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Volunteer mediator opportunities available. Volunteers must apply and qualify to be on the Utah Court Roster of Mediators.

An advocacy program for residents who reside in facility based care centers. Volunteers are needed to investigate complaints and educate residents and their families.

Mediation and other related volunteer opportunities.

Provides volunteer opportunities assisting people with disabilities who have legal issues.

Provides Pro Bono opportunities for licensed attorneys and paralegals to assist with Utah Legal Service's client caseload.

Long-term ombudsman volunteers advocate for residents ages 60 and older who live in long-term care facilities by monitoring care and treatment. Ombudsman volunteers conduct routine facility visits to interview residents about their care and complaints.

Provides Pro Bono opportunities for law students, licensed attorneys, and paralegals to assist with Utah Legal Service's client caseload.

Offers opportunities for trained mediators to gain experience with the mediation process through these programs: Small Claims Court, Small Claims Appeals Cases, Community Mediation including disputes between neighbors, landlords and tenants, consumers and merchants, employers and employees, and business partners, and family mediation..

Volunteers assist vulnerable residents with navigating the often overwhelming process of fighting an eviction, asserting their rights as tenants, eviction expungement or negotiating a fair debt payment plan.

Seeks volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs). CASAs are community volunteers serving as a second set of eyes and ears to ensure children's needs are met while in foster care. Serving as a CASA volunteer does not require any special education or background. The main criterion is that a volunteer cares about children and has common sense. CASA volunteers average about 5-8 hours a month working on their case(s).

Victim witness coordinators appreciate the help of interns referred through high school, college, and law schools within Utah in a number of capacities.

Volunteer opportunities include interviewing SNAP, WIC, school meal, and summer food program participants. to gather client experience data. The data is shared with local officials and stakeholders to improve programs. Volunteers also assist clients in completing SNAP applications.

Looking for volunteer attorneys to meet with senior citizens one-on-one for 20 minute consultations, over a two hour period. The goal is not to provide in-depth legal advice, but to determine whether the individual has a legal problem and then to identify potential legal services to address the problem.