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Pro Bono ResourcesBelow are links to support your pro bono work and policies. ProJusticeMN.org Civil Law Library - This website has up-to-date resources on the laws affecting people in poverty. VLN highly recommends it! Model Law Firm and Corporate Law Department Policies
Working with Pro Bono Clients - Tips to Maximize Your Effectiveness, by Martha Delaney and Scott Russell Pro Bono Clients - Ten Strategies for Success - Brochure from of Working with Pro Bono Clients Beyond Bias - Cultural Competence as a Lawyer Skill - A lawyer’s cultural competence goes beyond avoiding bias. To serve diverse clients, lawyers should have special communication and interpersonal skills. Those skills can be taught and learned. (Nelson Miller, June 2008 Michigan Bar Journal) Five Habits of Cross Cultural Competence - helpful information for identifying one's own biases so that they don't compromise the quality of one's legal services. (Susan Bryant)
Documenting the Justice Gap in America - the current unmet civil legal needs of low-income Americans, by the Legal Services Corporation. Top Ten Reasons Why I (Still) Do Pro Bono Work, by Amy J. Greer How Pro Bono Changed My Life, by Kenneth Frazier Pro Bono Programs Within Private Practice: a Win-Win-Win Proposition, by William D. Hittler, Halleland Lewis Nilan Sipkins & Johnson, PA The Pro Bono Business Case, by the Taproot Foundation. Making The Business Case for Pro Bono, by Ester Lardent The Business Case for In-House (Corporate) Pro Bono, by Ester Lardent
Model Law Firm and Corporate Legal Department Policies Law Firm Pro Bono - A Model Policy Resources for creating a Pro Bono Policy at a Corporate Legal Department Pro Bono - Not Just for Law firms! - How Best Buy's corporate legal department promotes pro bono.
A model policy from Colorado A model policy from Washington A model policy from Louisiana A model for pro bono for government attorneys (from our own Minnesota State Bar Association)
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