New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman’s annual State of the Judiciary speech reassured New Yorkers of his commitment to improve and enhance the justice system as it faces evolving challenges.

As Target Corporation, Lindquist & Vennum, and the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota demonstrate, with new legislation comes new opportunities to serve those in desperate need of legal assistance.

Published as on-line exclusive content for ACC Docket, Elizabeth Bluestein of Public Counsel Law Center and Michael Sposato of Caterpillar Inc.** co-authored an article that addresses some ethical and practical issues impacting in-house pro bono.

New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman writes about the recent rule change in New York enabling more in-house attorneys to provide pro bono legal services.

Disney’s legal department provides pro bono assistance to families in Los Angeles.

With the New Year upon us, it’s time to think about pro bono plans for 2014.

The general counsel at John Hancock Financial Services Inc. was instrumental in setting up a fund to aid the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

CPBO, ACC-Northeast, Mintz Levin, and The Lawyers Clearinghouse hosted a Clinic in a Box® Program to provide pro bono legal services to local nonprofit organizations.

CenturyLink and Bryan Cave developed and now staff the Adam’s County Self Help Resource Center Support Initiative, an innovative pro bono effort that overcomes the issue of connecting pro se litigants that are located far from volunteers.

PBI hosted a webinar exploring developments within in-house pro bono. The program discussed the 2012 CPBO Benchmarking Report, which summarizes the results of a survey regarding in-house pro bono trends.