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Gain Experience Through Pro Bono

Pro bono work can be immensely fulfilling—and can teach you about the practice of law.

A Review of Pro Bono and Public Service Work by Solos and Small Firms

Recent surveys by the ABA reveal the outsized contributions of the nation’s solo and small firm lawyers.

Volunteering, Solo-Style

The flexibility you gain as a solo can help you find the time to volunteer.

Practice Management Tips for Community Service

As with anything else in your practice, you need a plan to properly develop a community-service orientation for your firm.

Build Your Practice, Build Good Karma

Pro bono and low bono clients can become a key to your success.

Working with Children Aging Out of Foster Care

Nothing can compare to the feeling of helping a young adult overcome the label of abused, abandoned, or neglected.

Judge Pro Bono

Serving occasionally as an acting judge gets this lawyer back into the courtroom and gives him a fresh legal experience.

Volunteering with Citizen Schools

Why not partner with educators to support students who need all the help they can get to overcome the obstacles they face?

Pro Bono in the Arts Community

Artists are small business operators who need tax advice, entity advice, and advice on commercial leases.

Becoming an Accidental Big Sister

Lawyers rarely have ongoing relationships with clients. But as a Big, you become part of the family.

Behind the Scenes at a Volunteer Lawyer Program

Give a few hours every month to those who need your help the most by serving your local VLP.

Mentoring a High School Robotics Team

It’s a real thrill to see the kids having fun while learning science, math, engineering, and, yes, maybe even a little “law.”

Volunteering with the Humane Society

Getting involved opens a whole new world of relationships with animals and their guardians.

Volunteering at a Jewish Community Center

Providing leadership is about taking advantage of the opportunities to make a difference, small or large.

Therapy Dog Visits

Solo the therapy dog visits retirees and the chronically ill in the local nursing home. Perhaps your dog could help, too.

Adventures with Boy Scout Troop 66

Nothing can replace the opportunity to see your son grow and mature.

Disaster Response and Legal Technology

Pro bono disaster legal services delivery begins by successfully connecting those with disaster-created legal issues to attorneys ready to help.