New Corporate Pro Bono Challenge℠ Signatories
Please welcome the four newest Corporate Challenge℠ Signatories: Wyeth, LexisNexis Group, Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. The legal departments of these companies have become the latest corporate legal departments to sign onto the Corporate Challenge℠, which is designed to empower corporate legal departments to identify, benchmark, and communicate their commitment to pro bono service.

Congratulations to: Lawrence V. Stein, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Wyeth; Kenneth R. Thompson, II, Sr. V.P. & Chief Legal Officer, LexisNexis Group; William L. Deckelman, Jr., Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.; and Patricia R. Hatler, Executive VP, Chief Legal & Governance Officer, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company for making their commitment to pro bono a matter of record by signing Corporate Pro Bono Challenge℠.

To become a Corporate Pro Bono Challenge℠ Signatory, or for more information about the Corporate Challenge℠, please contact Eve Runyon, director of CPBO, at 202.729.6983, or at cpbo@acc.com, or visit www.cpbo.org.

New Corporate Pro Bono Advisory Board Members Selected
The Pro Bono Institute and the Association of Corporate Counsel are delighted to announce that several prominent general counsel have agreed to join the Corporate Pro Bono Advisory Board. Corporate Pro Bono, a joint effort of PBI and the Association of Corporate Counsel is designed to enhance and support pro bono service for in-house legal departments.

The new members of the Advisory Board include:

James Buda
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Caterpillar Inc.

Brackett B. Denniston III
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
General Electric Company

Ivan Fong
Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
Cardinal Health, Inc.

J. Alberto Gonzalez-Pita
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Tyson Foods, Inc.

Michael Helfer
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Citigroup Inc.

Michael Holston
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Hewlett-Packard Company

Manik Rath
Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
LMI (Logistics Management Institute)

Thomas Sabatino
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Schering-Plough Corporation

The Pro Bono Institute and CPBO welcome the new Advisory Board members and look forward to working together to advance the pro bono efforts of in-house attorneys.