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New fields are now available on the Opportunities Guide Organization Profiles.

• In the General Information section, a field has been added to house an organization's Teletype (TTY) number.

• In the Program Information section:
  • The "Need for Pro Bono Help" section has been renamed "Areas of law in need of Pro Bono help"
  • A new Area of Law choice has been added - "Disaster and Emergency Assistance"
  • Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help section has been added. Below are the options in that section:

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
Client intake and screening
Client counseling (e.g., brief advice)
Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs)
Hotline staffing
Legislative or policy advocacy
Litigation: Appellate
Litigation: Class actions
Litigation: Impact
Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation
Litigation: Support (e.g., discovery)
Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students
Prepare legal education materials
Legal Research
Translate legal documents
Transactional work

• An open text field called Other Projects has been added

• Check box to indicate if volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement, and a text field to enter additional information.
• Check box to indicate if volunteers may participate in the program remotely, as well as a list and text field to indicate which types of opportunities are applicable. List and text field only show when check box is selected. The options in the list box are:

Conduct Research
Draft or Translate Legal Documents
Mentor Volunteer Lawyers

In addition to new fields on the Organization forms, a column containing a direct link to an Organization's profile (called GuideURL) has been added to Opps Guide Organization List that is available for download in the Opps Guide admin area.