"The Association of Corporate Counsel is asking the District of Columbia to reconsider two key restrictions on in-house lawyers doing pro bono work.

The District requires a legal services provider to assign cases and that an active member of the D.C. Bar supervise in-house counsel—restrictions that are a waste of time and resources, according to ACC.

The group wants in-house counsel to be able to work with any public interest organization to develop new pro bono opportunities, Amar Sarwal, ACC's vice president and chief legal strategist, says in a recent letter to the D.C. Court of Appeals.

The D.C. bar's Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law recently considered amendments to the bar's pro bono rules, but the committee rejected requests to make the rules more in-house counsel-friendly. The committee found the requirements are needed to protect the public interest..."

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