View Training and CLE programs—both live in-person and via webinars—that focus on legal topics that directly relate to servicemembers, military families, and veterans.
Attorneys can register to be contacted by the ABA Military Pro Bono Project with opportunities to provide pro bono counsel on behalf of military families. Clients in these cases are junior-enlisted, active-duty military members and their families with civil legal problems in need of pro bono help. Read about our volunteer attorneys' success stories and how they have provided much-needed legal help to our military families.
Attorneys can register to volunteer time to receive calls or emails from military attorneys in need of attorney-to-attorney advice on state-specific legal topics relating to your legal area of expertise, so they can better assist their servicemember clients.
Submit case referrals for financially eligible servicemember clients to the ABA Military Pro Bono Project, which makes every available effort to place the cases with qualified volunteer attorneys.
Contact civilian attorneys registered with Operation Stand-By, via phone or email, with legal questions relating to their geographic areas and substantive areas of expertise for attorney-to-attorney advice, so you can further assist your servicemember clients.
Servicemembers and military families may visit the Information Center for information about their legal rights and responsibilities.
Servicemembers and military families may visit the Directory of Programs to find a state-by-state guide of legal resources available to military families.
No legal representation, advice, or assistance is provided by the Military Pro Bono Project staff. If you are an active-duty servicemember or a member of an active-duty servicemember's family, find more information on how to access the Military Pro Bono Project for legal assistance.
The ABA Military Pro Bono Project depends upon financial contributions from Project partners, law firms, corporations, foundations, and private individuals. Become a Star Ranking Supporter for our servicemembers!
Become - A SupporterThe American Bar Association Veterans’ Claims Assistance Network (ABA VCAN), in close coordination with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is providing unrepresented veterans intending to file disability benefits claims with the opportunity to work with lawyers who will help the veterans complete their claims packages for expedited review by the VA—at no cost to the veterans.
Get Involved - VCANLawyers for Warriors: Hampton Roads (L4W) brings together pro bono legal programs serving military families in the Hampton Roads area to create a stronger and more cohesive program.
