FOUNDING STORY

"'You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.'" - Deuteronomy 15:11

We were founded in 2009 by a group of Christian attorneys who felt God calling them to use their legal skills to serve the city. Recognizing that many problems faced by the poor and the oppressed could be solved by an attorney, the group began going to an East Village soup kitchen to volunteer and provide legal services.

Since then, we have grown dramatically in response to high demand from other soup kitchens and shelters across the city. We have trained hundreds of practicing attorneys in basic poverty law so they can also volunteer and serve the city with their legal skills. Currently, we serve approximately 900 low-income New Yorkers annually at ten partner locations throughout the city.