81. Rutgers Law-Camden Pro Bono Purpose The Rutgers University School of law Camden Bankruptcy pro bono projectis one of several initiatives that make up the law School s pro bono program. http://www-camlaw.rutgers.edu/probono/bankruptcy.html

History and Purpose The Rutgers University School of Law - Camden Bankruptcy Pro Bono Project is one of several initiatives that make up the Law School's Pro Bono Program. The central mission of the entire Pro Bono Program is to provide legal resources which address unmet needs in the surrounding community, with a focus on the city of Camden, and to establish a pattern for future professional involvement in community service. The Program thus serves the dual goals of ameliorating some of the problems in the community of which the Law School is a part, and assisting law students in the development of fundamental lawyering skills. The Bankruptcy Pro Bono Project, which began in the Fall of 1993, grew out of a concern of United States Bankruptcy Court Judge, Judith H. Wizmur, that a significant number of Southern New Jersey residents were filing pro se petitions for bankruptcy relief, or were not filing because of a lack of pro bono legal representation. The Project brings together various segments of the legal community, including: Camden Regional Legal Services (CRLS), the Law School, volunteer students, volunteer attorneys, the Camden County Bar Association, and the court system. This has resulted in increased interaction between law students and the local bar, expanded hands on experience for students, pro bono opportunities for attorneys, and most importantly, desperately needed relief for residents of local Southern New Jersey communities. Clients for the Bankruptcy Pro Bono Project are referred to the Law School's Pro Bono Coordinator through the offices of CRLS, which provides screening for income eligibility. The Coordinator and her assistant set up client appointments and schedule student volunteers to assist Project attorneys. Clients meet with law students and attorney supervisors at the law school during evening hours. In the six years of the Project's operation over 500 clients have met with attorney/student teams. Approximately 240 law students have been trained through the Project. Our current panel of volunteer attorneys numbers over 40.

82. Pro Bono Program The program is open to all law students. pro bono opportunities require a rangeof experience levels, allowing even students just beginning their legal http://law.lclark.edu/dept/lscs/probono.html

@import "http://www.lclark.edu/trillium/global/style2.css"; School of Law Career Services Students Pro Bono Program Career Services Students Home Job Postings Events Calendar Office Information ... A-Z Site Index Find People Welcome to the Career Services Pro Bono page! The Pro Bono Program is designed to encourage and foster community-based volunteer legal service projects. Through pro bono experiences, students have an opportunity to act as volunteer legal interns with public service organizations. The Program allows students to gain valuable experience and establish important contacts, while also providing much needed assistance to those who could not otherwise afford legal help. The Program is open to all law students. Pro bono opportunities require a range of experience levels, allowing even students just beginning their legal education to participate. There are opportunities to match many different interests. In the past, students have interned with groups concerned with the environment, juvenile rights, domestic violence, criminal law, poverty law, family law, labor law, and Indian law. This list only touches the surface of the limitless possibilities available. While most students intern with local organizations, others work nationally, even during the academic year, by communicating by phone and fax with out-of-state organizations. Pro Bono Program REPORT YOUR PRO BONO HOURS Honors Programs Finding Opportunities The "Green Book" ... Summaries of Projects For More Information Contact the Pro Bono Student Coordinator at (503) 768-6890 or

83. LOCE DC Pro Bono Resources legal research on the Internet abounds and can substantially benefit pro bono practitionerswho DC law Libraries (a list of DC law libraries always a great http://www.his.com/israel/loce/probono/probono.html

LOCE's District of Columbia PRO BONO LIBRARY using technology to balance the scales of justice...updated 11/20/2001 Our Mission Visitor No. 15187th Finding Pro Bono Help Other Pro Bono Resources Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant General Resources Topical Resources COURTS U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (Home Page) U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Home Page) D.C. Superior Court (GIDEON's Unofficial Site) DC Superior Court Pretrial Services (DC Pre-Trial Services Site - criminal) D.C. Court of Appeals Page (maintained by the D.C. Bar) D.C. Superior Court Page (maintained by D.C. Bar) D.C. Small Claims Court Statute AGENCIES D.C Agencies (links to District of Columbia agencies) CASELAW Supreme Court Decisions (Cornell LII Site) Decisions of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (DC Circuit Site (searchable)) Select Decisions of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia District Court Home Page) D.C. Court of Appeals opinions (maintained by the D.C. Bar) Superior Court Home Page D.C. Court of Superior Court Page (note that case law not yet available) Statistical Information on Federal and Bankruptcy Court Decisions (Cornell Site) U.S. Code

