Reminder: Partner Award Nominations
There’s just one month left to submit your nominations for the 2013 CPBO Pro Bono Partner Award so contact us right away if you know of a pro bono partnership deserving of recognition. Nominations for the award must be a partnership comprising at least one legal department and one or more law firms and/or public interest group partners. CPBO will present the award at the 2013 PBI Annual Dinner on November 7 in New York.
The Partner Award recognizes innovative team approaches to pro bono work involving in-house legal departments, law firms, and public interest groups. CPBO presented last year’s award to the Ford Motor Company** Office of the General Counsel, in partnership with Dykema Gossett PLLC*†, Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc., and Michigan Community Resources, for their innovative partnerships to serve the legal needs of individuals and families and local nonprofits. For a full list of previous awardees please click here.
Nominations are due by May 3 and may be submitted via e-mail to CPBO Director Eve Runyon. Hard copies can be mailed to 1025 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 205, Washington, D.C. 20036. For more information about the award, please contact Eve Runyon at 202.729.6699.
* denotes a Signatory to the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge®
† denotes a Member of the Law Firm Pro Bono Project
**denotes a Signatory to the Corporate Pro Bono ChallengeSM
