What do you and your colleagues personally consider pro bono? Billed but unpaid legal work? Volunteering to judge a weekend trial competition? Coaching your kid’s t-ball team every spring? There […]
For many attorneys, 2% amounts to about 40 hours of pro bono service per year. Finding these 40 hours is one challenge while finding pro bono work to fill these 40 hours is another. Bridge to Practice Fellow Dorie Arthur discusses ways to make doing non-traditional pro bono easy.
Interested in Pro Bono work but can’t find the time? Want to get involved but don’t know where to start? Bridge to Practice Fellow, Dorie Arthur, breaks down common barriers to Pro Bono for the average attorney in this blog post.
Author: Brennen Martin “It’s important to provide top-notch client service, but also providing that elite client service for pro bono clients who otherwise couldn’t afford it generally is very important […]
“Do not be afraid to dive in! Volunteering with an organization like GRBF is a perfect way for someone to get started because there is plenty of help available. You […]
Seth Schaeffer is a Partner at McGuireWoods and a long-time supporter of The Greater Richmond Bar Foundation (GRBF). He has served on GRBF's board for many years.