SouthCoast Fair Housing
- To Volunteer, Contact:
- Organization Type: Nonprofit Legal Services Provider
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Location:
257 Union StreetNew Bedford, MA 02740
- Map: maps.google.com
- Website: http://southcoastfairhousing.org/cooperating-attorney-attorney-referral/
- Email: info@southcoastfairhousing.org
SouthCoast Fair Housing (SCFH) is a nonprofit fair housing organization dedicated to eliminating housing discrimination, ensuring equal housing opportunities, and developing inclusive communities throughout Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. To advance this mission, SCFH: delivers fair housing education; increases awareness of fair housing rights through community outreach; advocates for laws, policies, and programs that increase protections for equal access to housing; and combats discrimination through investigation, legal representation, and other enforcement services.
SCFH strengthens enforcement of fair housing laws by assisting clients in securing reasonable accommodations for their disability and litigating housing discrimination cases before the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights, and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
Providing comprehensive legal assistance, SCFH is the only full-service fair housing organization that services Rhode Island as well as Bristol and Plymouth counties in Massachusetts.
SCFH is seeking private attorneys interested in becoming Cooperating Attorneys or interested in receiving referrals of individuals who contact SCFH for assistance.
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Barnstable, Bristol, Plymouth
- Area of law: Civil Rights, Disability, Housing, Housing Discrimination
- Populations Served: Communities of Color, Domestic Violence Victims, Elderly, General Public, Immigrants, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Low Income, Persons with Disabilities, State Residents, Women, Working poor and unemployed
- Opportunities For: Interpreters, Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors, Mentors/consultants, Nonlitigation Projects, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Need for non-English services: Portuguese, Signers for the deaf: ASL, Spanish, French and Portuguese Creole
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Flexible
- 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), Hotline staffing, Legal Research, Legislative or policy advocacy, Litigation: Support (e.g., discovery), Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation, Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students, Translate legal documents
- Other Project Types: Testing and Investigations
- Long Distance Opportunities: Conduct Research, Draft or Translate Legal Documents
- Other Long Distance Opportunities: By Request
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes
