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 remaining monthly meetings for the coming year is as follows: October 17, November 21, December (no meeting).
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 29, 2019
D.C. CONSORTIUM OF LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS ANNOUNCES
ENDORSEMENTS IN D.C. BAR ELECTIONS
Supports Charles C. Lemley 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 Charles C. Lemley for President-Elect. The Consortium is also confident that the following individuals will devote significant attention to increasing access to justice in the District of Columbia:
Secretary: Garylene “Gage” D. Javier
Treasurer: Hardeep Grover
Board of Governors: Jessica E. Adler
Theodore A. Howard
Su Sie Ju
Paul S. Lee
Amy E. Nelson
ABA House of Delegates: Pauline A. Schneider
D. Jean Veta
ABA House of Delegates under-36: Josephine M. Bahn
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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The Art & Science of Interviewing Pro Bono Clients 2019, Oct 21 - Oct 25
Asking the right questions in the right way can start your attorney-client relationship off on the right note and prevent unnecessary frustration. This skill is especially important when working with pro bono clients who have had limited experience with t ... -
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center Training: Landlord/Tenant Practice in the District of Columbia, 2-Part Series (Part 1), Oct 23
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Washington Council of Lawyers DC Pro Bono Week 2019: Small Business Brief Advice Legal Clinic, Oct 23
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36th Annual Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation (Webcast), Oct 24
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