New Book From PLI Helps Corporations Develop Pro Bono Legal Services

NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pro bono service in corporations, once a nascent movement, is becoming the norm. Practising Law Institute has published Pro Bono Service by In-House Counsel: Strategies and Perspectives to ensure corporations do it right.

"For in-house corporate counsel who want to start, maintain, and expand company pro bono legal services, this volume is must reading," said Judge Robert A. Katzmann, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. "[Pro Bono Service by In-House Counsel: Strategies and Perspectives] will offer essential guidance as to why such pro bono services should be undertaken, how such programs should be structured, examples of such programs, lessons learned, and tips for service providers, lawyers, and clients."

The first practical primer for firms seeking to implement or evaluate pro bono programs recounts the experiences of representatives of several companies with in-house programs—Time Warner Inc., Caterpillar, American Express, AOL, Intel, LexisNexis Group, Starbucks Coffee Company, Ernst & Young, Deloitte, Microsoft, Accenture, Citigroup, GE. Any in-house counsel seeking to foster pro bono initiatives will thus have a menu of approaches from which to devise an appropriate program.

This book was edited by David P. Hackett of Baker & McKenzie who regularly counsels multinational companies and financial institutions on environmental and corporate compliance issues. He is active in the Firm's Global Corporate Social Responsibility Program.

Pro Bono Service by In-House Counsel: Strategies and Perspectives is $45 and is available for a 30-day free examination.

About PLI

Practising Law Institute (PLI) is a non-profit continuing legal education organization dedicated to providing the legal community with the most up-to-date information available. Founded in 1933, PLI has a continuing mission to enhance the professionalism of attorneys and other qualified persons by providing the highest quality and most innovative programs. PLI also offers one-hour briefings, online CLE, publications, and other services to enable attorneys to practice competently and ethically, as well as to fulfill pro bono responsibilities. PLI offers more than 300 programs annually in locations across the United States, including live webcasts, interactive multimedia, web programs, course handbooks, and annually supplemented treatises. In addition, PLI annually awards more than 3,000 full and partial scholarships to its programs. Learn more about PLI at www.pli.edu.

SOURCE Practising Law Institute

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