The Boards of Directors of seven more LSC-funded programs have adopted resolutions aimed at increasing the involvement of private attorneys in the delivery of legal services to their clients, bringing to 51 the total number of programs who have adopted such resolutions. The seven programs are:

• Alaska Legal Services Corporation
• Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida
• Legal Aid of Nebraska
• Kentucky's Legal Aid Society
• Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
• Mid-Missouri Legal Services Corporation
• Pine Tree Legal Assistance (Maine)

Maine's three non-LSC funded legal aid programs--Legal Services for the Elderly, Maine Equal Justice Project and the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project--have also adopted pro bono resolutions, making Maine the first state where all legal services providers have resolved to increase the participation of private attorneys in the delivery of legal services to their clients.

LSC is encouraging all program Boards of Directors to adopt pro bono resolutions modeled after one adopted by LSC's Board in April 2007. Urging programs to adopt local resolutions is a key element of LSC's private attorney involvement action plan, entitled "Help Close the Justice Gap, Unleash the Power of Pro Bono."

For a complete list of programs who have adopted pro bono resolutions, click here.