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Overview
Why You Should Attend
This program will address practical issues that often arise in pro bono representation and strategies for successfully handling them.
What You Will Learn
- Tools for working effectively with low-income clients
- How to balance other professional obligations with pro bono representation
- Strategies for securing adequate training and mentorship for unfamiliar areas of law and venues
- Strategies for obtaining pro bono opportunities for in-house, transactional, and litigation attorneys
- Ethical Issues in pro bono representation
Who Should Attend
New York attorneys considering pro bono representation as well as attorneys new to public interest and legal services practice will benefit from this program. Attorneys involved in law firm or corporate legal department pro bono coordination also will find this program useful.