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.

CPBO provided updated information regarding MJP for the CCJ’s January 2012 meeting and the CCJ/COSCA annual meeting last month.

The 2012 Benchmarking Survey found that 61% of responding legal departments require their attorneys to undertake pro bono representations as an individual, while the remaining 39% permit attorneys to undertake pro bono representations as a representative of the company.

Laura Stein, senior vice president-general counsel of The Clorox Company details how pro bono done by corporate attorneys can be used to help bridge the “justice gap.”