Strategies for Pro Bono and Public Service During the Recession
The Center for Pro Bono launched a new web page to provide resources for law firms who are laying off lawyers or deferring start dates for new hires, lawyers who have been deferred or laid off, and pro bono, legal services and public interest organizations that have opportunities for those lawyers. Please visit http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/downturn/ for more information.

  2009 Louis M. Brown Awards Presented at ABA Midyear Meeting
The Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services has selected the Virtual Courthouse.com to receive the 2009 Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access. Three additional programs will receive meritorious recognition: The Community Legal Resources Network at CUNY; the law firm Heisler, Feldman, McCormick and Garrow, PC; and Have Justice Will Travel. The Awards were presented at the joint luncheon of the NCPB and NABE at the Midyear Meeting on February 13th.

  FDIC Extends Rule Affecting Insurance on IOLTA Accounts
On September 1, 2009, the FDIC amended the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (TLGP) and extended the Transaction Account Guarantee Program (TAG) for six months, until June 30, 2010. Under the final Rule, funds in IOLTA accounts will continue to be fully guaranteed by the FDIC, without limit, for participating financial institutions. Read more...

 What are the ethical implications of excessive defender case loads?
Visit the Indigent Defense Web page of the Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants

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Read the Fall 2009 Issue of Dialogue
	Inside this Issue: Promoting LRIS in a Recession: Five Tips to Boost the Bottom Line What Canadian IOLTA Programs are Doing to Raise Revenues and Coordinate Grant-Making Legal Aid of Western Missouri Helps Communities Survive the Foreclosure Crisis A Roadmap for Appointed Counsel Under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 2009 Award Recipients Discuss their Pro Bono Work

Concise Guide to Lawyer Specialty Certification Published by the Standing Committee on Specialization, the guide helps specialty bar associations and section leaders interested in creating a certification program
	The Judge Advocate General's School Guide to the Service Members Civil Relief Act Just released! This book provides key guidance to military legal assistance practitioners and other lawyers regarding the key civil-law protections offered by the SCRA.
	Standards for the Provision of Civil Legal Aid Adopted in 2006 following extensive drafting, review and public comment, the Standards offer comprehensive guidance to legal aid providers and practitioners about providing effective legal aid to the poor. Available as a book or download.
Unbundling Legal Services This white paper from the ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services examines rules that clarify the role of lawyers who assist pro se litigants.
	A Lawyer's Guide to Healing: Solutions for Addiction and Depression Of interest to lawyers who find law challenging, frustrating, or stressful, the guide places the best contemporary understanding of addictive disease and depression into the context of the real-world problems of lawyering, and identifies how lawyers can seek help and recover.
Profile of Legal Malpractice Claims 2004-2007 Released in 2008 by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability, the Profile of Legal Malpractice Claims: 2004-2007 is a unique statistical synthesis of legal malpractice claims data from insurance carriers across the United States and Canada.
Innovative Fundraising Ideas for Legal Services Information on 30 fundraising initiatives for supporting civil legal aid is contained in this manual produced by the Project to Expand Resources for Legal Services (now part of the ABA Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives).
	Gideon's Broken Promise: America's Continuing Quest for Equal Justice An analysis of testimony from public hearings held around the country to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright, this report reaches the inescapable conclusion that the promise of equal justice for the poor remains unfulfilled.
Supporting Justice II: A Report on the Pro Bono Work of America's Lawyers (Feb. 2009)  Supporting Justice: A Report on the Pro Bono Work of America's Lawyers (Aug. 2005) Based on a ground-breaking survey of pro bono activity by practicing lawyers over one full year, this report examines the nature of the volunteer legal services provided and lawyers' reasons for participating or not participating in pro bono.