Long-term attorney volunteers stay in South Texas for a period of two weeks, a month, or longer, and handle a number of cases in immigration court. Living and travel stipends may be available to qualified persons.
Short-term attorney volunteers are assigned one or more asylum cases in advance and travel to South Texas to represent detained asylum seekers at their immigration court hearings;
Law students, recent law school graduates, legal assistants, and interpreters, under attorney supervision, help complete applications, develop supporting documentation and legal memoranda, and prepare applicants to testify at their hearings. Proficiency in the Spanish language is preferred, but not required;
Volunteer attorneys outside of South Texas represent on appeal applicants denied asylum in the immigration courts, or assist persons applying for asylum in their own communities;.
Experienced immigration attorneys present training seminars and serve as attorney mentors to ProBAR volunteers.
The Commission on Immigration appreciates your donations that will help us continue our work ensuring due process rights for the immigrant community. We thank you in advance for your generosity!
The South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR) is a project of the American Bar Association that provides legal information, pro se assistance and pro bono representation to thousands of immigrants and asylum-seekers detained in remote South Texas each year by the United States government.
Watch - VideoIn 2015, the State Bar of Texas honored ProBAR with its “Pro Bono Award” in recognition of outstanding contributions to the provision of legal assistance to low-income Texans.
