About the Community Development Project
The Lawyers' Committee's Community Development Project (CDP) is the first national transactional pro bono project that provides direct legal services to non-profit organizations in the most underserved regions of the country. The CDP's mission is to promote housing and economic opportunities in low-income communities through volunteer legal services. The Lawyers' Committee's unique national pro bono network provides high-caliber legal talent to represent client organizations, develop legal materials and training, and advance opportunities in neighborhoods suffering from economic isolation and neglect. This legal assistance helps local community development corporations fulfill their mandate to revitalize impoverished minority neighborhoods and advance economic opportunity. The CDP has provided direct pro bono legal support to community-based organizations in Mississippi, Louisiana, North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas, Maryland, and the District of Columbia, where we have ongoing relationships with local groups dedicated to neighborhood reinvestment.
