Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Coordinators

Presenters
Baker & McKenzie

Topics will include:

• Clearances of actual and positional conflicts;
• Whether a corporation (as opposed to an individual lawyer employed by the corporation) can represent a person or entity other than the attorney's employer;
• Identifying the pro bono client when a matter is referred by a legal services provider, and the implications for duties of loyalty and confidentiality;
• Whether engagement letters are required and/or advisable, and the appropriate contents for engagement letters;
• Unauthorized practice of law questions;
• Considerations for teaming arrangements with outside counsel;
• Advancing costs and expenses of pro bono clients;
• Confidentiality considerations (e.g., with respect to colleagues, the referring non-profit legal services provider, etc.);
• Recent modification to the New York Rules of Professional Conduct; and
• Update on the CT authorized house counsel rule.

Our Thanks to Boehringer Ingelheim and Baker & McKenzie for making this program available to the Pro Bono Partnership's volunteer attorneys.