Volunteer Attorney Information

WAACO welcomes and encourages volunteer participation from business, transactional, tax, intellectual property, real estate, and employment attorneys licensed in Washington State who want to assist nonprofit organizations on a pro bono basis on non-litigation matters.  We welcome the participation of emeritus attorneys and attorneys in corporate law departments. 

WAACO screens nonprofit organizations to assure their eligibility for pro bono legal services.  We then refer the matters to volunteer attorneys to handle just as the attorneys would handle matters for paying clients, and in accordance with our volunteer guidelines.  WAACO does not serve in an attorney-client relationship with the client nonprofit organization; that relationship is between the volutneer attorney and the client nonprofit organization. 

WAACO also provides CLE training on issues that frequently face nonprofit  organizations.

Please consider the many reasons for volunteering, read our volunteer guidelines, and learn how to volunteer now.