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🌟 Embrace the Power of Corporate Volunteerism! 🌟 Corporate volunteerism isn't just about giving back—it's a strategic business decision. Recent research underscores how these programs boost employee engagement, retention, and leadership development, aligning with modern workforce values. Check out Pro Bono Institute’s latest PBEye blog post, “Driving Impact and Engagement: The Business Case for Corporate Volunteerism” https://bit.ly/3Wodpp9 to read about research that continues to highlight the benefits of integrating volunteer programs – including skills-based volunteer programs like pro bono legal service – into your company’s strategy. #CorporateVolunteerism #ProBono #EmployeeEngagement #SocialImpact #BusinessStrategy 

Share Your Ideas for the PBI 2025 Annual Conference! PBI is excited to begin planning the 2025 Annual Conference. To keep the Conference fresh, informative, and thought-provoking, we welcome proposals for concurrent and plenary sessions. Ideas for workshops, small group discussions, and other interactive programs that will facilitate engaging in-person programming are especially welcome. Please submit your ideas by July 26. Contact [email protected] Looking forward to another great Annual Conference! #probono #accesstojustice #PBI2025

In 2022, Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO), the global in-house project of Pro Bono Institute (PBI), partnered with the legal department of Entergy Corporation and Edison Electric Institute (EEI) to establish EmPOWERing Pro Bono Day. EmPOWERing Pro Bono Day is an annual day of pro bono service for volunteer attorneys and legal staff from electric and gas companies. For the past two years on EmPOWERing Pro Bono Day, Entergy has offered significant pro bono events and opportunities across jurisdictions engaging their pro bono volunteers in innovative ways.  Listen to our latest podcast to learn more...https://lnkd.in/eNzV-QVQ

The Supreme Court issued its highly-anticipated decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson today – holding that a city’s efforts to prohibit unhoused individuals from sleeping outside when there’s nowhere else for them to sleep does not violate the Eighth Amendment’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment. The work of Pro Bono Institute Law Firm Pro Bono Project® members and Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge® signatories like Dechert LLP and Alston & Bird on amicus briefs in the case provided important context on the breadth and impact of the homelessness crisis, highlighted the Constitutional implications of criminalizing homelessness, and laid the groundwork for future advocacy. Check out Pro Bono Institute’s latest PBEye blog post, “Sheltering Justice: The Crucial Role of Pro Bono Lawyers After Grants Pass v. Johnson,” to read about PBI Intern Hailey Kearsley’s experiences attending the Supreme Court oral argument in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson and reflections on their recent landmark decision, including the crucial role of pro bono lawyers in future advocacy. https://bit.ly/45RQjuc #SupremeCourt #AccesstoJustice

The Supreme Court issued its highly-anticipated decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson today – holding that a city’s efforts to prohibit unhoused individuals from sleeping outside when there’s nowhere else for them to sleep does not violate the Eighth Amendment’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment. The work of Pro Bono Institute Law Firm Pro Bono Project® members and Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge® signatories like Dechert LLP and Alston & Bird on amicus briefs in the case provided important context on the breadth and impact of the homelessness crisis, highlighted the Constitutional implications of criminalizing homelessness, and laid the groundwork for future advocacy. Check out Pro Bono Institute’s latest PBEye blog post, “Sheltering Justice: The Crucial Role of Pro Bono Lawyers After Grants Pass v. Johnson,” to read about PBI Intern Hailey Kearsley’s experiences attending the Supreme Court oral argument in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson and reflections on their recent landmark decision, including the crucial role of pro bono lawyers in future advocacy. https://bit.ly/45RQjuc #SupremeCourt #AccesstoJustice

In-House pro bono is on the rise! The Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO) project of the Pro Bono Institute (PBI) has released its 2024 Corporate Pro Bono Challenge® Report: In-House Pro Bono on the Rise, which benchmarks pro bono performance in 2023. On average, the pro bono participation rate for 2023 for all survey respondents was 53 percent for U.S. lawyers, 41 percent for U.S. legal staff, and 35 percent for lawyers outside of the U.S. These percentages are all at the highest levels since the pandemic. View the full report: https://bit.ly/45IJc7g   The Corporate Pro Bono Challenge initiative is a voluntary commitment by legal department leaders to encourage and promote pro bono service, setting an aspirational goal that 50 percent of legal department employees, including attorneys and legal staff, will participate in pro bono annually. There are more than 190 Corporate Pro Bono Challenge signatories. #ProBono #CorporateProBono #AccesstoJustice

PBI is excited to announce the 2024 CPBO Pro Bono Partner Awardees! Congratulations to Paramount Pictures in partnership with Loeb & Loeb LLP, and PSEG in partnership with Gibbons P.C., McCarter & English, LLP, and Volunteer Lawyers for Justice. We will be celebrating their exceptional pro bono achievements at the PBI 2024 Annual Dinner, October 9, 2024.

The importance of pro bono: For 2023, law firms reported performing over 3.5 million pro bono hours for those of limited means and organizations serving them. This represents 74% of all pro bono time of firms reporting limited means pro bono hours, a slight increase in percentage from 2022 (73.3%). Read more in this year's 2024 Report on the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge® Initiative: 👉 https://bit.ly/3VGeWGC #PBI #AccessToJustice #ProBonoChallenge #SocialImpact

Pro Bono Institute's Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge(R) Report is out! The data PBI collected shows that signatories to the Challenge performed more than 5 million hours of pro bono work in 2023. Pro bono hours are on the rise, though not back at their pre-pandemic height. Check out some other highlights from the Report in the press coverage below, and kudos to my colleagues for their hard work on this Report. #probono #probonoproud https://lnkd.in/eRQhGtDE

Join us in celebrating as the PBI Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge® initiative surpasses a milestone!  According to the newly released 2024 Report on the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge® Initiative, 120 Challenge signatory firms reported performing an aggregated total of 5,076,659 hours of pro bono work in 2023, placing Challenge signatories past a significant milestone of 100 million hours of pro bono service over the life of the Challenge! Pro bono hours in 2023 represented approximately 3.76% of total client billable hours. This reflects an impressive 8.48% improvement over 2022! These numbers underscore the ongoing commitment of law firms to provide pro bono service and increase access to justice. Read the full report to learn more about the pro bono impact and contributions of Challenge signatory law firms. https://bit.ly/3VGeWGC Let's continue to champion pro bono work and make a difference together! #ProBono #PBI #ProBonoInstitute #LawFirms #AccessToJustice #LegalCommunity #ProBonoChallenge #SocialImpact