The PBI Wire
November 24, 2014
Every fall, Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO), the global partnership project of Pro Bono Institute (PBI) and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), attends the ACC Annual Meeting to provide information and resources to the thousands of in-house counsel from around the globe who participate. This year the meeting was held in New Orleans and saw record attendance. At the meeting, CPBO was available at a booth in the exhibit hall to meet with those interested in learning more about in-house pro bono. In addition, CPBO hosted the following events:
Clinic in a Box® Program Training
For the first time, CPBO hosted a training session for ACC Chapters and legal departments interested in co-hosting a Clinic in a Box® program, a half-day legal audit clinic that provides in-house counsel the opportunity to advise nonprofit organizations or small businesses while earning CLE credit. At the training program, CPBO provided participants detailed instruction on hosting a Clinic in a Box® program, reviewing dozens of form documents used to support the off-the-shelf clinic model and covering numerous tasks – from the selection of co-hosts to
post-clinic evaluation.
As a result of attending the program, legal department and ACC Chapter participants are able to access a limited support Clinic in a Box® license, which is available at a reduced price only to legal departments or ACC Chapters that have either hosted a full service clinic in the past or have attended training. The CPBO team enjoyed meeting with the ACC chapter and legal department representatives who participated and looks forward to hosting clinics with them in the future.
Pro Bono Breakfast
CPBO hosted its fourth annual breakfast for in-house counsel engaged in or interested in pro bono. The breakfast was an informal opportunity for in-house counsel with wide-ranging levels of experience with
in-house pro bono to meet and learn from CPBO staff and each other. The conversations covered a number of topics, including current projects, increasing participation, and ways to overcome real and perceived challenges associated with engaging in pro bono.