The following local organizations all rely on volunteers. Many opportunities exist at these organizations and others like them to do rewarding and meaningful legal and non-legal pro bono work. Please see the "More Pro Bono" Page for more organizations.

Web Sites for Organizations with Non-Legal Pro Bono Opportunities
SPCA of Pinellas
Volunteer opportunities in Largo with animals awaiting adoption. Volunteers also needed for clerical and fund-raising activities.

UMCM United Methodist Cooperative Ministries
Wide variety of volunteer opportunities, such as teaching English to immigrants (training provided, see website for times and locations of the certification programs). Also, teachers assistants needed for 1st-12th grade students in an after-school program .

Tampa BayWatch
Tampa BayWatch, Inc. is a non-profit stewardship program dedicated exclusively to the charitable and scientific purpose of protecting and restoring the marine and wetland environments of the Tampa Bay estuary, the largest open water estuary in the State of Florida.

United Way
Through a vast network of volunteers and community service agencies, United Ways throughout America help meet the health and human-care needs of millions of people every day. The United Way system includes approximately 1,400 community-based United Way organizations. This main site links to your closest local United Way simply by inserting your zip code.

Web Sites for Organizations with Legal Pro Bono Opportunities
Bay Area Legal Services
829 W. Martin Luther King Blvd
Second Floor
Tampa, Fl 33603-3331
PH: (813) 232-1403
Bay Area Legal Services has provided legal counsel to the poor and elderly of Hillsborough and Pasco counties since 1967. They serve over 9,000 clients a year in the areas of Family Law, Housing, Public Benefits, Senior Advocacy and Consumer Law.


Central Florida Legal Services
128-A Orange Avenue
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-4310
PH: (904) 255-6573
CFLS serves Volusia, Brevard, St. Johns, Putnam, Flagler, and Seminole counties. Their primary concentrations are in the areas of domestic violence, fair and public housing, special educations, tax and unemployment compensation.


The Florida Bar Foundation
PO Box 1553
Orlando, FL 32801
PH: (407) 843-0045
The Foundation is the statewide funder for 33 legal service programs in Florida. It also administers summer and post-graduate (NAPIL) fellowship programs. Opportunities are available in all areas of Florida, rural and urban, for all types of programs, such as general services, immigration, institutionalized, farmworker, impact programs, etc.


Florida Legal Services, Inc.
2121 Delta Blvd
Tallahassee, FL 32303-4221
PH: 850-385-7900
FLS is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1973 to provide civil legal assistance to indigent persons who would not otherwise have the means to obtain a lawyer. FLS is a state support center dedicated to ensuring that poor people have equal access to justice. FLS provides service delivery coordination, training, case consultation and technical assistance to all legal service providers in Florida.


Florida Rural Legal Services
963 East Memorial Boulevard, PO Box 24688
Lakeland, FL 33801
PH: 941-688-7376/941-334-4554 (Christine Larson)
Florida Rural Legal Services is part of a nationwide network of over 300 federally-funded legal services programs. As part of this network, FRLS serves disadvantaged people in 14 rural counties of central Florida. In addition, FRLS serves all Florida-based migrant farm workers in cases arising in Florida and throughout the Eastern United States.


Gulfcoast Legal Services
641 First Street South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
PH: (727) 821-0726 (Ken Swearington, Jr.)
Gulfcoast Legal Services is a non-profit corporation providing free legal assistance to income eligible residents of Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota Counties. Gulfcoast Legal Services is dedicated to provide high quality legal services to protect personal safety and to establish, advance and protect the rights and interests of low income persons to health, basic shelter, income and quality of life.


Legal Aid Programs in Florida
A listing of links and addresses of legal services and legal aid programs by Florida county.