At a ceremony on January 25, 2011, the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Dell Inc., Larry Tu, presented two law firms with Dell’s inaugural Pro Bono Award.

The legal departments at TXU Energy, Luminant, and Energy Future Holdings Corp. in partnership with Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO), TXU Energy AidSM, and Vinson & Elkins LLP, hosted a CPBO Clinic in a Box℠ program on January 25, 2011, to provide valuable pro bono legal assistance to Texas nonprofits that provide assistance to underserved communities in the Dallas area.

Washington, D.C. – March 4, 2011 – The Pro Bono Institute (PBI) has selected Intel Corporation as the 2011 Laurie D. Zelon Pro Bono Award winner for its outstanding commitment to pro bono service. The award will be presented at PBI’s Annual Seminar and Forum on In-House Pro Bono Reception later today.

“We saw a need in the community, and in line with our corporate mission, we decided it was time to start giving back.” These words have been uttered by many corporate counsel explaining why their departments decided to implement a formal corporate pro bono program. And while American Airlines wasn’t different in this respect, after the program had been in place a few years, the airline kicked it up a notch.

On February 1, 2011, Corporate Pro Bono hosted a Clinic in a BoxSM program in partnership with the Colorado Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, the Community Resource Center, the Colorado Nonprofit Association, Colorado Lawyers Committee, and Hogan Lovells LLP. The Clinic, an off-the-shelf pro bono program developed by Corporate Pro Bono for in-house counsel, attracted 25 volunteers from the greater Denver area.

Volunteer lawyers in Newark have embarked on a novel program to advise low-income, pro se litigants on a pro bono basis.

At the 2010 ACC Annual Meeting, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a Signatory to the Corporate Pro Bono Challenge℠, provided its members the opportunity to engage in and learn more about in-house pro bono. Working with Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO), ACC’s global partnership project with the Pro Bono Institute, ACC sponsored the 13th Annual CPBO Onsite Pro Bono Clinic and hosted the CPBO informational booth on the ACC Exhibit Hall Floor. During the Onsite Pro Bono Clinic, twenty-three ACC members from across the country provided pro bono legal assistance to six Texas nonprofit organizations that together serve over 58,200 individuals. The nonprofit organizations provide assistance to a variety of groups, including low-income entrepreneurs, disadvantaged women, and Texans who lack affordable housing, among others.

On October 19, 2010, the Minnesota Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, hosted in partnership with Corporate Pro Bono, a partnership project of the ACC and the Pro Bono Institute, the Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA), and Dorsey & Whitney LLP (a Signatory to the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge®) the first Minnesota Clinic in a Box℠ program. The Clinic, an off-the-shelf pro bono program developed by Corporate Pro Bono for in-house counsel, attracted as volunteers 26 Chapter members from a diverse group of corporate legal departments, including Xcel Energy, Welsh Companies, Target, Best Buy, Medtronic, UnitedHealth Group, and Ameriprise Financial.