unaccompanied minors, Immigrants, Military/Veterans, Nonprofits, Persons with Disabilities, Women, Working poor and unemployed
- Opportunities For: Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers
- Need for non-English services: Spanish, JALA serves a large and diverse immigrant population. Multi-lingual attorneys are needed in a variety of volunteer capacities including case representation and brochure translators.
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Evenings, Flexible, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Weekends
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: No
- CLE credit for trainings: No
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Client counseling (e.g., brief advice), Client intake and screening, Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students, Prepare legal education materials
- Other Long Distance Opportunities: Volunteers may participate remotely in some circumstances.
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes
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