Pro Bono Net - Volunteer lawyers and legal aid advocates increasing access to justice

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This site provides resources for pro bono and legal services attorneys and others working to assist low income or disadvantaged clients. Please join our community and start making a difference today!

Pro Bono Net News

Like many of you, Pro Bono Net's thoughts are with those in Texas and Louisiana impacted by Hurricane Harvey. As an advocate for justice, you no doubt share our concerns about the disproportionate and long-term impact disasters often have on low-income and other vulnerable communities. Legal aid programs help survivors rebuild their lives and navigate the road to recovery, including applying for disaster benefits, replacing wills and vital documents, making insurance claims, combatting contractor fraud and scams, and more. Click here to learn more about how you can get involved!

#STANDWITHIMMIGRANTS is a collaboration between Pro Bono Net, the Immigration Advocates Network (IAN) and other leading immigrants' rights organizations that works to engage lawyers and other professionals around the country in skill-based volunteering to protect the rights of immigrants. Take the pledge, find volunteer opportunities in your area, and get access to the resources and training you need, here.

The Legal Services Corporation (LSC), Microsoft Corporation, and Pro Bono Net have named Alaska and Hawaii as state partners in a pilot program to develop online, statewide legal portals to direct individuals with civil legal needs to the most appropriate forms of assistance! Pro Bono Net Executive Director Mark O'Brien, Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith, and LSC President James J. Sandman made the formal announcement and discussed the project at the LSC forum on increasing access to justice at Georgetown University Law Center.

The Need For Pro Bono

The need for legal services among the poor is overwhelming. According to an American Bar Association study, at least 40% of low and moderate-income households experience a legal problem each year. Yet studies show that the collective civil legal aid effort is meeting only about 20% of the legal needs of low-income people.

Who We Are

Pro Bono Net is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to justice through innovative uses of technology and increased volunteer lawyer participation.

Watch our video celebrating our 15th anniversary celebration and learn more about how Pro Bono Net and our partners are bridging the justice gap.

To Get Started

Simply select your state from the Regional Sites menu on the left, or pick one of the substantive National Sites. We even have a growing International Sites section as well.

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Pro Bono Net Updates

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May 26, 2017 - Pro Bono Net, along with the Immigration Advocates Network and other leading immigrants' rights organizations with whom we work closely, is launching a new campaign to engage lawyers and other professionals around the country in skill-based volunteering to protect the rights of immigrants. #STANDWITHIMMIGRANTS http://bit.ly/SWI2017

May 3-6, 2017 - Pro Bono Net is at the Equal Justice Conference in Pittsburgh! Click here to learn more about how our staff is participating.

April 26, 2017 - Mark O'Brien co-teaches an experiential course at Georgetown Law called “Technology, Innovation, and Access to the Civil Justice System” which culminated in the IronTech Lawyer Competition. Click here to learn more.

April 2017 - Pro Bono Net re-launched the probono.net/ny family of websites with a new look! Check it out and let us know what you think. This is the first of a series of new designs across the probono.net network this year, so stay tuned for more.

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