Webinar Recap — Successful In-House Pro Bono Partnerships
On December 17, PBI hosted the webinar “Successful In-House Pro Bono Partnerships,” which provided an in-depth look at the recipients of the 2015 CPBO Pro Bono Partner Awards:
- CPBO Pro Bono Partner Award – Large Law: BNY Mellon**, White & Case*†, and the National LGBT Bar Association for their innovative, high-impact collaboration to develop the Online LGBT Tax Resource; and
- CPBO Pro Bono Partner Award – Small Law: Best Buy Co., Inc.** and Volunteer Lawyers Network (VLN) for their decade-long collaboration on VLN’s Housing Court Project and its Conciliation Court Clinic.
The panel included representatives from the honored partner organizations, each of whom discussed the substance of their work and also provided insight into the development and maintenance of their partnerships.
Did you miss the program? Don’t worry, it’s available on demand! In-house participants should contact CPBO Project Assistant Josh Lefebvre for registration information. Law Firm Pro Bono Project Member Firms should contact Law Firm Pro Bono Project Assistant Eva Richardson for the promotional code to register. CLE credit is available for this program in many states. Be sure to check back often for other online offerings and browse the other webinars available on-demand.
Participation in the webinar provides access to related materials as well, including CPBO’s new infographic highlighting in-house pro bono partnerships. This infographic gathers data from the annual CPBO Challenge® Report and biannual CPBO Benchmarking Report to present a list of common partnership models and data on how many legal departments partner with law firms, legal services organizations, each other, and others.
To find out more about the CPBO Pro Bono Partner Award or in-house pro bono, please contact CPBO Director Eve Runyon.
**denotes a Corporate Pro Bono Challenge® signatory
* denotes a Signatory to the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge®
† denotes a Member of the Law Firm Pro Bono Project
