Law School Pro Bono Programs - Staffing, Management and Oversight of Programs
American University: Washington College of Law
The full-time Public Interest Coordinator is compensated to run the pro bono program as part of overall duties, and it is estimated to comprise one-fifth to one quarter of his time. There is also paid administrative and volunteer support of students.
The faculty Public Interest Committee and the Alumni and Community Council on Public Interest advise and support the program coordinator.
Several students per year will assist in program administration, publicity, etc. Also, the Student Public Interest Advisory Committee will advise the program coordinator.
Appalachian School of Law: Appalachian School of Law
Alicia O'Quin, Special Assistant to the President for Community and Alumni Development, spends one quarter of her time on the community service program.
Arizona State University: Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
The program is supervised by the Director of Pro Bono Programs and Student Life. The Pro Bono Board is comprised of 6-10 students, a faculty advisor, and an administrator. There is an application process for board membership.
Barry University: School of Law
Baylor University: Baylor University Law School
Boston College: Boston College School of Law
The Public Interest Career Counselor and the staff of the Office of Student Affairs work together to provide assistance to student pro bono projects.
Boston University: Boston University School of Law
This is provided for by Dave Adams (50%) and by Maura Kelly (50%).
Brigham Young University: J. Reuben Clark Law School
Debbi Myers oversees the Pro Bono Alliance and all public interest and pro bono projects affiliated with the school's Career Services Office.
There is no paid pro bono coordinator overseeing the several faculty incorporating service learning in their courses.
Students may be involved as research assistants to supervising faculty members within the various programs.
Brooklyn Law School: Brooklyn Law School
The Public Service Program Office has a Director responsible for all of its activities.
California Western: California Western School of Law
The Pro Bono Program Coordinator is also a full time Career Advisor in the Office of Career Services. The Assistant Dean of Career Services provides additional oversight to the Pro Bono Program.
Campbell University: Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
Capital University Law School: Capital University Law School
The Assistant Dean for Career Services administers the Pro Bono Validation Program in conjunction with the Registrar and Dean’s Office.
Case Western Reserve University: Case Western Reserve University Law School
Catholic University of America: Columbus School of Law
Chapman University: Chapman University School of Law
The Director of Externships administers the Commitment to Service award program, maintaining pro bono opportuinity listings and other program forms, and verifying completed award applications.
Charleston School of Law: Charleston School of Law
The Career Services Department provides staffing, management, and oversight of the program. Students record their pro bono hours with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
City University of New York: City University of New York Law at Queens College
Cleveland State University: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
The Director of the Pro Bono Program is full-time faculty, half-time clinician and half-time program director.
College of William and Mary: Marshall-Wythe School of Law
The Associate Dean for Career Services serves on the coordinating committee for the Williamsburg Bar Association's Community Legal Clinics and on the Executive Council of the Virginia Bar Association's Pro Bono/Community Servant Program.
The Associate Dean for Academic Programs, who oversees externships, publicizes pro bono opportunities that are available with organizations who seek volunteers in addition to those students who are completing for-credit externships.
Columbia University: Columbia University School of Law
Two full-time employees of the Center for Public Interest Law are involved in the administration of the Pro Bono Program. There are no specified percentages of time allocated but it is approximately 80% for Fitzgerald and 20% for Katzman.
Student Involvement: Several of the in-house pro bono projects are student-run (see below). The Spring Break Caravans are student-run. The Center meets with representatives of public interest student groups at monthly Umbrella Group meetings. The pro bono program often is on the agenda of those meetings.
Pro Bono projects are referred to the law school community through the Assistant Dean for Public Service.
Creighton University: School of Law
DePaul University: College of Law
CSI operates under the umbrella of the Center for Public Interest Law. CSI is managed by two students who are members of the Center for Public Interest Law Committee. The Center for Spirituality and Values in Practice is also involved.
Drake University: Drake University School of Law
Director of Career Services Office oversees program.
