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Pro Bono Resources

PAProbono.net: This is the online legal community that provides information and resources for pro bono attorneys, legal aid attorneys, public defenders, and other legal advocates interested in increasing access to justice.

PALawHELP.org: Online Guide to Legal Information and Legal Services in Pennsylvania.

Pilot Pro Bono/Legal Aid Mediation Program: Summary and Registration Form

Wills for Heroes
A program co-sponsored by the PBA Young Lawyers Division, Wills for Heroes provides free, basic estate planning documents to first responders and veterans in Pennsylvania. As of November 2016 the program provided estate documents for more than 12,000 persons, making it the largest pro bono program sponsored by the PBA. Click here for more information on the program. Shown below at a Wills for Heroes event on Oct. 29, 2016, in Cumberland County during 2016 Pro Bono Week are (from left, standing) John Quirk, county 911 operations manager; volunteer Lori Stauffer; Christina Fisher, Wills for Heroes coordinator for Dauphin and Cumberland counties; volunteer Andrew Barbin; and Dickinson Law Clinic Director Megan Riesmeyer. Seated (from left) are Gabriele Miller-Wagner of the PBA Pro Bono Office and Dickinson 2L Lindsay Daniels.

Unified Judicial System Offers Online Information to Assist Those Wishing to Represent Themselves in Family Law Matters, Oct. 2, 2014
The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania has begun offering online information to assist the growing number of Pennsylvanians who want to file their own family law cases in courts across the state. The material cautions that self-represented litigants are held to the same standards as attorneys and that self-representation does not exempt you from understanding and following statewide and local rules of court. Get more information on the UJS website.

U.S. Department of Justice Access to Justice Initiative Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable Toolkit
A Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable Toolkit now appears on the DOJ Access to Justice Initiative's website. The online toolkit has three sections: Civil Legal Aid 101 (what civil legal aid is, whom civil legal aid serves and some of the common barriers to accessing civil legal aid); Supporting Federal Efforts (civil legal aid "case studies" describing common challenges faced by vulnerable populations such as children at risk of school expulsion, domestic violence victims and veterans experiencing homelessness; examples of federal responses to these challenges, and examples of how civil legal aid meaningfully supports Federal agencies' efforts); and Select Federal Agency Resources (listing by agency of selected grants and program activities for which civil legal aid providers are an eligible grantee, sub-grantee or partner). With support from the Public Welfare Foundation and Kresge Foundation, NLADA will be working to translate the lengthy list of Select Federal Agency Resources into a more user-friendly database for the legal aid community. Read more at www.justice.gov/atj/legalaid/civil-legal-aid.html and in the Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable Toolkit Overview.

AOPC Report on Self-Represented Litigants, Aug. 26, 2013

PBA Pro Bono Mediation Project

Pennsylvania Law Schools

ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono & Public Service

ABA Center for Pro Bono Exchange Blog

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