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Support Our Work

Financial support helps ensure LCRI can coordinate legal response, provide training, and connect organizations with the legal expertise they need.

Donations are processed through our fiscal partner, United Way of Rhode Island.

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Their counsel gave me the confidence to ask our board to step forward despite the risk of retaliation. By helping us successfully secure relief, the Lawyers’ Committee has protected millions of dollars in federal funding and preserved essential services for Rhode Island’s most vulnerable residents.

Lisa Guillette
Executive Director, Foster Forward

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Partner with LCRI

LCRI works with organizations, foundations, and partners to support legal work across Rhode Island.

Partnerships help expand capacity, strengthen coordination, and ensure legal support is available where it is needed most.

National Impact from the Nation’s Smallest State

Learn how LCRI is using a lean, Rhode Island-based legal team to protect communities, nonprofits, and public resources across the country.

View LCRI Impact Brief
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Join Our Network

The Lawyers' Committee for Rhode Island offers you a way to apply your legal expertise to work affecting nonprofits, communities, and public institutions across Rhode Island.

You may advise a nonprofit facing a funding disruption, support a legal action as it develops, or contribute to a training tied to a specific need. Your level of involvement is based on your experience and availability.

You would be working alongside other attorneys, with coordination from LCRI and access to national legal partners when needed.

Volunteer Interest Form

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