Overview
Welcome to the DC Consortium of Legal Services Providers Area of probono.net/dc!
The Consortium is a coalition of 34 member organizations, all of which provide direct legal services to low-income DC residents. The Consortium's mission is to coordinate the delivery, expand the availability and improve the quality of legal services and advocacy for poor and disadvantaged people and groups of people in the District of Columbia.
Many of the Consortium's 34 member organizations have robust pro bono programs. Your help is greatly needed. Please browse a "virtual pro bono fair" of some of the organizations and a complete directory of pro bono opportunities to find an organization that best matches your personal interests and professional goals.
Consortium members meet on a monthly basis, with leadership committees and work and affinity groups convening separately throughout the year. Consortium meetings and activities are generally open to all individuals who work in the legal services community or who are interested in issues impacting low-income clients. Individuals from a broad spectrum of public interest organizations, local law schools, private law firms, and DC Bar entities are active in the Consortium.
General meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am, at Venable LLP, 600 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The list of monthly meetings for the remainder of 2018 is as follows: July 19, August (no meeting), September 20, October 18, November 15, December (no meeting).
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 25, 2018
D.C. CONSORTIUM OF LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ANNOUNCES ENDORSEMENTS IN D.C. BAR ELECTIONS
Supports Susan M. Hoffman for President-Elect
The D.C. Consortium of Legal Services Providers is pleased to announce its endorsement of candidates for D.C. Bar office. The Consortium is a coalition of 34 organizations that provide civil legal services to low-income people, or people in other disadvantaged groups, living in the District of Columbia. Its principal criterion for endorsement is the extent to which a candidate has a demonstrated commitment to, and a vision for, increasing access to justice for low-income and disadvantaged people and groups of people in the District of Columbia.
In making its endorsements, the Consortium considered material supplied by the candidates, including the candidates' resumes and responses to a Consortium questionnaire. The endorsement for President-Elect was also based on the candidates’ oral presentations to the Consortium membership. Only those candidates who submitted an endorsement package to the Consortium could be considered for endorsement.
The Consortium endorses Susan M. Hoffman for President-Elect. The Consortium notes that the decision of which candidate for President-Elect to endorse this year was particularly difficult, as both candidates exhibited a long history of and commitment to pro bono work and addressing the justice gap. Although the Consortium endorses Ms. Hoffman, we believe that both candidates would work toward increasing access to justice for low-income and disadvantaged people in the District of Columbia. The Consortium is also confident that the following individuals will devote significant attention to increasing access to justice in the District of Columbia.
Secretary: Paul S. Lee
Treasurer: Amy E. Nelson
Board of Governors: Rawle Andrews Jr
Moses Cook
A.J. S. Dhaliwal
Vanita “Saleema” Snow
ABA House of Delegates: Donald R. Dunner
John “Jack” C. Keeney Jr.
Lucy L. Thomson
For further information on the Consortium's endorsements, please contact the Consortium Coordinator, Holly Eaton, at ConsortiumCoordinator@gmail.com.
April 4, 2016 - Today the D.C. Consortium of Legal Services Providers released the findings of its "Community Listening Project," a nearly three-and-a-half year study of the multiple difficulties faced by D.C.'s poorest residents in an effort to understand and better serve our client community.
Upcoming Events
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Washington Council of Lawyers Awards Ceremony, Dec 4
Our annual awards ceremony gives us a chance to recognize lawyers and organizations who make exceptional contributions to the pro bono and public-interest community. At this year's ceremony, we will recognize the recipients of these awards: Presidents ... -
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center Public Benefits Training Series: Immigrant Eligibility for Public Benefits, Dec 5
Eligibility for public benefits for non-citizens is complicated. Allison Miles-Lee (Bread for the City) and Krisztina Szabo (Whitman-Walker Health) will provide an introductory overview of immigrant eligibility for DC and federal public benefit programs. ... -
Ethical Issues in Pro Bono Representation 2018 (Webcast), Dec 13
Why You Should Attend Using a lively, interactive format, this program will examine everyday issues of ethics and professional responsibility in pro bono and public interest practice. What You Will Learn Within the context of pro bono representat ... -
Washington Council of Lawyers Best Practices in Pro Bono: Impact Litigation, Jan 9
When: 09 January 2019, 8:45 am to 10:15 am Where: Fried Frank (801 17th Street NW) Cost: Free Best Practices in Pro Bono is a chance to share advice and tips for improving your pro bono program—together with pro bono coordinators from legal services ... - View more