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Best Practice Profile – Hewlett-Packard
December 1, 2011
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY BEST PRACTICES IN PRO BONO December 2011 Pro Bono Contact: Bruce Ives, Vice-President and Deputy General Counsel Program Background Before 2007, few Hewlett Packard Company (HP) lawyers participated in pro bono work. Those who did had to go outside the company, usually through the pro bono efforts of the local chapter of the […]
Download PDFBest Practice Profile – General Motors
December 1, 2011
GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY BEST PRACTICES IN PRO BONO December 2011 Pro Bono Contact: Steve Cernak, Chair, General Motors Pro Bono Committee Program Background The General Motors Company (GM) legal department, which is comprised of 180 lawyers located in Detroit and several offices abroad, first implemented a pro bono program in the late 1990s. Prior to […]
Download PDFBest Practice Profile – Clorox
December 1, 2011
THE CLOROX COMPANY BEST PRACTICES IN PRO BONO December 2011 Pro Bono Contact: Adam Brink, Trademark Counsel Program Background It was with the 2005 arrival of Laura Stein as senior vice president, general counsel & corporate secretary of The Clorox Company (Clorox) that the idea for an official department pro bono program began. As an […]
Download PDFBest Practice Profile – Best Buy
December 1, 2011
BEST BUY CO., INC. BEST PRACTICES IN PRO BONO December 2011 Pro Bono Contact: Jill Barnett, Corporate Counsel Program Background When the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) spearheaded a “Call to Honor” in October 2003, asking the legal community to increase its pro bono involvement, Joseph M. Joyce, senior vice president, general counsel and assistant […]
Download PDFBest Practice Profile – AT&T
December 1, 2011
AT&T INC. BEST PRACTICES IN PRO BONO December 2011 Pro Bono Contacts: Pamela St. John and Susan McGahan, General Attorneys and Co-Chairs of Pro Bono Executive Committee Program Background and Infrastructure In 2009, AT&T Inc. (AT&T) revamped its pro bono program, affording regional offices more autonomy in selecting pro bono matters and in managing those matters. […]
Download PDFBest Practice Profile – American Express
December 1, 2011
AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC. BEST PRACTICES IN PRO BONO December 2011 Pro Bono Contact: Angel P. Nguyen and Ruth L. Stark, Co-Chairs, Pro Bono Committee Program Background and Infrastructure In 2002, at the behest of a team of General Counsel’s Office (GCO) attorneys and with the endorsement of Louise Parent, executive vice […]
Download PDFVerizon Pro Bono Clinic
November 30, 2011
Verizon Communications Inc. hosted its third Clinic in a Box program with CPBO and DLA Piper.
Read MorePro Bono Takes Berlin
November 29, 2011
At PILnet’s fifth annual European Pro Bono Forum in Berlin, panelists urged participants to advance pro bono programs to honor and secure basic human rights.
Read MoreCPBO Takes a Bite Out of the Big Apple
November 15, 2011
On November 2, CPBO met with members from various legal departments from New York to discuss questions regarding in-house pro bono efforts.
Read MoreGE, Arnold & Porter, CLC Partner for Kids
November 11, 2011
Representatives from General Electric Company and Arnold & Porter, after meeting with the Children’s Law Center, combined forces to address issues facing at-risk youth in the Washington, D.C. area.
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