The opportunity to positively impact our community is an important factor driving attorneys to accept pro bono matters. New businesses create jobs, occupy buildings, may add to the tax base, and help neighborhoods thrive. Before businesses can do so, there ...

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“Pro bono” typically conjures an image of attorneys donating their services. However, as the need for civil legal services continues to increase, VLSP is expanding opportunities for non-attorneys to also get involved and give back to the community. To their ...

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As part of Black History Month, Volunteer Legal Services Project will be paying special tribute to the late Hon. Roy W. King, a Rochester jurist who followed in the footsteps of Carter G. Woodson, the son of former slaves. After ...

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In 2017, this column acknowledged dozens and dozens of volunteer attorneys who took on Volunteer Legal Services Project cases, volunteered at clinics, met with immigrants seeking guidance and researched questions at the Seventh Judicial District Court Help Center. The demand ...

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With a Nov. 15 phonathon launch and the early timing of the Law Firm Challenge, the 2017 Campaign for Justice reached the halfway mark to its $270,000 goal just a couple days ago. “Receiving another $130,000 in pledges by December ...

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Volunteer Legal Services Project of Monroe County, Inc. (VLSP), Legal Aid Society of Rochester (LAS) and Legal Assistance of Western New York (LawNY) provide life-changing legal aid to thousands of low-income residents within the Greater Rochester area. The annual Campaign ...

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During business hours, most of us practice the art of sitting. How many hours a day do you spend in your office chair? Sedgwick Business Interiors (Anderson Ave.) is contributing an Aeron office chair (retail $700) to the Art of ...

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Volunteer Legal Services Project of Monroe County, Inc. has been helping low-income families with debt management almost since the day they opened their doors. VLSP has held monthly “Debt Clinics” since the days of Hanna Cohen and the St. Paul ...

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In 1977, Paul E. Richardson was in law school in Syracuse and the practice of law looked quite a bit different than it does today. He recalls working at IBM after earning his undergraduate degree at Hampton University, then his ...

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On April 12, Mark Whitford, partner at Barclay Damon, accrued a couple hours of pro bono credit while helping four low-income unrepresented litigants and collaborating with two UB law students at the Federal Pro Se Assistance Program (PSAP). In the ...

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Oct. 19 may seem like a long time from now, but not to the committee organizing the 2017 Art of Lawyering fundraiser for Volunteer Legal Services Project, Inc. “October will be here in the blink of an eye,” said David ...

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On Thursday, March 23, the Campaign for Justice (CFJ) leadership team will host the annual Justice Society Donor Reception at the Memorial Art Gallery (5:30-7:30 p.m.) for those contributing $350 or more to the 2016 Campaign. “The Justice Society was ...

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