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Best 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.
Read MorePro Bono to Honor Those Who Serve
November 10, 2011
The PBEye recognizes legal departments’ efforts to assist veterans through pro bono service.
Read MoreGuest Blog: Deere Celebrates Giving Back to the Community
November 2, 2011
The Deere & Company held its bi-annual Pro Bono and Community Service Celebration in Moline, Ill., on Oct. 19. The Deere Pro Bono program officially began in 2002, and has held its Pro Bono Celebration annually since 2007.
Read MoreCPBO Participates in ACC Annual Meeting
November 1, 2011
Corporate Pro Bono staff, along with PBI’s Global Coordinator Julia Alanen and thousands of in-house attorneys, attended the Association of Corporate Counsel’s (ACC) Annual Meeting in Denver, October 23 – 26. CPBO provided information about in-house pro bono to numerous in-house attorneys who stopped by its booth and to those who attended the CPBO pro bono breakfast. Many in-house leaders familiar to CPBO stopped by to check in, while others new to in-house pro bono came to find out how to get started. CPBO provided a variety of materials, including suggestions on how to start an in-house pro bono program, sample best practice profiles, and an article on multi-jurisdictional practice rules (all of which are available on CPBO’s website).
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