Join Us
We rely on the support of volunteers, donors, sponsors, partners, and our community to make this important work possible. Some of the ways that you can get involved are posted regularly below. We hope that YOU will be a part of the innocence movement!
Be sure to subscribe to our e-newsletter and be the first to know when have a client coming home, an upcoming event, or other news to share. We send group emails about twice per month, so we won’t flood your inbox!
You can browse a few of our most recent e-newsletters at this link.
Events: Join Us on May 13th
We look forward to celebrating the Project’s 17th anniversary with clients, volunteers, sponsors, and supporters in Philadelphia on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Please save the date!
Learn more about this year’s award recipients, sponsorship opportunities, and ticket options here.
If you are an attorney interested in volunteering with us, please contact us at info@PAinnocence.org. Volunteers interested in other roles with our organization are welcome to contact us as well; however, we are a small staff with limited capacity to manage new volunteers at this time.
Undergraduate and law student volunteers help us with screening cases in the early stages of review, and gain valuable training on post-conviction work. We also host formal externship programs with most Pennsylvania law schools: Temple University, Drexel University, Villanova University, Duquesne University, and the University of Pittsburgh.
We do not have any available internship opportunities at this time. Please check back at a later date.
Job, Internship, and Volunteer Opportunities
We are hiring! The Project is seeking a dedicated Managing Attorney for Intake & Case Evaluation to join our team! See more information about this position at the link below.
Every spring, the Innocence Network hosts an important annual gathering of freed and exonerated people, the professionals working to provide legal and reentry services, and advocates for the prevention of wrongful convictions. Every October we mark Wrongful Conviction Day - a day to raise awareness of the causes and remedies of wrongful convictions and to recognize the tremendous personal, social, and emotional costs of wrongful convictions for innocent people and their families. The coalition effort offers a wealth of resources each year for those looking to learn more about this issue area and to get involved with innocence organizations.
The Innocence Movement
The Pennsylvania Innocence Project is a part of the Innocence Network - a coalition of organizations dedicated to freeing the innocent and preventing wrongful convictions worldwide. The Network was established in 2005 and is now more than 70 members strong. Member organizations have achieved more than 700 exonerations.