Pro Bono Attorneys Providing Legal Services - Only You Can Do It

VLN is a volunteer-based nonprofit organization providing free civil legal services to low income persons. VLN primarily serves Hennepin County but also provides bankruptcy screening and federal pro se services statewide.

If you wish to help low-income people resolve their legal issues, we have many opportunities to fit your interests and schedule, including: full representation cases, brief services, legal advice clinics and educational programs. We need volunteers in the following areas of law:

To get started volunteering please complete our online membership form. For more information about opportunities in a particular area of law, please call us at 612-752-6655. VLN hosts bi-monthy new volunteer meetings. Please check the VLN Event Calendar for the next meeting.

If you are bi-lingual (especially in Spanish or Somali), please let us know, as we have Spanish- and Somali-speaking clients who need your help!

We provide many support services to you.

• Client screening (for financial and issue eligibility)
• Malpractice coverage
• CLEs at a reduced rate or free
• Mentor attorneys
• Useful forms on hard copy and on disk
• New Hope Bankruptcy software
• Office space for client meetings
• Resource manuals
• Trained volunteer law students
• V olunteer interpreters (Working with Interpreters)

Thank you for your interest!