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.

Telstra’s in-house legal team has pushed itself to take on pro-bono referrals from Justice Connect.

To help address the bureaucracy surrounding government health insurance programs, Fenwick & West, Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, and Facebook volunteers educate clients about the various options available for affordable healthcare.

New York adopts a new practice rule that opens the door to greater participation in pro bono by registered in-house counsel.

At this year’s PBI Annual Conference, in-house counsel and other legal department pro bono leaders broke into groups to discuss a variety of topics relevant to the continued development of in-house pro bono.

The 2013 ACC Annual Meeting in Los Angeles proved to be CPBO’s most successful meeting yet.