ABA Section of Business Law
ABA Section of Business Law
Business Law Today
May/June 1998
Whisking oil and water
If you are an in-house counsel interested in working on a pro bono matter, please call someone to find out more about the resources and options available to you, rather than sitting on your budding commitment. Contact the American Corporate Counsel Association (ACCA) (I'll be happy to take your call; it's part of my pro bono commitment to get you involved!), or call the experts at the ABA Center for Pro Bono. You might also contact your local or state bar association for information on local legal-services providers and model programs at work in your community.
You can also contact local law firms and corporate legal departments who have pro bono programs in place; take one of their lawyers to lunch and talk in detail with him or her about how you might get involved and how they have managed to overcome some of the dilemmas that concern you.
ABA Center for Pro Bono
541 N. Fairbanks Court
Chicago, IL 60611-3314
312/988-5773 or 5775
contacts: Bonnie Allen
or Greg McConnell
e-mail: allenb@staff.abanet.org
or mcconneg@staff.abanet.org
American Corporate Counsel
Association and The ACCA
Foundation
(please note this is a
new address as of April 1998)
1025 Connecticut Avenue
NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036-5425
202/293-4103, ext. 322 or 318
contacts: Shawn Boynes
or Susan Hackett
e-mail: boynes@acca.com
or hackett@acca.com
Lawyers Alliance for New York
99 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10013
212/219-1800
contact: Allen Bromberger
e-mail: abromber@lany.org
