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Pro Bono Organizations and Opportunities

Volunteer lawyers help realize the promise of justice for all. The "justice gap" in Kentucky is so severe that only 20
percent of low income Kentuckians' legal needs are addressed at present. The purpose of this page is to make it
easy for you to put yourprofessional legal skills to work on behalf of the neediest of Kentucky's people.

Use this link to find programs that offer pro bono opportunities in Kentucky.

You may also look below for pro bono programs near you.

Statewide

Kentucky Volunteer Lawyer Program, The Access to Justice Foundation Director: Jacqueline S. Duncan
Primary Address: 535 West Second Street, Suite 101
City: Lexington
State: KY
Zip: 40508-1284
email: jduncan@mis.net
Phone: 859-255-9913 x12
Fax: 859-231-5356

Eastern Kentucky

Volunteer Lawyers for Appalachian Kentucky (APPALRED)

Director: Will Synder
Primary Address: 121 N. Front Ave
City: Prestonsburg
State: KY
Zip: 41653-1204
General Phone: 606-886-3876
Fax: 606-886-3704

Counties Served: 37 Counties: Adair, Bell, Breathitt, Casey, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Estill, Floyd,
Garrard, Harlan Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lincoln, Madison,
Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Monroe, Owlsey, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe

Case Types: AIDS/HIV, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Elder Law, Employment,
Housing, Public Benefits, Wills and Estates, Paternity

Case Restrictions: Limited on the types of cases we can handle and the number of cases we can place because
the need is so high.

Northern Kentucky

Northern Kentucky Volunteer Lawyers, Inc.

Director: Lynette Guzzino
Primary Address: 302 Greenup St
City: Covington
State: KY
Zip: 41011-1740
General Phone: 859-431-8200
Fax: 859-431-3009

Counties Served: Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton

Case Types: Adoption, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Education,
Elder Law, Employment, Housing, Immigration, Individual Rights, Juvenile, Real Estate, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions: US citizen or resident alien

Central Kentucky

Fayette County Bar Association Pro Bono Program, Inc. (LAWCARE)

Director: Tammie Haddix
Primary Address: 122 N Broadway
City: Lexington
State: KY
Zip: 40507-1227
General Phone: 859-255-7244

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Fax: 859-254-4573

Counties Served: Fayette ONLY

Case Types: Consumer, Housing, Torts, Family Law

Legal Aid of the Bluegrass Pro Bono Project-Morehead

Director: Teresa Mason
Primary Address: P.O. Box 1040
City: Morehead
State: KY
Zip: 40351- 1040
General Phone: 606-784-8921
Intake Phone: 800-274-5863
Fax: 606-783-1342

Counties Served: Bath, Bracken, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Mason, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas,
Robertson and Rowan

Case Types: Adoption, Bankruptcy, Dissolution of Marriage, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions: Client must be primary caretaker.

Boyd County

Legal Aid of the Bluegrass Pro Bono Project-Ashland

Director: Elizabeth Thomas
Primary Address: PO Box 1147
City: Ashland
State: KY
Zip: 41105-1147
Phone: 877-295-4137; 606-329-1321
Fax: 606-325-0615

Counties Served: Boyd, Greenup & Lewis County referrals

Case Types: Adoption, Bankruptcy, Dissolution of Marriage, Wills and Estates

Case Restrictions: Client must be primary caretaker.

Western Kentucky

Lawyers Care Volunteer Attorney Program

Primary Address: 1700 Destiny Lane
City: Bowling Green
State: KY
Zip: 42104
General Phone: 270 780-8886
Intake Phone: 866 452-9243
Fax: 270 467-0528

Counties Served: Allen, Ballard, Barren, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess,
Edmonson, Fulton, Graves, Green, Hancock, Hart, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon,
Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Union, Warren, Webster

Case Types: Bankruptcy, Consumer law, Family law, Education, Elder Law, Employment law, Health, Housing,
Individual Rights, Real Estate, Torts, Wills and Estates

Jefferson County and surrounding counties

Legal Aid Society Volunteer Lawyer Program

Primary Address: 416 W Muhammad Ali Blvd, Suite 300
City: Louisville
State: KY
Zip: 40202
General Phone: 502-584-1254
Intake Phone: 800-292-1862
Fax: 502-584-8014

Counties Served: Breckenridge, Bullitt Nelson, Grayson, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Marion, Meade, Oldham,
Shelby, Spencer, Trimble, Washington

Case Types: AIDS/HIV, Bankruptcy, CED, Consumer, Custody, Dissolution of Marriage, Domestic Violence, Elder
Law, Employment, Housing, Public Benefits, Real Estate, Wills and Estates, Tax

Case Restrictions: LSC restrictions

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Legal Aid Society HIV/AIDS Legal Project

Primary Address: 810 Barret Ave, Ste Rm 301
City: Louisville
State: KY
Zip: 40204
General Phone: 502-574-8199
Fax: 502-502-5244

Case Types: AIDS/HIV, Bankruptcy, Consumer, Employment, Housing, Individual Rights, Public Benefits, Wills
and Estates

Case Restrictions: Must be HIV affected.

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