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Hogan Lovells seeks volunteer law students to assist attorneys during public information sessions on good credit practices, in Washington, D.C, in honor of Pro Bono Week 2012. The program will run from October 21, 2012 to November 16, 2012. The sessions will offer basic legal and practical information on consumer credit and borrowing. A background or legal experience in consumer credit is not needed to volunteer. Legal advice about individual situations will not be provided at the sessions.          

In conjunction with the DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative, Bread for the City is starting Legal Intake Clinics in the Kenilworth-Parkside neighborhood in Northeast. The DC Promise Neighborhoods is a federal grant program through the Department of Education that is based on the Harlem Children's Zone, which aims to create place-based and school-based models for community change.

The Central American Resource Center is looking for volunteers to help with is DACA preparation workshop Saturday, October 20, 10 AM – 1 PM or 1 PM-4 PM  at CARECEN, 1460 Columbia Rd. NW, Suite C-1 Washington, D.C. 20009. The Volunteer Training will take place on Thursday, October 18th at 5:30pm. Learn More. To sign up to volunteer please email Andrea Rodriguez at arodriguez@carecendc.org.

CAIR Coalition is a non-profit organization in Washington, D.C. area that provides legal services focused exclusively on assisting immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in local jails. They are looking for student volunteers to help man their Immigrant Detainee Hotline, and to join them on some of their jail visits. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Allie Robertson, Legal Assistant, at allie@caircoalition.org or (202) 331-3320.   

CASA for the Children of DC is an organization that pairs adult (21+) mentors and advocates with young people in foster care who have suffered from abuse or neglect. CASA (court appointed special advocates) is looking for students to serve as mentors or CASA advocates.

Take Back Your Home is a student organization dedicated to informing homeowners and renters of their rights when they are facing foreclosure. This fall we will be doing outreach to families facing foreclosure every other weekend.

Interested in voter rights and free and fair elections? Come learn how you can take action to protect the right to vote. The Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law has spoken with several student groups here at WCL who are interested in launching a bipartisan initiative to protect voter rights and promote free and fair elections in anticipation of the upcoming elections this November. The Center is also partnering with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which has significant experience leading national Election Protection efforts and utilizing law student volunteers for the ongoing monitoring of voter rights hotlines and the monitoring of local polling locations on election day.Please contact Whitney Hayes, the Center's Program Coordinator, with any questions or comments. She can be reached by email at whayes@wcl.american.edu or phone at 202-274-4180. Hours spent working on election day will count toward the legal hours requirement of the Pro Bono Honors Pledge.

Hogar Immigrant Services is looking for volunteers for its Naturalization Workshop this Saturday November 10, 2012. It will be hosted at the Saint Paul United Methodist Church, 1400 G Street Woodbridge, VA 22191 . Volunteer Hours are from 9:15 AM – 3:30 PM (Note: If you need to leave early, then please let Richard know. But all volunteers must be there at 9:15 before the 9:30 training starts.) Also, If 4-5 volunteers can arrive at 8:30 AM it would be a great help to set up!!!   Please let Richard know if you can be one of the early birds. RSVP to Richard Eldridge either by email at REldridge@ccda.net or by calling 703-534-9805  ext 239.