Illinois Legal Aid Online facilitates the delivery of pro bono services in Illinois through the use of technology. We recently launched our Pro Bono Case Pairing and Mentor Matching System, an innovative new resource on www.IllinoisProBono.org that connects legal volunteers with one another as mentors and mentees or as case partners. Volunteer your time by signing up today as a case partner or mentor by clicking here.

Below are current volunteer positions available with Illinois Legal Aid Online.  For other opportunities, please visit IllinoisProBono.org.

LiveHelp Operator

• Opportunity Location: Remote
• Volunteers Accepted: Paralegals, Law Students
  
• Volunteer Opportunity Description: Illinois Legal Aid Online is seeking law student volunteers for its exciting ‘LiveHelp’ program. LiveHelp is an innovative chat service that allows people looking for legal information and self-help resources on www.IllinoisLegalAid.org to ask a remotely located LiveHelp operator for assistance in navigating the website. LiveHelp volunteers will provide direct person-to-person online help so that people in need of legal assistance can obtain the information they need to achieve more positive outcomes to their legal problems.
  
• Volunteers can participate from any computer with internet access, making this a flexible volunteer opportunity for busy law students! You do not need to have any prior legal knowledge or experience, and you will receive training, supervision, and support from Illinois Legal Aid Online. Volunteers are expected to take one, two-hour shift per week for six months (50 hours).

Student Intern

• Opportunity Location: 17 N. State Street, Suite 1590, Chicago, IL 60602
• Volunteers Accepted: Law Students
  
• Volunteer Opportunity Description: Illinois Legal Aid Online Student Intern positions provide law students with the opportunity to work in legal aid and explore access to justice issues, including the use of technology in legal services, alternative legal services delivery models, and pro se litigant assistance through the internet. ILAO is looking for law student(s) to volunteer for 4-12 hours a week in the fall.
• The Student Intern(s) will assist in the development and maintenance of innovative web resources, including text information, forms and multimedia presentations. Specific activities include the following: Drafting, researching and editing legal education materials and legal forms with instructions or the public; Preparing and assisting with the production of live video webcasts and archived video presentations; Assisting IllinoisLegalAid.org website users in finding legal information that addresses their legal problems through a “live chat” feature ; and, Editing, organizing and publishing content submitted by attorney experts and editors throughout the State of Illinois for the three websites.
  

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• Opportunity Location: Remote
  
• Volunteers Accepted: Paralegals, Law Students, Non-lawyer Volunteers, Retired Attorneys
  
• Volunteer Opportunity Description:  In an effort to make the legal information on our websites available to a wider range of Illinois residents, we are looking for paralegals and other professionals to transcribe video webcasts that appear on these websites. The websites have over 400 webcasts that need to be transcribed for the deaf and hearing impaired. Webcast trainings are sponsored by a variety of organizations and present material in a variety of legal practice areas. The legal information presented in these webcasts is intended for low income Illinois residents, pro bono attorneys and legal aid advocates. Volunteers with paralegal or transcription experience are preferred, but is not required for this work. Volunteers must be proficient typists. Legal expertise in a specific area is not necessary, as all transcribed material will be reviewed by an attorney prior to being posted on the website. Volunteers can be located anywhere, as all work can be conducted over the internet.

Spanish Translator

• Opportunity Location: Remote
  
• Volunteers Accepted: Attorneys, Paralegals, Law Students, Non-Lawyer Volunteers, Retired Attorneys, Government Attorneys
  
• Volunteer Opportunity Description: In an effort to make the legal information on www.IllinoisLegalAid.org available to a wider range of Illinois residents, we are looking for paralegals and other professionals to translate the website’s legal content from English to Spanish. The website has thousands of resources in a variety of legal practice areas that need to be translated for the Spanish speaking community.
  
• Fluency in written Spanish is required. Legal expertise in a specific area is not necessary, as all translated material will be reviewed by an attorney prior to being posted on the website. Volunteers can be located anywhere, as all work can be conducted over the internet.
  

Last update: 06/06/2012