Below 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!

Working with Pro Bono Clients

Why Do Pro Bono?

Model Law Firm and Corporate Law Department Policies

 

Working with Pro Bono Clients

Working with Pro Bono Clients  - Tips to Maximize Your Effectiveness, by Martha Delaney and Scott Russell):

Pro Bono Clients - Ten Strategies for Success  - Brochure form of Working with Pro Bono Clients

 

Why Do Pro Bono?

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 New York

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)