• Volunteer Opportunities
• Resources for Volunteer Lawyers
• Training Materials
• Income Eligibility Guidelines
• Pro Bono Forms
• Pro Bono Mediation Project

Volunteer Opportunities

• The Advocates for Human Rights
• Children’s Law Center
• Hennepin County Guardian ad Litem Program
• Institute for Justice - MN Chapter
• Legal Rights Center
• Minnesota Disability Law Center
• Volunteer Lawyers Network

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Resources for Volunteer Lawyers

• Basics on Criminal Expungements
• Consumer  [+/-]
• Conciliation Court
• If You Are Sued
• A User’s Guide to Small Claims Court
• Your Debt Collection Rights
• Garnishment and Your Rights
• Repossession and Foreclosure
• Credit and Credit Reports
• Bankruptcy
• Identity Theft
• Help with Student Loan Problems
• Employment  [+/-]
  • Wage Claims
  • Unemployment Benefits
  • Worker’s Compensation
  • Job Status and Your Rights
  • When Can You Be Fired?
  • Leave From Work
  • Your Job: Checks, Med & Drug Tests, etc.
  • Personnel Records (Your Job File)
  • Job Discriminations
• Family   [+/-]
  • Child Support
  • Paternity and Child Custody
  • Parenting Time (Visitation)
  • Orders for Protection/Child Protection
  • Indian Child Welfare Act
  • Guardians Ad Litem
  • Grandparents Visitation Rights
• Government Benefits  [+/-]
  • Public Benefits
• Housing  [+/-]
  • Basic Information for Tenants
  • Shared Utility Meters
  • Shut Offs
  • Right to Repairs
  • Emergency Repair Problems
  • When Your Landlord Loses the Building
  • Foreclosure and Foreclosure Prevention
  • Lead Paint and Tenant’s Rights
  • A Tenant’s Right to Privacy
  • Rent to Own/Contract for Deeds
  • Evictions
  • Expunging Evictions
  • Security Deposits
• Immigration  [+/-]
  • Immigration and Naturalization
  • Fact Sheets Relating to Immigration and Naturalization
• Seniors  [+/-]
  • Questions on Probate & Wills
  • Life Estates
  • Living Trusts
  • Health Care Directives
  • Guardianship and Conservatorship
  • Power of Attorney
• Tax Information and Forms  [+/-]
  • Tax Refunds for People with Low Incomes
  • Advanced Earned Income Tax Credits
  • Renter’s Refund
  • Common Tax Scams
  • Don’t Give Away Your Tax Refund
  • When They Keep Your Tax Refund
  • Can I Claim a Child on My Tax Return?
  • Tax Rules: Adoption, Foster Care & Relatives
  • Free Tax Resources from the IRS
  • Internal Revenue Website
  • Minnesota Department of Revenue Website
• Youth  [+/-]
  • Youth Rights Rights and Education
  • Emancipation
  • Child Abuse and Protection (ChIPS)

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Training Materials

• ProBono.Net (must join to access; membership is free)
  This website hosts resources and training materials for the following national practice areas: Asylum Law; Death Penalty; Domestic Violence; Human Rights; Military Pro Bono; Prisoners’ Rights; Corporate Counsel (NY); Immigration and more. Links to supporting programs are included.

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Income Eligibility Guidelines

• Income Eligibility Guidelines

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Pro Bono Forms

• Affidavit of Pro Bono Representation
• Order Promulgating Amendments to the Rules of the Minnesota State Board of Continuing Legal Education
• Order for CLE Credit for Pro Bono

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Pro Bono Mediation Project

• Procedures for Pro Bono Mediation Program
• Agreement to Mediate
• Mediated Settlement Agreement

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