For over 40 years, Atlanta’s top firms and legal professionals have stood with AVLF to protect the rights of our neighbors—and they’ll tell you, the impact flows both ways.
From the courthouse to community schools, our volunteers show up where they’re needed most—offering legal guidance, compassionate advocacy, and practical support to Atlantans navigating housing instability and intimate partner abuse.
AVLF volunteers play a vital role in helping low-income Atlantans secure safe housing, family stability, and protection from abuse. You don’t need to be an expert to make a difference—sometimes, a single demand letter can change a client’s life.
Check out our volunteer opportunities below and see how you can make an impact. Whether you’re an attorney, law student, or community member, there’s a place for you in this work.
Fill out the form to learn more and get connected with the right opportunity for your interests and schedule.
Need additional information? Contact volunteer@avlf.org to learn more.
Saturday Lawyer Program
Spend a Saturday morning helping Atlanta tenants facing eviction and unsafe housing. As a volunteer, you’ll conduct intake interviews, and attorneys can provide pro bono representation with full support from our staff.
Who Can Participate: attorneys / paralegals / law students / legal and community sponsors / forensic accountants / and more!
Intimate Partner Abuse Program
Stand with a survivor of intimate partner abuse as they seek an extended protective order. Our volunteer attorneys represent survivors in their evidentiary hearings for protective orders, supported by our team of staff attorneys, coordinators, and social workers.
Who Can Participate: attorneys (training required) / law students (internships/externships available) / non-legal volunteers
Guardian ad Litem
In high-conflict custody cases, a judge will often appoint a Guardian ad Litem (GAL) to advocate in the best interest of the child. After attending a two-day training with experts, volunteer attorneys can be appointed as GALs in these cases, with the full support and assistance of our Safe & Stable Families Project staff.
Who Can Participate: attorneys (training required)
Housing Court Assistance Center
As a volunteer, you’ll meet tenants at the Fulton County Courthouse and help them complete their forms accurately, giving them a real chance to stay in their homes.
Who Can Participate: attorneys / paralegals / law students
Housing Phone Bank
As a volunteer attorney, you’ll speak directly with Fulton County tenants facing eviction or unsafe housing conditions. Most are simply looking for clarity—what to expect in court, how to respond, and whether they have defenses or counterclaims.
You can make the calls at your convenience on the day you sign up.
Who Can Participate: attorneys
Dollars for Judgments Program
Collection attorneys can volunteer to collect on judgments obtained through our programs. Interested volunteers occasionally receive no-pressure requests to take on a collection case that has already been screened by our for errors in the judgment, the expiration of appeal rights, etc.
Who Can Participate: collection attorneys
Eviction Defense
As a volunteer, you’ll meet tenants at the Fulton County Courthouse and help them complete their forms accurately, giving them a real chance to stay in their homes.
Who Can Participate: attorneys / paralegals / law students
Our Eviction Defense Program has been leveling the playing field for low-income tenants in eviction court for over a decade by pairing volunteer attorneys with low-income Atlantans facing unjust and illegal eviction.
Who Can Participate: attorneys (training required) / forensic accountants
Family Law
Intimate Partner Abuse Program
Stand with a survivor of intimate partner abuse as they seek an extended protective order. Our volunteer attorneys represent survivors in their evidentiary hearings for protective orders, supported by our team of staff attorneys, coordinators, and social workers.
Who Can Participate: attorneys