Providing meaningful opportunities for pro bono work is central to our mission. All of our pro bono options are short-term commitments, enabling you to give time when you can without the more strenuous obligation of taking on a full pro bono case. Our clinics are 2 to 3 hours, with both virtual and in-person options. If you assist in our document clinic, you only need to draft one set of documents, not take on an entire case. Our current opportunities are below:
- In-person legal clinics across Utah: We sponsor and support across the state and need volunteers to help serve our clients. Provo's Family Justice Center is the largest clinic, held every Tuesday from 5pm to 8pm, featuring a wide array of resources for the public. We also host legal clinics ranging from Brigham City to St. George.
- Weekly online clinic: Our virtual clinic serves Utahns throughout the state. Volunteers can participate from anywhere, and typically work alongside students to help clients navigate their legal questions.
- Document clinic: Volunteers assist with preparing documents in domestic cases, such as reviewing initial documents, or drafting motions for alternate service, temporary orders, motions to enforce, and final documents. These opportunities involve reviewing or drafting a limited set of documents rather than taking on an entire case.
- Pro Bono Celebration: Join us each fall for our Annual Pro Bono Celebration, an appreciation dinner and volunteer clinic for attorneys, paralegals, and other legal professionals.
- Special events, fundraising, and other volunteer opportunities: Throughout the year, TLC hosts special events and initiatives that support our mission and recognize the contributions of our volunteers. From fundraising events, such as our Golf Tournament, to volunteer appreciation activities such as our Pro Bono Celebration, and community outreach, there are a variety of ways to get involved and support access to justice throughout Utah.
We provide support through training videos, model forms for drafting, handouts and materials to give clients at clinics, and access to our experienced domestic law staff when questions arise.
If you want to volunteer to lift lives in Utah, please provide your information here. You can email our Pro Bono Coordinator at volunteer@timplegal.org if you have any questions. We look forward to working with you to lift lives through the law!