Pro Bono in Practice: Elections – Don’t Miss Out!

Recently, PBI hosted an interactive webinar “Pro Bono in Practice: Elections” in conjunction with West LegalEdcenter.  The program, which is part of our Best of the 2012 Conference Series, focused on the roles law firms and legal departments have to play at all levels of election protection and reform processes on Election Day and year round.  The program featured experts Stacey Fahey from Proskauer Rose LLP*†, Keesha Gaskins from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School, and Jon Greenbaum from The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

The lively discussion explored a wide range of pro bono topics including time-limited projects, opportunities outside your home state, legal issues related to newly-enacted voter identification laws, use of technology and social media, and opportunities for non-lawyers.  The response to this program from participants was extremely positive: “great program”, “really effective webinar”, and “good webinar and great experience”.

Want to learn more?  You can access the webinar on-demand here at your convenience, along with all of the supplemental materials.  The program is free of charge to anyone associated with a Law Firm Pro Bono Project Member Firm; please contact Project Assistant Christine Sutherland for the promotional code.  Corporate participants can receive purchase information from Corporate Pro Bono Project Assistant Eric Florenz.  CLE credit is available in many states for this program.

Also, be sure to check out the 2012 edition of the Law Firm Pro Bono Project’s publication Facing the Challenges of Citizenship: Election-Related Pro Bono Opportunities, which is available (free for Law Firm Project Members) from our resource Clearinghouse.

* denotes a Signatory to the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge^®
† denotes a Member of the Law Firm Pro Bono Project