The Pro Bono Project's mission is to provide free, quality civil legal services to the underserved by engaging volunteer lawyers to render pro bono services. Founded in 1986, The Project currently serves Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany and Washington parishes. 

The Pro Bono Project recruits, trains and mentors volunteer attorneys on civil legal aid cases. Low-income clients that meet financial and legal eligibility requirements are matched with a volunteer lawyer who can provide pro bono representation on a variety of issues including successions, advance directives, divorce, provisional custody by mandate, child in need of care, public benefits, immigration, housing, bankruptcy and consumer matters. The pro bono mentoring method of providing technical subject matter expertise to volunteer lawyers is an efficient approach for the private bar to positively contribute to their community. The Project’s panel of approximately 1,800 volunteer attorneys represents an extensive and diverse pool of legal expertise, creating the opportunity for The Project to respond to a variety of legal problems. The Project has created programs and clinics for specialized populations in need of free legal advice and currently manages the Self-Help Resource Centers at Orleans Parish Civil District Court (CDC) and at the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court (JDC) in Jefferson Parish where pro se litigants seek assistance with filing petitions on family law matters (i.e. divorce, custody, etc.).