Our Mission
This website is part of an ongoing effort of The Missouri Bar to encourage, and make it easier for, Missouri attorneys to find opportunities and access resources to provide pro bono service to needy persons and groups, particularly those whose incomes do not allow them to obtain necessary representation through other means.
Pro Bono News in Missouri and Around the Nation
Missouri Bar Inducts 118 Lawyers in Pro Bono Wall of Fame
Every lawyer who provides pro bono legal services to someone who cannot afford legal counsel expresses the highest ideals of the legal profession and makes a significant contribution to justice and the rule of law. And those who voluntarily reported at least 40 pro bono hours helping low-income individuals in 2011 now have a special place on the Wall of Fame.(More)
More News
- Mid-Missouri Legal Svc Offers Free Disaster Document Checklist
- Missouri Lawyers and Legal Organizations Respond to Joplin Tornados, Flooding in the State
- Lawyers Asked to Voluntarily Report Their Annual Pro Bono Hours
- Nominate a Lawyer or Law Firm for Missouri Bar and YLS Pro Bono Awards, Deadline is June 15
- Samaritan Center Offering Lawyers Free Training
Real "Life Changing" Work for Lawyers
KC Transactional Attorneys Help Create Non-Profit Alternative to Pay Day Loan
Three Kansas City area lawyers—Adam LaBoda, Kyle McCurry and Tom Schenkleberg-- have each played a central role in the creation of a new not-for-profit in Kansas City that will provide access to reasonable cost credit for low to moderate income people who might otherwise only qualify for payday loans. (More)
More Real "Life Changing" Work for Lawyers
- Legal Services and Public Defenders Launch Pilot For Parents Faced with Non-Support Charges
- Legal Services of Help Solve Legal and Life Challenges of Domestic Violence Victim and Her Children
- Single Mother and Her Children Won't Face Homelessness
- Landlord Not Due Rent From Women Living in Dilapidated Housing
- Legal Aid and Polsinelli Shughart PC Turn Blighted Apartment Complex into New Special Needs Housing
- Volunteer Lawyers Needed for Consumer Debt, Foreclosure, and Public Health & Benefit Cases
How to Use This Site -- Quick Tips for Lawyers
Step 1
Click on the “For Volunteer Attorneys” link at the top of the page to search for pro bono opportunities by:
- Specific affiliate organization/agencies registered with the site.
- Area of practice.
- A particular geographic area within the state.
Step 2
Use the contact information included with each pro bono opportunity to communicate directly with the “affiliate” to see if the opportunity and affiliate is right for you.
Step 3
Join the thousands of lawyers who offer their legal knowledge and skill to fulfill the professional obligation of ensuring that access to justice is available to everyone.
Quick Links to: (Visit Pro Bono Search Tool) (Learn More About Registered Affiliates on this Site)
Spotlight on Lawyers/Law Firms Making a Difference
Jill Katz
“Everyone deserves quality representation, regardless of their ability to pay an attorney.” This is Jill Katz’s personal motto that she is at the heart of her practice that focuses on representing individuals engaged in high conflict family law litigation.
More Spotlights
- YLS Lawyers Who Provided a Significant Level of “Class A” Pro Bono Services in 2010
- Berkowicz, Defeo, Gold Honored for Pro Bono Work with Pro Bono Publico Awards
- KC’s Stinson Morrison Hecker Honored for Pro Bono Work with Pro Bono Publico Awards
- YLS Honors Association of Women Lawyers of Kansas City with Pro Bono Awards
- KC Attorneys Bowman and McAdam Honored with YLS Pro Bono Awards
- Legal Services of Southern Missouri Spotlights Work of Attorney James R. Sharp
- Lisa Marie Sims is a Lawyer Who Makes a Difference
