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Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc.

  • To Volunteer, Contact:
    Please fill out our form online at this link: http://bit.ly/13F8ryZ

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  • a non-profit law firm,
  • serving the low-income and elderly,
  • who have civil legal problems, and
  • we serve all 77 counties in Oklahoma.

What's important to us?
Ensuring basic needs for clients, especially those involving:Image: LASO clients
* freedom from harm and violence,
* access to housing,
* freedom from hunger,
* access to health care, and,
* income maintenance for survival.

What are some of the benefits to you? 7 Reasons to Partner with Legal Aid for Pro Bono
Legal Aid staff attorneys available for consultation and mentoring
Assistance with litigation costs (must be pre-approved)
Interview rooms available for meetings with the client
Malpractice insurance coverage on Legal Aid referred cases (if you have your own, ours is secondary)
Free Continuing Legal Education seminars
Fifty-percent discount on many OBA CLE programs for 20 hours or more of pro bono service
Free access to our volunteer support website www.probono.net/ok

What kinds of cases do we accept?
We help with civil legal problems like foreclosure, relationship abuse and divorce, debt collection, bankruptcy, eviction and social security disability.

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  • State(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Oklahoma
  • Area of law: Civil Rights, Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Disability, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Foreclosure, Health, HIV/AIDS, Homeless, Housing, Life Planning, Public Benefits, Taxes, Veterans
  • Populations Served: Children, Communities of Color, Domestic Violence Victims, Elderly, General Public, HIV, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Low Income, Military/Veterans, Native Americans, Persons with Disabilities, Women, Working poor and unemployed
  • Opportunities For: Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors, Mentors/consultants, Nonlitigation Projects, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers
  • Need for non-English services: Chinese, Russian, Signers for the deaf: ASL, Spanish, Vietnamese
  • 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: Yes
  • Training / Supervision Comments: Several trainings are held each year across the state. Training materials are available in this website's password protected practice area, the Advocate Resource Center.
  • CLE credit for pro bono: No
  • CLE pro bono comments: Legal Aid holds FREE CLE trainings around the state at no cost to volunteer attorneys every year. Check this page for upcoming events: http://www.probono.net/ok/cle
  • 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: Alternative dispute resolution (ADR), Client counseling (e.g., brief advice), Client intake and screening, Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Hotline staffing, Legislative or policy advocacy, Litigation: Appellate, Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation, Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students, Prepare legal education materials, Translate legal documents
  • Long Distance Opportunities: Conduct Research, Draft or Translate Legal Documents, Mentor Volunteer Lawyers
  • Other Long Distance Opportunities: write or edit legal information materials; fundraising,
  • Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes
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