Women's Lunch Place/Advocacy and Legal Assistance Program
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To Volunteer, Contact:
Chloe Kimball
- Organization Type: Community Services
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Location:
67 Newbury StreetBoston, MA 02116
- Phone: 617 -267-0200
- Website: https://womenslunchplace.org/volunteer
- Email: info@womenslunchplace.org
For over 25 years, the Women's Lunch Place has been a daytime community in Boston for women who are poor or homeless. We are open 6 days per week, year round, and offer a full spectrum of advocacy and support services to each of our guests.
Skilled advocates provide individualized help with a wide range of complex issues such as housing, employment, substance abuse, domestic violence, medical care, mental health, and legal challenges. Volunteer lawyers assist with legal problems and questions.
Legal Aid: Advocates help women obtain legal aid for a variety of problems, including domestic abuse, eviction proceedings, immigration issues, past warrants, bankruptcy, divorce, and child and family issues. For those guests who are arrested or incarcerated, our program will help with bail or provide prison advocacy, where appropriate.
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Suffolk
- Area of law: Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Education, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Health, Homeless, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Prisoners, Public Benefits
- Populations Served: Domestic Violence Victims, Low Income, Women, Homeless
- Opportunities For: Lawyers, Mentors
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: No
- Training Provided: No
- Training Required: No
- CLE credit for trainings: No
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: No
- 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), Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
