Shore Legal Access, Inc.
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To Volunteer, Contact:
Meredith Lathbury Girard
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Location:
499 Idlewild AvenueSte. 102Easton, MD 21601
- Map: maps.google.com
- Phone: 4106908128
- Website: https://shorelegal.org/
- Email: info@shorelegal.org
Shore Legal Access connects individuals and families who have civil legal issues with volunteer attorneys and community resources. Proudly serving Maryland's Eastern Shore, Shore Legal Access is a community based legal services provider that meets our where they live. We bridge the gap to those barriers presented by our unique rural geographic area.
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Annes, Talbot, Wicomico
- Area of law: Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Elder Law, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Life Planning, Nonprofit Organizations
- Populations Served: Asylum Seekers, Children, Communities of Color, Elderly, General Public, Immigrant youth and unaccompanied minors, Immigrants, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Low Income, Military/Veterans, Women, Working poor and unemployed
- Opportunities For: Interpreters, Law school clinic, Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors, Mentors/consultants, Nonlitigation Projects, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Need for non-English services: Haitian Creole, Spanish
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Flexible, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
- 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, Transactional work, Translate legal documents
- Long Distance Opportunities: Draft or Translate Legal Documents, Mentor Volunteer Lawyers
- Other Long Distance Opportunities: phone consults
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes
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