84. Pro Bono Students Canada - UWO Western, as of August 2003, 45 organizations have been involved in pro bono StudentsCanada with over 160 law students completing over 75 pro bono projects for http://www.law.uwo.ca/mainSite/info-centres-progs/ProBono/

Welcome! Pro Bono Students Canada is a national program that was launched at the University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law in the 1998/1999 academic year. The function of the program is to match law student volunteers with community agencies with a need for legal services but with insufficient resources to compensate legal counsel. Agencies typically involved in Pro Bono Students Canada include public interest and non-profit organizations, tribunals, legal clinics and lawyers working pro bono on a particular case. Law student volunteers complete legal research or other law-related projects for member organizations over the course of the academic year under the supervision of a lawyer mentor. Pro Bono Students Canada originated in Toronto in 1996 and continues to be headquartered there. For information on the national office or to get up to date information on the program in other universities, see the Pro Bono Students Canada national website At Western, as of August 2003, 45 organizations have been involved in Pro Bono Students Canada with over 160 law students completing over 75 pro bono projects for charities in the London Ontario area.

85. The District Of Columbia Pro Bono Legal Crier. February, 2004. Legal News For Pr Cyber Toolbox is constantly updated with lots of useful law related resources. inthe Crier, submit an article pertinent to any of the pro bono practice areas http://www.dclegalcrier.com/

Legal news and information for pro bono attorneys and paralegals practicing in the D.C. metropolitan area! www.dclegalcrier.com ISSN 1539-8331 Volume 4 February, 2004 No. 2 Features In This Month's Edition FAMILY LAW SECTION Because February is for lovers, the Crier will look at marriage laws in Maryland! For details, use the button below! Letters to the Editor The Crier welcomes Letters to the Editor, especially those bearing news regarding the state of pro bono legal assistance in the DC metro area and other jurisdictions across the nation. To send a letter, or read archived letters, click on the icon! Monthly Feature Peek into the "Paralegal's Cyber Toolbox," a constantly updated section that contains many useful links which are valuable to many areas of legal practice. The Paralegal's Cyber Toolbox is constantly updated with lots of useful law related resources. To open the Toolbox, click on the button:

86. Carlton Fields - Pro Bono Commitment As a charter signatory in the American Bar Association (ABA) law Firm pro bonoChallenge, n/k/a the law Firm pro bono Challenge, we ask our shareholders http://www.carltonfields.com/about/content.aspx?NavID=5&SectionID=1

87. Pro Bono Offerings It is a teaching law firm which provides representation in a broad range of who arehighly competent, ethical, and sensitive to their pro bono and other social http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic/probono.html

new menu (MENU_ITEMS, MENU_POS); Pro Bono Offerings In addition to the Advice Desk Program , the Mediation and ADR Program , and the Low-Income Taxpayer clinic , all of which serve indigent clients, we offer the following pro bono programs: Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) Serving Our Society (SOS) PUBLIC INTEREST LAW INITIATIVE (PILI) Terrance A. Norton The Law Offices is the locus of the clinical education programs of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology. It is a teaching law firm which provides representation in a broad range of criminal and civil litigation matters. The educational goals of its in-house clinical programs are to educate the student participants to become reflective practitioners who are highly competent, ethical, and sensitive to their pro bono and other social responsibilities. PILI Fellows working at the Law Offices will work on challenging criminal or civil litigation under the close supervision of one or more of seven of the Law Offices' clinical professors, each of whom is an experienced practicing attorney. They will participate in all aspects of the cases to which they are assigned. Thus, fellows will be involved in client contact, litigation strategy sessions, legal research and writing, drafting of pleadings and motions, discovery, settlement, trials or other court proceedings, and etc. The two criminal defense attorneys represent defendants in serious felony cases (including appointed death penalty cases) in the federal and state trial and appellate courts. Three of the civil litigation attorneys concentrate on employment discrimination cases and civil rights matters but handle other types of civil litigation as well. One civil litigation attorney represents low income persons with disputes before the Internal Revenue Service, United States Tax Court, and the United States District Court. One attorney represents clients with Social Security disability issues.

