Senior Legal Hotline (Legal Services of Northern CA)
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To Volunteer, Contact:
Pro Bono Coordinator
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Location:
515 12th StreetSacramento, CA 95814
- Map: maps.google.com
- Phone: 916 551-2140
- Fax: 916 551-2197
- Website: https://lsnc.net
- Email: seniorhotline-office@lsnc.net
Organization Description:
The Senior Legal Hotline provides free legal assistance to Sacramento residents age 60 years and over on almost any civil issue. Some areas we commonly advise clients on are estate planning, grandparent rights, landlord/tenant disputes, and public benefits.
We are always seeking volunteer attorneys to advise and assist our callers by phone. Volunteers work alongside staff returning calls to clients, offering legal advice regarding the client's problem, sending written information and in some cases, providing additional services such as document review, calls or letters to adversaries, family members or other parties, and some negotiation.
Time commitment is negotiable, although to allow for the best training and orientation, a minimum of 12 hours a month for at least six months is preferred. More is preferable, and consistency is especially important while getting started. Actual hours for our currently active volunteers vary widely.
For more information please visit our website, https://lsnc.net/probono
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Sacramento
- Area of law: Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Elder Law, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Health, Housing, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Benefits, Veterans
- Populations Served: Elderly, Low Income, Nonprofits, State Residents
- Opportunities For: Law Students, Lawyers
- Need for non-English services: Arabic, Armenian, Bengali, Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, German, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hmong, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Laotian, Malay-Indonesian, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Somali, Spanish, Sudanese, Swahili, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Monday-Friday 9am-12pm and 1pm-4pm
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: Yes
- CLE credit for trainings: Yes
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
