ABA COVID-19 Pro Bono Bar Network

    The ABA COVID-19 Pro Bono Bar Network is a peer-learning network, supporting the launch and replication of pro bono models, promoting best practices, and identifying strategies to overcome common obstacles in providing pro bono legal services to address the legal needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Study Examines Variations in Local Laws, Highlights Legal Resources

    The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) released a research brief in January, the first step in a new, yearlong study on the eviction crisis in the United States.

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    ABA Provides Ethical Guidance for Virtual and Remote Practice of Law

    The American Bar Association has issued two formal opinions in response to these concerns that provide attorneys with helpful guidance in the ongoing virtual/remote legal landscape: Formal Opinion 495, Lawyers Working Remotely, issued on December 16, 2020; and Formal Opinion 498, Virtual Practice, issued on March 10, 2021.

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    Spotlight: New York State Covid-19 Efforts

    NY COVID-19 Pro Bono Network

    The COVID-19 pro bono network is coordinated by the New York State Bar Association in partnership with the New York State Court System. The COVID-19 Recovery Task Force oversees the network and is chaired by former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, currently of counsel at Latham & Watkins.

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    COVID-19 Pro Bono Recovery Task Force

    The mission of the Task Force is to facilitate the delivery of effective, comprehensive and efficient pro bono legal services, in urgent civil and criminal matters, to all New Yorkers in need during and in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

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    Florida COVID-19 Resources

    COVID-19 and Legal Aid

    The Florida Bar Foundation has collected resources for lawyers and the public on their COVID-19 web page.

    Resources for Clients

    Eviction Assistance Models

    Court Initiatives

    National Center for State Courts

    In February 2021, the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) Rapid Response Team (RRT) selected and notified over 40 sites to kick-off the work of the Implementation Lab. The overall goal of the Implementation Lab Initiative is to foster the implementation of sustainable innovations across a large, diverse group of courts , to continue to learn about the impact of these innovations, and to nationally spread lessons learned throughout the process.