Hewlett-Packard Company in partnership with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and the National Veterans Legal Services Program will receive the CPBO Pro Bono Partner Award.

CPBO’s 2012 Benchmarking Report demonstrates that there are a number of options available to legal departments for professional liability insurance.

New York opens the comment period for a proposed rule that would permit in-house counsel who are not licensed in New York to represent pro bono clients.

PBI releases its annual Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge Report. Law Firm Challenge Signatories are continuing their commitment to pro bono, performing more than 4.3 million hours of pro bono service in 2012.

PBI President and CEO Esther F. Lardent gives a preview of PBI’s forthcoming pilot Collaborative Justice Project™.

During the In-House Track at this year’s PBI Annual Conference, in-house counsel and other legal department staff broke into groups to discuss a variety of hot topics relevant to the continued development of in-house pro bono.

According to CPBO’s 2012 Benchmarking Survey, pro bono partnerships are on the rise: 86 percent of responding legal departments partnered with law firms on pro bono in 2012, up from 68 percent in 2010.

The Connecticut Law Tribune awards General Electric Company with the Legal Departments of the Year: Pro Bono Award.

During the In-House Track at this year’s PBI Annual Conference, in-house counsel and other legal department staff broke into groups to discuss a variety of hot topics relevant to the continued development of in-house pro bono.

CSX’s legal department participates in a medial-legal partnership to provide legal assistance to low-income patients in Jacksonville, FL.