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Criteria for the CPBO Pro Bono Partner Award

Recipients of the award may comprise a two-way (i.e., one legal department with one law firm or public interest group) or three-way (e.g., a legal department, law firm, and public interest group) partnership.

The criteria for selection are:

  1. a legal pro bono project that has a demonstrated impact on its community/target group;
  2. substantial involvement by in-house lawyers;
  3. tangible steps toward making the partnership sustained;
  4. innovative substantive and/or structural (e.g., delivery model) approaches to the effort; and
  5. addresses a critical legal need and/or particularly vulnerable community/target group.