If you are seeking legal assistance, please navigate to our “Consults” page. The Pro Bono program cannot respond to individual requests for legal assistance.
IIBA’s Pro Bono Program partners with individual attorneys and law student volunteers, as well as institutional partners, such as law firms, in-house counsel, and educational institutions to increase our capacity to serve immigrants. Thanks to our Pro Bono Volunteers, IIBA is able to serve hundreds of additional clients every year.
Opportunities for Institutional Partners
- IIBA holds limited scope clinics throughout the year in collaboration with our institutional partners. While the clinics focus primarily on assisting clients with citizenship applications, we also host clinics in response to anticipated changes in immigration policy, as well as DACA renewal and work permit clinics. These clinics take place either in-person or virtually on Zoom. All participating clients are represented by IIBA legal staff, and pro bono volunteers have no further responsibility after the clinic.
- If you are a law firm, corporation, or educational institution seeking to partner with IIBA on limited scope clinics, please reach out to probono@iibayarea.org to get on our waitlist.
- Please note that our limited scope opportunities are not generally available for individual volunteers unaffiliated with our institutional partners. If you are an individual volunteer, please see below.
Opportunities for Individual Attorneys or Law Students
IIBA relies on individual volunteer attorneys and law students to increase our ability to serve the immigrant communities. Legal volunteers, for example, have assisted IIBA caseworkers with asylum and citizenship eligibility screenings. Such opportunities arise on an ongoing basis. Please take a moment to complete this short form, and we will contact you as additional opportunities become available..
Pro Bono Spotlights
Ana Canenguez
“Volunteering with IIBA has been such a rewarding experience. I get to work with people that I see myself in. I am an immigrant myself. I know how difficult the immigration process is, and I know how hard it is to navigate the process without professional help. Being able to help my community by volunteering with IIBA has meant so much to me.”
Charles Huse
“There’s a human-interest angle to the work that’s largely absent from my day job as a patent prosecutor. I enjoy hearing people’s stories, and helping them figure out how to reflect those stories in the paperwork. The Silicon Valley’s success owes a lot to immigrants and the contributions they have made here. Given those contributions, I find pro bono work helping immigrants to be particularly rewarding.”