88. Sutherland Careers : Law Students : Pro Bono Sutherland is also a signatory to the law Firm pro bono Challenge, a group oflarge law firms who have committed to contribute annually, at a minimum, an http://www.sablaw.com/careers/lawstudents/probono.aspx

Pro Bono It is Sutherland's policy that all lawyers have an obligation to participate in pro bono legal work. Sutherland has adopted a goal of a minimum of 50 hours per attorney per year to be spent on pro bono matters, in accord with the recommendation of the American Bar Association. Sutherland attorneys record and receive credit for their pro bono time and efforts just as they do for regular, billable matters. Sutherland is also a signatory to the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge, a group of large law firms who have committed to contribute annually, at a minimum, an amount of time equal to 3% of billable hours to pro bono work. Sutherland's firmwide Bar and Public Service Committee administers this work. The committee includes partners, counsel and associates, and it both encourages and monitors the firm's pro bono practice. The Committee also organizes a variety of non-legal community involvement activities, such as staffing a local soup kitchen, renovating the homes of needy people, building a Habitat for Humanity house, teaching classes in local high schools, placing attorneys in mentoring programs with area schoolchildren, and organizing clothing and canned food drives, as well as raising tens of thousands of dollars for various area charities. Click here to view a listing of recent pro bono matters for Sutherland.

89. UFLaw | Levin College Of Law At The University Of Florida The Center for Career Services has compiled a list of local organizations that acceptlaw student volunteers. Local pro bono Opportunities Chart 51 Kb PDF. http://www.law.ufl.edu/career/probono/

Prospective Students Current Students UFLaw Home About UFLaw ... Support Services ::The Pro Bono Project: Working Together to Make a Difference The Pro Bono Project: Provides desperately needed legal services to organizations with limited resources Helps develop a sense of professional responsibility for law students, including giving back to the community Gives law students valuable practical experience and professional feedback Provides an opportunity for students to meet and interact with attorneys in the community Instills good will on behalf of the law school, its graduates, and our community Mission The mission of the Pro Bono Project is to help students develop an awareness of their future ethical and professional responsibilities to provide service to their community. Participation in the program gives students the opportunity to perform valuable community service while learning about the legal needs of the underserved and developing the legal skills necessary to help meet those needs. Commitment Students work on projects for a variety of agencies including non-profit organizations, courts, government agencies, legal service providers, and individual pro bono attorneys. The work must benefit an underserved population in the community and be performed without either compensation or academic credit. Students agree to perform all assignments in a professionally responsible manner which includes maintaining client confidentiality and refraining from giving legal advice to clients.

90. Law Firms Do Little Pro Bono - 2001-07-23 - The Business Journal Of The Greater law firms do little pro bono. Doug Campbell. The Business Journal. When it comesto pro bono, some of the state s largest law firms have a long way to go. http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2001/07/23/story1.html?jst=s_rs_hl

91. Massachusetts Pro Bono Resources - Family Law Advisor® The Bar Association of Norfolk County pro bono program 15 Cottage Avenue, Suite 206Quincy, MA 02169 617471-9693 or 471-9694. Suffolk County. law Firm Resources http://www.divorcenet.com/maprobono.html

Home Site Map List of Forums Search Site Massachusetts Pro Bono Legal Services Maximum Income Limits Apply: approximately $6,700 plus $2,300 for each family member Barnstable County Legal Services for Cape Cod and Islands, Inc. 460 West Main Street Hyannis, MA 02601 Western Massachusetts Pro Bono Referral System 145 State Street, 6th Floor Springfield, MA 01103 Bristol County Southeastern Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation Private Bar Involvement Project 21 South Sixth Street New Bedford, MA 02740 Essex County Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. 37 Friend Street, 3rd Floor Lynn, MA 01901 Middlesex County Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services PALS; Project 432 Columbia Street, Suite 16 Cambridge, MA 02141 South Middlesex Legal Services, Inc. 300 Howard Street Framingham, MA 01701 Merrimack Valley Legal Services, Inc. 35 John Street, Suite 302 Lowell, MA 01852 Greater Boston Legal Services 197 Friend Street Boston Norfolk County The Bar Association of Norfolk County Pro Bono Program 15 Cottage Avenue, Suite 206 Quincy, MA 02169

92. Pro Bono Program IMPORTANT NOTICE The pro bono program at Indiana University School of lawIndianapolisis designed for law students to provide assistance to attorneys who http://indylaw.indiana.edu/career/probono.htm

