Public Service in Charlottesville

The Charlottesville public service community is diverse. Through its Public Service Center, its clinical programs, and its Pro Bono Project, the Law School provides students with the opportunity to work with attorneys from nonprofit organizations such as:

• AIDS/HIV Service Group
• Albemarle County Attorney's Office
• Albemarle County Commonwealth Attorney's Office
• Albemarle Housing Improvement Project
• Arc of the Piedmont
• Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
• Charlottesville-Albemarle Commission on Children and Families
• Charlottesville Public Defender's Office
• Children, Youth & Family Services
• City of Charlottesville Commonwealth Attorney's Office
• Community Mediation Center
• Family Advocacy Program
• Hunton & Williams-U.Va. School of Law Pro Bono Partnership
• International Rescue Committee
• Jefferson Area Board for Aging
• Legal Aid Justice Center (including The Virginia Justice Center for Farm and Immigrant Workers)
• Nature Conservancy
• PHAR - Public Housing Association of Residents
• Piedmont Housing Alliance
• Rutherford Institute
• Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA)
• Shelter for Help in Emergency (SHE)
• Southern Environmental Law Center
• Student Legal Services
• Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
• U.S. Attorney's Office - Western District of Virginia
• U.Va. Children's Medical Center
• Virginia Department of Social Services Child Support Enforcement
• Virginia School Boards Association
• Virginia Capital Representation Resource Center
• Virginia Organizing Project
• Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

In addition, lawyers from several Charlottesville firms supervise law students participating in clinics or pro bono projects.

For more information on community service in Charlottesville, check out the Law School guide Home Sweet C'ville.