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Programs Eligible to Receive Pro Bono Donations

Make Your Annual Pro Bono Donation through the Access to Justice Fund
    Every attorney who did not perform at least 30 hours of Pro Bono work in 2003 is encouraged under the State Bar's Voluntary Standard for Pro Bono Participation to use the Access to Justice Fund to donate at least $300 to an eligible Pro Bono organization. The Bar requests that all funds (even those designated for individual programs) be donated to the ATJ Fund-having the funds come through a single source permits the Bar to leverage large gifts for statewide services

    The Access to Justice Fund (ATJ Fund) does not provide legal services, but it distributes contributions to Michigan legal service providers as designated by the donor, or, if not designated, on a grant basis to legal service providers throughout the state. Any program listed below as eligible to receive Pro Bono contributions can be designated to receive an operations gift through the ATJ Fund. These gifts may be eligible for a federal tax deduction. Programs followed by an * accept designated endowment gifts in addition to designated operations gifts. Gifts to the endowment fund may be eligible for a Michigan Tax Credit. A general permanent endowment fund is available for undesignated gifts to support needs throughout the state. By making a donation, you can help meet the enormous need for legal services for the poor and satisfy your Pro Bono obligation. Please see www.michbar.org or www.atjfund.org for more information or to donate online.

Programs Eligible to Receive Pro Bono Contributions
    The programs listed below have been certified as eligible to receive donations that satisfy the Voluntary Standard for Pro Bono Participation. Each organization is, or has, a nonprofit program which has been organized for the purpose of delivering civil legal services to low-income individuals or organizations. Programs that wish to receive contributions must submit an application to the Pro Bono Involvement Committee. The committee then determines eligibility based on established criteria and policies. However, the committee's determination that a program is eligible does not mean that the committee supports or endorses that program or shares any ideological goals that program may have. Such a determination means only that, based in part upon representations received from the program, the organization appears to meet the eligibility requirements. Additional programs are eligible to receive Access to Justice Fund designations and a complete listing can be found at www.atjfund.org.

    Robert F. Gillett, Chair, Pro Bono Involvement Committee

    American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan
    60 W. Hancock St.
    Detroit, MI 48201-1343
    (313) 578-6800
    www.aclumich.org/

    Bay Area Women's Center
    P.O. Box 1458
    3411 E. Midland Road
    Bay City, MI 48706
    1-800-834-2098
    (989) 686-4551
    E-mail: womencen@concentric.net

    Center for Civil Justice
    320 S. Washington, 2nd Fl.
    Saginaw, MI 48607
    (989) 755-3120
    mi.lawhelp.org

    *Community Legal
    Resources
    220 Bagley Ave.
    900 Michigan Bldg.
    Detroit, MI 48226
    (313) 964-4130    		 Counsel & Advocacy Law Line
    16130 Northland Drive
    Southfield, MI 48075
    (248) 443-8068    		 Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association - Volunteer
    Legal Services
    645 Griswold, Suite 1356
    Detroit, MI 48226
    (313) 961-6120
    www.detroitlawyer.org/
    *Elder Law of Michigan, Inc. (Legal Hotline for Michigan Seniors)
    221 N. Pine Street
    Lansing, MI 48933
    (517) 372-5959
    Toll Free: (800) 347-5297
    www.elderslaw.org/

    First Step Legal
    Advocacy Project
    26650 Eureka Rd., Ste. E
    Taylor, MI 48180-4835
    (734) 955-3850
    Toll Free: (888) 453-5900
    24 Hour Help Line
    or (734) 459-5900 (Local)

    		 *Free Legal Aid Clinic, Inc.
    5435 Woodward Ave.
    Detroit, MI 48202
    (313) 831-3444
    Freedom House
    2630 W. Lafayette
    Detroit, MI 48216-2019
    (313) 964-4320
    E-mail: FHShelter@aol.com    		 *HAVEN
    P.O.Box 431045
    Pontiac, MI 48343-1045
    (248) 334-1284
    www.haven-oakland.org/    		 International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit, Inc.
    111 East Kirby
    Detroit, MI 48202
    (313) 871-8600

    Lakeshore Legal Aid
    803 Tenth Avenue, Suite C
    Port Huron, MI 48060
    (810) 985-5107
    mi.lawhelp.org