Home Site Map Search Contact Us ... Pro Bono Program Pro Bono Program Overview Agencies Commitment Form Student's Log ... Professional Conduct Rules "Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but greatness, because greatness is determined by service." -Martin Luther King Jr. Pro Bono Program How to Reach the Pro Bono Office: The Pro Bono Office is located in the Office of Professional Development, Room 115. The program is directed by Shannon Williams and coordinated by LaWanda Ward. Please contact LaWanda or Shannon at any time with comments, questions, ideas or concerns. The Pro Bono staff hours are: shlewill@iupui.edu lwward@iupui.edu IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Pro Bono Program at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis is designed for law students to provide assistance to attorneys who have accepted pro bono cases and/or specific targeted governmental organizations. Law students are not licensed to practice law and can not provide legal advice. The organizations listed below may be able to help individuals seeking legal assistance in the state of Indiana: Indiana Legal Services Indianapolis Legal Aid Society Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic Heartland Pro Bono Council

93. Philadelphia Bar Association | Public Interest Section the Public Interest Section s law School Outreach Committee can do for you (informationabout fellowships, public interest jobs, law student pro bono work, law http://www.philabar.org/member/sections/sectionpage.asp?groupid=7

94. Pro Bono Requirement To obtain a degree, a student must satisfy the law school s pro bonorequirement. To satisfy this requirement, students must do http://www.law.fsu.edu/current_students/student_affairs/pro_bono.php

More Information Student Affairs Pro Bono Requirement Student Organizations Financial Aid Scholarships and Grants ... Pro Bono Requirement Florida State University College of Law

95. Pro Bono The San Diego office received the 2002, 2000, 1995, 1991, and 1990 ProBono law Firm of the Year from the San Diego Volunteer lawyer Program. http://www.smrh.com/overview/probono.cfm

Printer Friendly Page Sheppard Mullin has a long tradition of providing legal services to persons and community organizations who could otherwise not afford access to legal representation. The Firm believes that part of each attorney's obligation to the community is to provide high-caliber legal services to persons of limited means and to charitable and civic organizations. To achieve firm-wide participation in a manner responsive to local needs and opportunities, the Firm has a Pro Bono Committee consisting of partners and associates from our seven offices. The Committee is responsible for identifying and/or approving projects for Firm representation. Each office receives cases from local referring agencies that pre-screen potential clients. Our attorneys have assisted with problems relating to education, immigration, political asylum, domestic violence, criminal matters, creditor-debtor relations and landlord-tenant relations. In recent years, Sheppard Mullin attorneys have become involved in providing pro bono services outside the litigation arena, including counseling to non-profit developers of affordable housing and "micro businesses," as well as those seeking to preserve historic landmarks. The Firm also actively encourages participation in a variety of community services. Sheppard Mullin supports public television by underwriting local broadcasts of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, as well as other public television programming. In addition, the Firm has contributed more than $1,000,000 in the past five years to a variety of charitable organizations, and has been particularly involved in children's charities. Each holiday season, in lieu of gifts to clients, the Firm donates funds to organizations that provide abused, underprivileged and sick children with medical care, education and shelter.

96. Volunteer, Internship, And Pro Bono Assistance Opportunities At E-LAW U.S. Volunteer, Internship, and pro bono Assistance Opportunities at Elaw US. http://www.elaw.org/getinvolved/volunteer.asp

About E-LAW News Partners Resources Get Involved How to Give Choose a language: [ English Search: Volunteer, Internship, and Pro Bono Assistance Opportunities at E-LAW U.S. legal internships volunteer needs pro bono assistance Riaz Zaman, a summer 2003 legal intern at E-LAW U.S., is a third year law student at Vermont Law School and is interested in environmental and economic justice. E-LAW U.S. relies on the generous support of volunteers, interns, and pro bono experts to help public interest environmental advocates defend our global environment. We need volunteers, interns, and experienced pro bono experts with various skills and interests to expand our capacity to meet the information and resource needs of our partners. Volunteers and interns who work with E-LAW U.S. can gain valuable experience, skills, and information about global environmental issues and meet visiting E-LAW partners. E-LAW U.S. volunteer and intern positions are generally unpaid, but volunteers and interns have obtained academic credit through educational institutions for their work at E-LAW. In some cases, E-LAW U.S. can develop "distance internships" where volunteers work via e-mail from a remote location. If you are outside the U.S., please see our Partners page to link to environmental lawyers and public interest environmental law nonprofit organizations in other countries. We appreciate your interest in E-LAW. Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at

97. Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. Law Offices : About Us : Pro Bono Statement has adopted the ABA definition of Public Interest law. This definition Snell Wilmerdefines pro bono activities as legal services provided to the poor, or http://www.swlaw.com/aboutus/probono.asp

