Final Reminder: CPBO Partner Award Nomination Deadline
The PBEye reminds you that there’s only a few days left to submit your nomination for the 2013 CPBO Pro Bono Partner Award. Nominations are due May 3 and may be submitted via e-mail or hard copy to CPBO Director Eve Runyon.
The award, which will be presented at the 2013 PBI Annual Dinner, recognizes innovative team approaches to pro bono work involving in-house legal departments, law firms, and public interest groups. Recipients of the award must include at least one legal department and one or more law firms and/or public interest group partners.
Last year’s award was presented 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. Their innovative partnership served the legal needs of individuals, families, and local nonprofits. A full list of previous awardees can be found here.
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
