DACA renewals are critical to protecting people from deportation and allowing them to work. After attending a virtual training, volunteers will immediately meet virtually with their pro bono client to complete the USCIS DACA renewal forms. All completed documents are sent to the co-hosting legal services organization immediately after the clinic. This is a limited scope clinic and there is no additional follow-up work post-clinic. 

• Length of Event:  1 hour of training and 2 to 3 hours for the clinic
• CLE: ~60 minutes of CLE pending for California, New York, Vermont, and Washington
• Desired Volunteers/Skills: Attorneys, legal professionals, or other individuals with DACA application/renewal experience

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact the Fenwick Pro Bono team.

Volunteers will assist individuals whose asylee applications are pending to complete the necessary paperwork to apply for their employment authorization documents so that they may work in the U.S. while they await a decision on their asylum case. After attending a virtual training, volunteers will immediately meet virtually with pro bono clients to complete the USCIS forms. All completed documents are sent to the co-hosting legal services organization immediately after the clinic. This is a limited scope clinic and there is no additional follow-up work post-clinic.

• Length of Event:  1.5 hours of training and ~4 hours for the clinic
• CLE: ~60-90 minutes of CLE pending for California, New York, Vermont, and Washington
• Desired Volunteers/Skills: Attorneys, legal professionals

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact the Fenwick Pro Bono team.

Volunteers will assist families with completing the necessary paperwork to apply for a Green Card, which provides many benefits not otherwise offered to those that do not have permanent residency. After attending a virtual training, volunteers will immediately meet virtually with pro bono clients to complete the USCIS forms. All completed documents are sent to the co-hosting legal services organization immediately after the clinic. This is a limited scope clinic and there is no additional follow-up work post-clinic.

• Length of Event:  ~1.5 hours of training and ~5+ hours for the clinic
• CLE: ~60 minutes of CLE pending for California, New York, Vermont, and Washington
• Desired Volunteers/Skills: Attorneys

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact the Fenwick Pro Bono team.

Volunteers will assist individuals with completing the necessary paperwork to obtain U.S. citizenship. Citizenship provides many benefits, including voting rights, the opportunity to petition for foreign relatives, and access to medical and other benefits. After attending a virtual training, volunteers will immediately meet virtually with pro bono clients to complete the USCIS forms. All completed documents are sent to the co-hosting legal services organization immediately after the clinic. This is a limited scope clinic and there is no additional follow-up work post-clinic.

• Length of Event:  1 hour of training and ~3 hours for the clinic
• CLE: ~60 minutes of CLE pending for California, New York, Vermont, and Washington
• Desired Volunteers/Skills: Attorneys, legal professionals

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact the Fenwick Pro Bono team.

Volunteers will assist families who are facing deportation with preparing skeletal asylum applications that clients can file pro se for submission to meet the one-year deadline. After attending a virtual training, volunteers will immediately meet virtually with pro bono clients to complete the USCIS forms. All completed documents are sent to the co-hosting legal services organization immediately after the clinic. This is a limited scope clinic and there is no additional follow-up work post-clinic.

• Length of Event:  1 hour of training and ~4+ hours for the clinic
• CLE: ~60 minutes of CLE pending for California, New York, Vermont, and Washington
• Desired Volunteers/Skills: Attorneys

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact the Fenwick Pro Bono team.

Corporate attorney volunteers will provide legal assistance to small business owners of limited means in the Southern California area. Volunteers will first attend a virtual training that will cover entity selection, common issues impacting small business owners, and logistics for the clinic/workshop. Then, in the following week, we will send volunteer teams more information about the small business client and their legal questions, and we will schedule a 1-hour virtual client meeting where volunteer teams will meet with their client via Zoom to provide legal guidance on the entity selection process. Volunteers will then need to complete between 1-2 hours of follow-up work to research and answer any outstanding questions related to the entity selection process. This is a limited scope clinic and there is no ongoing assistance expected beyond the ~5 hours (training, client meeting, and wrap-up work).