Poverty Law : Legal services in civil or criminal matters of importance to a client who does not have the financial resources to pay a customary legal fee. Civil Rights and Public Rights Law : Legal services concerning rights of individuals, or a significant segment of the public as a whole, where it is inappropriate to charge the client a customary legal fee. Representation of Charitable Organizations : Legal services to charitable, religious, civic, governmental, educational, or similar organizations that provide services to the poor. May 24 2004 "The Wheels of Military Justice...The pitfalls of speedy court martial trials," By Barry D. Halpern, The Weekly Standard more March 8 2004 more Character comes through. SM

98. Child Care Law Center: Links and ongoing technical assistance to field programs and pro bono attorneys working forLowIncome Working Families, by Jennifer Mezey, Center for law and Social http://www.childcarelaw.org/probono.cfm

Resources for Pro Bono Attorneys CCLC uses legal tools to work toward making high quality, affordable child care available to every child, family and community, while focusing particular attention to low-income families and children with disabilities and other special needs, and other families who face barriers in securing and maintaining quality child care. CCLC both works with pro bono attorneys directly and provides training and ongoing technical assistance to field programs and pro bono attorneys working throught legal services field programs. For information about volunteering with CCLC, contact Rakefet Avramovitz at info@childcarelaw.org or by phone at (415) 394-7144 ext. 307. Documents and Publications of Interest Threatened Progress: U.S. in Danger of Losing Ground on Child Care for Low-Income Working Families, by Jennifer Mezey, Center for Law and Social Policy. Includes summary and policy recommendations of "The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in California” (see above). Available free in

99. University Of Michigan Law School: Current Students pro bono program. Most students who undertake pro bono work typically commit betweenfive to ten house a week to their project over the course of the semester. http://www.law.umich.edu/currentstudents/PublicService/Probono.htm

Prospective Students Current Students Public Service Meet the Director ... The Robert B. Fiske, Jr. Fellowship Program Pro Bono Program Debt Management Loan Forgiveness Program Upcoming Events The Curriculum Pro Bono Program "I had an amazing experience...I worked ten hours a week and spent six hours a week in court. I was able to go on the record at least once each day in court. I would highly recommend the experience to anyone interested in litigation" Sarah Schwartz, '02, Washtenaw Public Defender, Winter 2002. Southeastern Michigan features a wide array of public service groups devoted to compelling social problems that would welcome student help. Most students who undertake pro bono work typically commit between five to ten house a week to their project over the course of the semester. "The Pro Bono Program was a great opportunity to work for real clients during the school year, and I had a chance to contribute to a cause I care deeply about." Jay Lee, '03, American Civil Liberties Union, Winter 2002. Farm worker child - Blissfield, Michigan

100. Probono-Lord Bissell & Brook Our firm has twice been named law Firm Of The Year by pro bono Advocates (1994,1995) and one of our attorneys was named pro bono Advocates lawyer Of The http://www.lordbissell.com/probono.cfm

Theodore Roosevelt said "no man is above the law, and no man is below it." Yet, the economic reality for those who cannot afford legal services - to start a business, to obtain a fair hearing of their claims or to protect their constitutional rights - is that they do not participate in the economic liberty and justice our system of laws is designed to provide. The goal of our pro bono work is to bring economic liberty and justice to those who otherwise would not have access to it. In doing this profoundly important work, we not only "comfort the disquieted and disquiet the comfortable," in the words of Hon. Abner Mikva, we believe that we also strengthen society and bring deeper meaning to our practice. Our pro bono work is directed into a number of programs that the firm believes achieve our overall pro bono objectives and at the same time provide meaningful legal experience for our attorneys. Many of the pro bono programs the firm now embraces were initiated by associates with a desire to become involved in particular aspects of pro bono legal work. Within reasonable limits, the firm treats pro bono work the same as client billable work in evaluating productivity and establishing annual compensation for our associates. The primary pro bono projects in which the firm's attorneys are actively involved include the following: Circuit Court of Cook County Juvenile Division Children's Pro Bono Project : Working with experienced Juvenile Court trial attorneys from the Northwestern University Law School Bluhm Legal Clinic, our attorneys participate in a court-sponsored pro bono program through which we represent juveniles charged with misdemeanors and felonies. Our work in this program gives us an opportunity to provide basic mentoring to at-risk juveniles and to protect their constitutional rights. In many cases, we find that we are able to give fundamentally good kids another chance to develop into contributing members of society rather than be caught in the downward spiral of recidivistic incarceration.

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