Law.com November 27, 2023 Now in its 20th year, the Microsoft Corporate, External & Legal Affairs department’s Pro Bono Program has donated about 60,000 pro bono hours. Among the program’s signature initiatives is Kids in Need of Defense (KIND, a legal services organization Microsoft co-founded in 2008 with the goal of ensuring that no child […]

Thomson Reuters October 24, 2023 Thomson Reuters was among the companies recognized with the 2023 Corporate Pro Bono Partner Award from the Pro Bono Institute (PBI) at its annual awards dinner on Oct. 16 in New York City. The award honored the Thomson Reuters partnership with Baker McKenzie for the Justice in Action project. Read […]

Amazon October 23, 2023 Since Amazon’s pro bono program’s inception, members of the legal department have devoted more than 52,000 hours of pro bono volunteer work, partnering with numerous law firms and nonprofits to provide access to justice for underserved people and communities, and support noble causes across the globe. This includes more than 10,000 […]

LinkedIn October 20, 2023 Just as technology continues to grow and evolve, so has the Microsoft Pro Bono Program. To track their progress and to offer in-house legal departments looking to develop their own pro bono programs, Microsoft created a Pro Bono Maturity Model in collaboration with the Corporate Pro Bono project of the Pro […]

Cisco October 20, 2023 Cisco’s Chief Legal Officer, Dev Stahlkopf, shares her perspective on the power of pro bono work. For three years running, Cisco has maintained more than 80 percent employee participation in community impact activities. When four out of every five Cisco employees, representing 95 countries, are finding opportunities to give back in […]

3BL CSRwire July 17, 2023 Truist’s legal teammates collaborate with law firms and nonprofits to lead license restoration clinics. With partner Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, for example, Truist volunteers have helped nearly 300 people develop driver’s license restoration plans. Read more…

Canadian Lawyer April 18, 2023 Law firms seem to do a much better job touting their pro bono work – not to mention themselves –  than do in-house legal departments. Surprising it may be, then, to discover that more than 100 legal departments participated in staffing Pro Bono Ontario’s free legal advice hotline in the […]

Law.com April 13, 2023 “When I discovered corporate law, I loved the variation. It felt like you were building something and that was really important for me,” said Ben Adams, chief legal officer of Western Union. Read more…

The PBEye March 28, 2023 As part of the Challenge Signatory Showcase, Corporate Pro Bono is excited to highlight The Williams Companies**, and their housing justice pro bono project. We chatted with Williams’ Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Lane Wilson, about the project and the impact that it has on tenants who are unable to afford legal representation […]

Legal Dive October 31, 2022 Members of Amazon’s legal department have provided pro bono legal services to guests at a Seattle-based homeless shelter, and they have worked with the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project to rectify wrongful convictions. Read more…