• Length of Event:  1 hour of training and ~5+ hours for the clinic/client meeting
• CLE: ~60 minutes of CLE pending for California, New York, Vermont, and Washington
• Desired Volunteers/Skills: Corporate Attorneys

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact the Fenwick Pro Bono team.

Volunteers will help with either trademark “first look” or full “knockout” searches of small business clients’ potential marks. Legal volunteers conduct either a “first look” TM search using Google and the USPTO database (for non-IP practitioners) or a full “knockout” search (for TM attorneys) of their pro bono client’s business name and/or logo, review results with the pro bono client, and provide basic advice on trademark registration advantages and process. This is a limited scope clinic and there is no additional follow-up work post-clinic.

• Length of Event:  1 hour of training and ~2 hours for the clinic
• CLE: ~60 minutes of CLE pending for California, New York, Vermont, and Washington
• Desired Volunteers/Skills:  Attorneys

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact the Fenwick Pro Bono team.

Millions of individuals struggle with food insecurity; while programs are available to help people receive benefits to meet their nutritional needs, they can be confusing and difficult to navigate without assistance. Volunteers will assist their pro bono clients with completing the online application for SNAP (aka “food stamps”) and collecting the necessary supporting documents. Volunteers attend a virtual training on the day of the clinic, then help with client via Zoom or phone interview with filing out the online SNAP application. A limited amount of follow-up work during the week following the clinic may be necessary to help the client obtain and upload any missing documentation to submit with their application. This is a limited scope clinic, and no additional assistance is required after uploading the application. 

• Length of Event:  1 hour of training and ~4+ hours for the client meeting and uploading the application
• CLE: ~60 minutes of CLE pending for California, New York, Vermont, and Washington
• Desired Volunteers/Skills: Attorneys, legal professionals

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact the Fenwick Pro Bono team.

Millions of Californians have criminal records that drastically and negatively impact their ability to access housing and education, attain jobs and occupational licenses, and move forward in their lives. Volunteers will assist pro bono clients by virtually reviewing their RAP sheets (the official records that list an individual’s arrests and prosecutions) and helping to determine their eligibility for record expungement. This is a limited scope clinic and there is no additional follow-up work post-clinic.

• Length of Event:  1 hour of training and ~2+ hours for RAP sheet analysis (no client meeting)
• CLE: ~60 minutes of CLE pending for California, New York, Vermont, and Washington
• Desired Volunteers/Skills: Attorneys, legal professionals

If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact the Fenwick Pro Bono team.

Fenwick is proud to be in service of individuals seeking critical legal assistance, regardless of what language they speak, and we believe it is especially important to be able to assist those from traditionally underserved communities.  To that end, we are seeking out additional Spanish speaking volunteers to serve as interpreters for a variety of our pro bono projects.  Fenwick collaborates with many legal aid organizations who operate with extremely limited budgets and staffing, which often means they cannot provide interpreters for matters they refer our way. Therefore, we aim to broaden the pool of volunteers we can reach out to as we continue our efforts to increase access to justice and provide legal services to all clients who need them.  

We are currently seeking Spanish speaking volunteers who can serve as interpreters for a variety of pro bono clinics.  Our clinics are typically one-day clinics that last between 3 to 6 hours (with more specific details being provided for each clinic above), and the content of the interpretation generally involves primarily biographical data.  In the future, we also may need interpreters to join our attorneys on a variety of more long-term matters/cases, immigration and otherwise; we would love to know if we could call on you for these larger projects as well if the need arises.  

Please contact our Pro Bono Department at the links above if you would like to serve as a volunteer interpreter for a particular clinic. We would be glad to have attorneys and non-attorneys alike join us in our work and help those who need Spanish-language interpretation!  You can also let us know HERE if you are interested in assisting with interpretation for a full-scope case in the future. We will add you to our volunteer database and contact you as opportunities to participate arise. 

We greatly appreciate the assistance of volunteer interpreters, as it allows us to reach so many more people who need these essential legal services. We truly could not do this work without you and hope you will consider joining us for a future clinic or case!

