Rule 49.2 Emeritus Attorney Pro Bono (EAPB) program; provider requirements

Nevada has a program that lets retired or inactive attorneys, called "emeritus attorneys," volunteer their time to help people who cannot afford a lawyer. This rule explains how that program works and who can take part in it.

To join this program, an organization must be a nonprofit legal aid group. It also needs approval from the Access to Justice Commission, or a group the Commission picks to handle approvals. Approved organizations help low-income clients with civil legal problems for free, or they train and support other legal aid groups that do this kind of work.

If a case handled by one of these volunteer attorneys results in the court awarding attorney fees, that money goes to the approved nonprofit organization, not to the individual volunteer attorney. This helps the organization keep running and continue offering free legal help to people who need it.