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Collaborating to Serve Consumer Debtors
August 26, 2011
Lawyers form Prudential, AT&T, Merck, and McCarter & English have joined to form the Newark Legal Aid and Resource Clinic for Consumer , which provides legal assistance to self-represented consumer debtors.
Read MorePlanning Your In-House Pro Bono Budget
August 25, 2011
CPBO revisits the results of the in-house pro bono benchmarking survey for 2010.
Read MoreLegal Departments Memorialize Pro Bono Achievements
August 16, 2011
The PBEye highlights points from the UnitedHealth Group and Verizon Communications respective 2010 pro bono annual reports.
Read MoreFreddie Mac Signs the CPBO Challenge!
August 10, 2011
The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) is the 106th company to sign the Corporate Pro Bono Challenge.
Read MoreCPBO Visits the North Star State
August 4, 2011
Last week, the Corporate Pro Bono team travelled to Minneapolis to host a Clinic-in-a-Box program, as well as gain insight into the pro bono activities of the Mayo Clinic, Target Corporation, and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated.
Read MoreCPBO Takes Clinic in a Box℠ to Minnesota
July 26, 2011
For the second time in a year, Corporate Pro Bono partnered with the Minnesota ACC Chapter, Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA), and Dorsey & Whitney LLP* to host a Clinic-in-a-Box℠ in Minneapolis. The Clinic, held at the offices of Dorsey & Whitney on July 14, gave 32 in-house attorneys a chance to serve 10 minority-owned small business clients. A range of Minnesota-based legal departments were represented, including Best Buy, Xcel Energy, Target, Mayo Clinic**, TCF Bank, and UnitedHealth Group**.
Read MoreCPBO Spotlight on: Verizon Communications
July 5, 2011
The PBEye highlights some of Verizon Communications Inc.’s pro bono work in assisting disadvantaged students, domestic violence survivors, and veterans.
Read MoreExelon’s Pro Bono Program Excels in Local Communities
July 1, 2011
The folks in the legal department at Exelon Corp. know a thing or two about pro bono work. Since the early 1990s, the company has had in place an informal pro bono program. But in 2002, General Counsel Bill Von Hoene recognized his team’s—lawyers and paralegals alike—interest in pro bono work and decided to implement an official initiative.
Read MoreCPBO Spotlight On: Royal Bank of Canada
June 28, 2011
Since its formal adoption of pro bono policy in 2007, the legal department of the Royal Bank of Canada has given much time to its Small Claims Court Duty Counsel Project, Volunteer Lawyer Services, and various other pro bono projects.
Read MorePep Boys Legal Department Named “Pro Bono and Community Service Legal Team of the Year”
June 28, 2011
PHILADELPHIA, Jun 28, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack, the nation’s leading automotive aftermarket service and retail chain, has been named Best Pro Bono and Community Service Legal Team of the Year by the Legal Intelligencer.
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