When you think of pro bono, litigation often comes to mind. But there’s a growing need for transactional pro bono assistance such as helping nonprofits, small businesses, and entrepreneurs with contracts, governance, entity formation, compliance, and other business law issues. This work allows you to give back using the skills you already use every day without stepping...Read More

From CABA Pro Bono Legal Services: Below are the cases available for placement; [real estate/ risk of foreclosure] – Veteran cannot pay the property tax this year and is scared they will foreclose his house. Veteran is the co-owner of the property alongside his brother, however his brother refuses to pay it. He would like...Read More

It’s time to celebrate one of our own. The Section prizes itself on many things, but is most proud of its members who give back to the practice of law, the Section, and the community. And high among the list of give back to the community are those in the Section that give pro bono....Read More

Good day, Happy Wednesday!! I hope this message finds you well. It’s Lotoya Brown, Project Attorney for the Put Something Back Project. It is wonderful to meet you again in this virtual space! Put Something Back still needs your help!  We currently have various clients needing assistance with a bankruptcy matter and I wanted to check in with you to see...Read More

Put Something Back still needs your help!  We currently have various clients needing assistance with a bankruptcy matter. The following cases would appreciate your assistance. Please review the cases. Please advise Lotoya Brown if you are available to help one of these clients in need.  If you would like to view cases in any other...Read More

Do you have a pro bono hero? Someone whose dedication to pro bono work and to improving access to justice exemplifies our professional obligation to use their skills as an attorney to help those less fortunate? Someone who deserves recognition for pro bono work? If so, you have an opportunity to nominate your pro bono hero...Read More

Below is a fabulous pro bono opportunity for a volunteer attorney to join a drafting group and assist with drafting a Youth Compensation Legal Guide. The pro bono request is to assist with the chapters on (1) business law and (2) contracts. The attorney does not need to know about youth homelessness; rather, they’re looking for a business law/contracts attorney who can bring that knowledge...Read More

I remember my first pro bono client as if it were yesterday. I remember his name, OB (it appears he may still be alive at 108 years old!), and exactly what he was wearing the first time I met him. He was probably five foot nothing, and he was wearing a suit with a vest,...Read More

Are you interested in fighting antisemitism using the courts? Please reach out to Deedee Bitran, Of Counsel at Shutts & Bowen and Senior Counsel & Director of Pro Bono at the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department (deedeeb@standwithus.com). StandWithUs is an international non-partisan education organization that fights antisemitism. There are many meaningful and different ways to get...Read More