NPCP attorneys and post-conviction professionals can assist in the preparation of all post-conviction pleadings that are necessary to present potential claims for relief before the state or federal courts. A pro bono lawyer is one who will be able to take on a case without charging the client. A free lawyer can be had by anyone who cannot afford a lawyer and is embroiled in a legal situation.

The firm is currently handling two post-conviction death penalty cases -- one involving application of recent Supreme Court precedent regarding the rights of intellectually disabled defendants and one involving habeas review of the first federal death sentence handed down in the First Circuit. These include habeas corpus petitions, PCR petitions, PRP petitions, federal habeas corpus petitions and all responsive pleadings. In high profile cases, a pro bono lawyer will want to work for publicity. Immigrant Post-Conviction Relief Project Volunteer Attorneys Needed What we do: The immigrant post-conviction relief project is California’s first pro bono effort to provide low-income immigrants with a means of challenging deportations based on unlawful criminal convictions. Williams & Connolly lawyers have achieved significant victories for pro bono clients at trial, on appeal and at hearings. In some cases, the pro bono lawyers are paid by the state. The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), in partnership with the state court system, has established a COVID-19 Recovery Task Force to oversee the pro bono network of lawyers who will be assisting New Yorkers suffering from the pandemic.