    		 *Legal Aid & Defender Association, Inc. (LAD) -
    Civil Law Group
    645 Griswold, Ste. 2400
    Detroit, MI 48226-4201
    (313) 964-4111
    /www.ladadetroit.org/

    *Legal Aid of Western Michigan
    89 lonia, NW, Ste. 400
    Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    (616) 774-0672
    Toll Free: (800) 442-2777
    www.legalaidwestmich.org

    Legal Assistance Center
    Kent County Courthouse
    180 Ottawa Ave., N.W., Suite 5500
    Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2751
    (616) 632-6014
    www.legalassistancecenter.org/    		 *Legal Assistance Program of Macomb County - Dept. of Senior Citizen Services
    Robert A. VerKuilen Bldg.
    21885 Dunham Rd., Ste. 9
    Clinton Township, MI 48036-1028
    (586) 469-6406    		 *Legal Services of Eastern Michigan
    436 S. Saginaw St.
    Flint, MI 48502-1818
    (810) 234-2621
    Toll Free: (800) 339-9513
    www.lsem-mi.org/
    Legal Services of Northern Michigan
    806 Ludington St.
    Escanaba, MI 49829
    (906) 786-2303
    Toll Free: (888) 786-2303
    www.lsnm.org/    		 *Legal Services of South Central Michigan, Inc.
    420 N. Fourth Ave.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48104
    (734) 665-6181
    www.mlan.net/    		 Michigan Indian Legal Services
    814 S. Garfield Avenue,
    Suite A
    Traverse City, MI 49686-3430
    (231) 947-0122
    Toll Free: (800) 968-6877
    www.mils.org/
    *Michigan Legal Services, Inc.
    220 Bagley Ave.
    900 Michigan Bldg.
    Detroit, MI 48226
    (313) 964-4130
    mi.lawhelp.org    		 Michigan Migrant Legal Assistance Project, Inc.
    648 Monroe, NW, Ste. 318
    Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    (616) 454-5055
    www.mmlap.com
    		 *Michigan Poverty Law Program
    611 Church Street, Suite 4A
    Ann Arbor, MI 48104-3000
    (734) 998-6100
    Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service, Inc.
    4095 Legacy Parkway, Ste. 500
    Lansing, MI 48911
    (517) 487-1755
    Toll Free: (800) 288-5923    		 Michigan State University Detroit College of Law Clinical Law Programs - Rental Housing and Tax Clinics
    541 E. Grand River Ave.
    P.O. Box 310
    East Lansing, MI 48826
    (517) 336-8088    		 Midland Alliance for Justice
    P.O. Box 121
    Midland, MI 48640-0121
    (989) 430-0460
    Neighborhood Legal Services Michigan
    104 Lothrop Avenue
    Detroit MI 48202 
    (313) 874-5820
    www.freewebs.com/wcnls/    		 Prison Legal Services of Michigan, Inc.
    P.O. Box 828
    Jackson, MI 49204
    (517) 780-6639    		 Salvation Army William Booth Legal Aid Clinic
    3737 Lawton
    Detroit, MI 48201
    (313) 961-6340
    E-mail: wblac@aol.com
    Sixty Plus, Inc. -
    Elderlaw Clinic
    300 S. Capitol Ave.
    P.O. Box 13038
    Lansing, MI 48901-3038
    (517) 334-5760    		 Student Advocacy Center
    2765 Boardwalk
    Balas 3 Building
    Ann Arbor, MI 48104
    (734) 222-5443    		 Underground Railroad, Inc.
    P.O. Box 2451
    Saginaw, MI 48605
    (989) 755-0413
    University of Detroit Mercy School of Law Clinics
    651 E. Jefferson
    Detroit, MI 48226-4386
    (313) 596-0262    		 University of Michigan Law School Clinical Law Program
    363 Legal Research Bldg.
    801 Monroe St.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215
    (734) 763-4319    		 *Women's Justice Center
    615 Griswold, Ste. 1520
    Detroit, MI 48226
    (313) 962-4945
    Women's Survival Center
    761 W. Huron St., 2nd Fl.
    Pontiac, MI 48341
    (248) 335-2685    		  

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