Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project Inc

“Line 2 explanation - paul a. Golinski, board member, is a partner in cullen & dykman, llp and steven l. Zelkowitz, board member, is "of counsel" at cullen & dykman, llp.”

“Line 11a explanation - the organization's audit committee and executive director review and approve the form 990 and then it is sent to the entire board of directors for review prior to submission.”

“All members are currently attorneys and subject to the nys code of professional responsibility and must avoid even the appearance of impropriety. A. Prior to election to the board and on an annual basis thereafter, each director and officer shall disclose in writing, to the best of their knowledge, any private interest (as defined in this policy) such director or officer may have in any corporation, organization, partnership or other entity which provides professional or other goods or services to the corporation for a fee or other compensation, and any position or material relationship such director or officer may have with any not-for-profit corporation with which the corporation has a business relationship. B. If at any time, a director or officer acquires any private interest or otherwise a circumstance arises which may pose a conflict of interest, the director or officer shall make prompt disclosure to the president. C. When any matter for decision or approval comes before the board or any committee of the board in which the director has a private interest or other conflict of interest, such director shall immediately disclose the interest or other conflict of interest to the board or committee, together with all material facts. The audit committee will make recommendations to the president and board of trustees on how to respond to all apparent conflicts of interest.”

“We will provide documents on request at the office of the corporation.”

“Vlp receives donated services from a variety of unpaid volunteers. For the years ended december 31, 2013, the amount of volunteer hours received was 8,975 and has been determined to have a fair value of $250 per hour. All of the donated services were provided directly to clients of vlp. These donated services did not include any professional services provided directly to vlp for its corporate purposes. Donated legal services were valued at $250 per hour for 2013 and 2012, which is the hourly rate used by new york state iola. Total donated services for the year ended december 31, 2013 amounted to $2,243,750.”