Category: Volunteer Snapshot

For those attorneys who are thinking about volunteering but have never worked a protective order case, Carmen believes that this type of work can be completed by any attorney who wants to make a huge impact on a client’s life. “New attorneys can absolutely do this. Doing this kind of work raises sensitivity and awareness to the issue. Knowledge is power,” she says, “and the more people who have the knowledge, the better we are to serve those in need.”

“Once you agree to take on your first pro bono case, you see just how much of an impact you have on people’s lives. Sometimes these clients can’t afford anything, and you are their lifeline.”

Ian Schwartz is one of over 70 Haynes and Boone attorney volunteers from around the country that provided estate planning documents for frontline healthcare workers as part of SALSA’s Wills for Healthcare Workers Clinic.