Law firms and their attorneys serve as pro bono co-counsel with Legal Aid to address city-wide systemic legal problems which deprive thousands of indigent New Yorkers of subsistence benefits or fundamental rights.
Often Legal Aid and co-counsel document the abrogation of statutes, court orders, or the U.S. or State Constitutions, and are successful in obtaining redress without recourse to litigation. On other occasions, commencing litigation pursuant to federal or state procedural rule is required in order to secure appropriate relief.