PRO-BONO RESOURCES FOR PRISONERS
VIRGINIA
Post-Conviction Assistance Project
PO Box 506
Richmond, VA 23204-0506
Tel: 804-643-6845
Fax: 804-643-6819
Capital Case Clearinghouse
Washington & Lee University School of Law
Lexington, VA 24450
Tel: 540-463-8525
Fax: 540-463-8488
Attn: Prof. Williams S. Geimer
Law Center
201 West Broad Street, Suite 302
Richmond, VA 23220
Tel: 804-782-9430
WASHINGTON, DC
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Tel: 202-639-7000
Fax: 202-639-7003
Contact: Karen T. Grisez, Public Service & Pro Bono Counsel
American Bar Association - National
Death Penalty Representation Project
Contact: Elisabeth Semel
740 15th Street NW, Suite 1060
Washington, DC 2005
Tel: 202-662-1995
Fax: 202-662-1995
NEW YORK
Stroock, Stroock & Lavan, LLP
180 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
Tel: 212-806-5400
Fax: 212-806-6006
Contact: Robert Lewin & Gretchen Mullins-Kem
Rogers & Wells, LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
Tel: 212-878-8000
Fax: 212-878=8375
Contact: Warren Feldman
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10113
Tel: 212-219-1900
Fax: 212-219-2052
Attn: George Kendall
Justice Denied
Web: www.justicedenied.org/probono.htm
Habeas Assistance & Training Project
1900 Center Point Boulevard, No. 80
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Tel: 904-877-7210
Fax: 904671-7210
Attn: Mark E. Olive
PO Box 11744
Columbia, SC 29211
Tel: 803-765-1044
Fax: 803-765-1143
Attn: John H. Blume
A JAILHOUSE LAWYER'S MANUAL
Columbia Human Rights Law Review
435 W. 116th St.
New York, NY 10027
http://www3.law.columbia.edu/hrlr/order_jlm.php
jlm.board.mail@gmail.com
(212) 854-1601
Serves: National
Focus area/description: A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual (JLM) is a handbook of legal rights and procedures designed for use by people in prison. Prisoners are often indigent and therefore lack access to legal counsel while in prison. The JLM informs prisoners of their legal rights, shows them how to secure these rights through the judicial process, and guides them through the complex array of procedures and legal vocabulary which make up this system. The JLM also instructs prisoners in techniques of legal research and explains the need to take note of important legal developments. With the JLM, prisoners can learn to use effectively the resources available in prison law libraries.
How to Bring a Federal Lawsuit to Challenge Violations of Your Rights in Prison
The Jailhouse Lawyer's Handbook National Lawyers Guild
New York, NY 10038 http://www.jailhouselaw.org/
(212) 679-2811 fax
(212) 679-5100 phone
Serves: National
Focus area/description: This Handbook is a resource for prisoners who wish to file a Section 1983 lawsuit in federal court regarding poor conditions in prison and/or abuse by prison staff. It also contains limited information about legal research and the American legal system. The Handbook is available for free online to anyone: prisoners, lawyers, families, friends, activists and others. To download it, go to: www.jailhouselaw.org. If requesting a Handbook by mail from the National Lawyers Guild, two dollars ($2) is requested, but not necessary, to help cover postage costs. Stamps are accepted.
If you are unable to download the Handbook and would like to receive a copy via mail, please write to: National Lawyers Guild -132 Nassau Street, RM 922, New York, NY 10038 OR Center for Constitutional Rights - 666 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10012
PLEASE NOTE: This organization does not have the resources to give legal advice or representation, and will not respond to mail regarding these issues. Please send only orders or comments about the JLH itself. The Jailhouse Lawyer's Handbook: How to Bring a Federal Lawsuit to Challenge Violations of Your Rights in Prison confirmed this listing on September 24, 2009.
Prison Legal News
2400 N.W. 80th Street #148
Seattle, WA – 98117
Web: http://www.prisonlegalnews.org
Prison Legal New January, 2010 News Issue
https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/includes/_public/_issues/pln_2010/01pln10.pdf