YLD Pro Bono Opportunities
Welcome to the Pro Bono Opportunities section of the YLD website. As members of The Florida Bar, we have a professional responsibility to render pro bono legal services to those in need. This page is intended to be a resource for you and your affiliate to carry out that professional responsibility, by posting pro bono ideas and opportunities around the state. This page is frequently updated, so we hope you will check back often. If you have any questions or would like to share a pro bono project completed by your affiliate, please contact the YLD Pro Bono Committee Chair Person
Current Pro Bono Opportunities
One Campaign
The mission of the One Campaign is to engage more attorneys in providing pro bono legal services to those in need through local Legal Aid Programs. The One Campaign encourages every attorney in our state to take One pro bono case. The One Campaign website allows you to search for pro bono opportunities on a local and statewide level. Please visit http://www.onepromiseflorida.org/ for more details.
Justice for Foster Youth at LAST
Justice for Foster Youth at LAST, or JFFY, is a service sponsored by Florida’s Children First. It is designed to provide free legal advice to young adults ages 18-25 who spent time in foster care. Please visit the following link for more details: http://www.flayld.org/involved/probono/pdfs/LHCAttorneyFlyer.pdf.
ABA Military Pro Bono Project
The American Bar Association Military Pro Bono Project is designed to provide active-duty military personnel and families free legal assistance for civil legal issues. Please visit http://www.militaryprobono.org/ to learn more about how you can get involved.
Lawyers for Children America
Lawyers for Children America is a national non-profit organization that is offering a free CLE seminar to train you on the legal system for abused and neglected children, child dependency proceedings, child development, and the ethical issues involved in representing children. The seminar has been approved for 7.5 CLE credits, including 1 ethics credit. There is no cost for this seminar if you accept a pro bono case; otherwise, the organization requests a $200.00 donation. To register, please contact at (305) 577-4771 extension 6.
Hosted by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 5300, Miami, Florida 33131
Pro Bono Service Project Ideas
Wills for Heroes
The Manatee Young Lawyers Division received an Outstanding Project Award at the 2010 Affiliate Outreach Conference for its Wills for Heroes Program. This project is designed to provide estate planning documents to emergency service personnel who risk their lives every day at work, including firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical service personnel. With this program, the participants complete an estate planning questionnaire prior to arrival at the event. The participants then schedule a thirty-minute meeting at the event and execute simple wills and estate planning documents with the assistance of volunteer attorneys. This project mimicks the successful Wills for Heroes Foundation events. To learn more about this program, click here” Wills for Heroes Grant Application. Or, you may email
Successful Past Pro Bono Service Projects
Jacksonville Bar Association’s Ask-A-Lawyer Event
The Jacksonville Bar Association hosted its latest Ask-A-Lawyer event. At the event, Jacksonville attorneys met with people who needed legal advice but found the cost of legal consultation cost prohibitive.