The number of individuals and families relying on food banks and food pantries has increased drastically in recent years. Host a volunteer shift with Fenwick at your local food bank to help package and distribute meals to community members experiencing food insecurity.

• Location: Off-Site
• Length of Event: 2–3-hour warehouse shifts (dependent on location)
• Group Size: 5-75 volunteers (dependent on location)

To schedule a volunteer opportunity between Fenwick and your team, please contact the Fenwick Pro Bono Team.

Option 1: Snack Bags

Many people in our community are uncertain about when and where their next meal will come from. Creating a snack bag for a local nonprofit to provide to their clientele as an additional meal is a great way to work as a team and support the community all at once. A list of organization options can be provided upon request.

• Location: On-site at the Fenwick Mountain View, San Francisco, Seattle, New York or Washington, DC Office
• Length of Event: 1+ hours
• Group Size: Unlimited volunteers

Option 2: Hygiene Kits

Many of our nonprofit partners are in constant need of support to provide hygiene supplies to their clientele. With this project, teams will put together thoughtfully crafted kits to provide to our unhoused neighbors.

• Location: On-site at the Fenwick Mountain View, San Francisco, Seattle, New York or Washington, DC Office
• Length of Event: 30-45 minutes
• Group Size: 5+ volunteers

Option 3: Emergency Aid Meals

Help package emergency aid meals for school-aged children, hospitals, and other vulnerable populations around the world. Through our partnership with Rise Against Hunger, teams will work together to pack and send 10,000+ meals to neighbors near and far.

• Location: On-Site at the Fenwick Mountain View, San Francisco, New York or Washington, DC office
• Length of Event: 1.5+ hours
• Group Size: 25-50+ volunteers

To schedule a volunteer opportunity between Fenwick and your team, please contact the Fenwick Pro Bono Team.

Option 1: Cards for Seniors

In partnership with local Meals on Wheels programs, teams will write short and sweet notes filled with encouragement, kindness and warmth to seniors who may be experiencing loneliness. Working in groups, this project offers an opportunity for colleagues to share their creativity and card-making skills with one another.  

• Location: Hybrid, virtual or on-site at the Fenwick Mountain View, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Santa Monica or Washington, DC office
• Length of Event: 10+ minutes

• Group Size: 3+ volunteers

Option 2: Election Season - Letter Writing Party

Use your voice to make an impact today. Partnering with Vote Forward, volunteers will write letters to registered voters encouraging them to get out and vote in an upcoming election. This opportunity can be held in small groups and is highly customizable.

• Location: Hybrid, Virtual or On-Site at the Fenwick Mountain View, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Santa Monica or Washington, DC Office
• Length of Event: 1+ hours
• Group Size: Unlimited volunteers

To schedule a volunteer opportunity between Fenwick and your team, please contact the Fenwick Pro Bono Team.

Option 1: Support a Green Space

In addition to creating cleaner air for all, green spaces across the country provide a place for community groups to come together, access to fresh produce, educational opportunities, sustainability job training, and more. From weeding to planting, teams will surely enjoy their time in the great outdoors supporting a local organization!

• Location: Off-site
• Length of Event: 2.5+ hours
• Group Size: 5-50+ volunteers (depending on location)

Option 2: Lead a Beach or River Clean-Up

In support of a local environmental nonprofit organization, teams will work together to clean up trash, recyclables and more from public spaces, helping to ensure local waterways are safe and healthy for all.

• Location: Off-site
• Length of Event: 3 hours
• Group Size: 5-50+ volunteers (depending on location)

To schedule a volunteer opportunity between Fenwick and your team, please contact the Fenwick Pro Bono Team.

The Fenwick CSR Team will work with you to create a customized project based on your group's volunteer interests and the needs of the community. Examples of custom projects include but are not limited to:

• Assembling bikes for foster youth
• Building dog toys for dogs in animal shelters and rescues
• Mental health kits for seniors who may be lonely during the holidays

If you would like to discuss building a custom project outside of the options above, please reach out to the Fenwick Pro Bono Team.