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Justice-for-All Theme Undergirds Microsoft’s 20-Year-Old Pro Bono Program
November 27, 2023
Law.com November 27, 2023 Now in its 20th year, the Microsoft Corporate, External & Legal Affairs department’s Pro Bono Program has donated about 60,000 pro bono hours. Among the program’s signature initiatives is Kids in Need of Defense (KIND, a legal services organization Microsoft co-founded in 2008 with the goal of ensuring that no child […]
Read MoreMeet the Attorneys Offering ‘Life-Changing’ Volunteer Legal Aid
July 17, 2023
3BL CSRwire July 17, 2023 Truist’s legal teammates collaborate with law firms and nonprofits to lead license restoration clinics. With partner Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, for example, Truist volunteers have helped nearly 300 people develop driver’s license restoration plans. Read more…
Read MoreBMO legal department’s pro bono efforts cross borders
April 18, 2023
Canadian Lawyer April 18, 2023 Law firms seem to do a much better job touting their pro bono work – not to mention themselves – than do in-house legal departments. Surprising it may be, then, to discover that more than 100 legal departments participated in staffing Pro Bono Ontario’s free legal advice hotline in the […]
Read More‘I’m About Getting To Yes’: Why Western Union’s CLO Found Fulfillment in Corporate Law and Service
April 13, 2023
Law.com April 13, 2023 “When I discovered corporate law, I loved the variation. It felt like you were building something and that was really important for me,” said Ben Adams, chief legal officer of Western Union. Read more…
Read MoreHousing Justice
March 28, 2023
The PBEye March 28, 2023 As part of the Challenge Signatory Showcase, Corporate Pro Bono is excited to highlight The Williams Companies**, and their housing justice pro bono project. We chatted with Williams’ Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Lane Wilson, about the project and the impact that it has on tenants who are unable to afford legal representation […]
Read MoreHow Amazon and Cisco’s legal chiefs have cultivated pro bono programs
October 31, 2022
Legal Dive October 31, 2022 Members of Amazon’s legal department have provided pro bono legal services to guests at a Seattle-based homeless shelter, and they have worked with the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project to rectify wrongful convictions. Read more…
Read MoreWomble Partners With Truist Client and Legal Aid to Expunge Criminal Records
October 11, 2022
Law.com October 11, 2022 Womble Bond Dickinson partnered with a major banking client on a large pro bono project in which attorneys worked together to expunge the criminal records of dozens of North Carolina residents. Overall, the project consisted of more than 310 volunteer hours, 150 petitions prepared and over 50 clients served. Read more…
Read MoreLearn More about In-House Pro Bono Budgets
August 21, 2022
This March, CPBO releases the latest installment inits infographic series, aimed at making complicated in-house pro bono issues easier to digest.
Read MoreVCU Health, McGuireWoods and Dominion Energy Win National Award for Medical-Legal Partnership
August 11, 2022
VCU Health August 11, 2022 A successful medical-legal partnership, first created by VCU Health and then expanded with the support of McGuireWoods and Dominion Energy, will be honored with the 2022 Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO) Pro Bono Partner Award from Pro Bono Institute (PBI). Read more…
Read MoreFewer US In-House Counsel Doing Pro Bono Work, Survey Finds
June 27, 2022
Legal Mag June 27, 2022 Participation in pro bono work by in-house lawyers has fallen, according to a new survey of legal departments in the U.S. and a handful based in England, Ireland and the Netherlands. Read more…
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