Drexel University: College of Law
Drexel’s Pro Bono Program is administered under the auspices of the Associate Dean for Experiential Learning. Program initiatives are developed and implemented by a full-time Public Interest Director. Additional staff support is provided by a full-time Pro Bono Coordinator.
Duke University: Duke University School of Law
The Pro Bono Project is overseen by two full time employees, the Associate Dean for Public Interest and Pro Bono and a non-tenure track faculty member. Both have other responsibilities, including teaching. The Office of Public Interest and Pro Bono has a half-time administrative assistant.
The Office is advised by a public interest advisory group made up of student leaders.
Emory University: Emory University School of Law
Professor Pratt oversees the program with assistance from her program assistant and from student research assistants.
Faulkner University: Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
The Career Services Director and her staff manage the programs, with oversight and input by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the Clinical Services Committee, the Clinical Director, and faculty.
Florida A&M University: College of Law
Florida Coastal School of Law: Florida Coastal School of Law
No extra compensation for the Director of Professional Development is allocated for developing and running this program. The Director and a faculty member currently supervise the existing pro bono projects.
Florida International University: University College of Law
Florida State University: Florida State University College of Law
Nancy Benavides
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
nbenavid@law.fsu.edu
(850) 644-7338
Fordham University: Fordham University School of Law
PIRC is managed by four full-time administrators: the Assistant Dean, the Director of Student Organizations and Publicity, the Director of Counseling & Public Interest Scholars and an Office Manager.
Each student-run project has officers who oversee the project.
Franklin Pierce Law Center: Franklin Pierce Law Center
George Mason University: School of Law
George Washington University: George Washington University Law School
The program is run by the student-faculty Pro Bono Subcommittee of the Law School's Public Interest Committee. There is no paid staff.
'The Career Development Office's Pro Bono Liaison assists the Public Interest Committee in the administration of the Pro Bono Program. In part, the Pro Bono Liaison maintains a database of participating students, the number of hours volunteered, and the organizations at which students donate legal services.
Georgetown University: Georgetown University Law Center
The Pro Bono Coordinator position, created in 1996, is a full-time, professional-level administrative position.
Golden Gate University: School of Law
The public interest advisor spends approximately ten percent of her tiem on managing pro bono program.
Gonzaga University: Gonzaga University School of Law
A professor supervises a student who is paid to coordinate the school’s mandatory service program.
Hamline University: Hamline University School of Law
The MJF administrative staff is located at the University of Minnesota. MJF has a full-time staff of 6 attorneys spread across three law schools and various part time college and law students. The Board of Directors is made up of law students, private attorneys, legal services attorneys and client-eligible community members. Three students (from each school) sit on MJF's Board of Directors. Drawn from the membership of MJF's student chapters, these students help steer the agency and its programs - including its law school pro bono program. Each School also appoints several of its own law students to its own Public Service Committee. Students also serve on the Legal Assistance to the Disadvantaged Committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association, as well as its Law School Initiatives Subcommittee, where the law school public service program collaboration partners monitor and support the program.
Harvard University: Harvard Law School
The program is administered by the full-time Director of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs and the assistant Director of the Pro Bono Program. Staff administrative assistance is also provided.
Hofstra University: Hofstra University School of Law
The Director of Public Sector Career Planning, who is a member of the Office of Career Services, oversees the Public Service Certificate Program and collects the volunteers' log sheets.
Howard University: Howard University School of Law
The Director is employed full-time as Director. Students assist in the operation of aspects of the program, serving as student coordinators of the various projects.
Illinois Institute of Technology: Chicago-Kent College of Law
PIRC is staffed by three student counselors who are supervised by Professor Gross, a full-time faculty member.
Indiana University: Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis
LaWanda Ward
Director of Pro Bono & Public Interest
lwward@iupui.edu
(317) 278-9241
Indiana University: Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington
Inter American University of Puerto Rico: Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law
John Marshall: Law School – Atlanta
Pro Bono Outreach Director, Renata D. Turner
Lewis & Clark College: School of Law
Maya Crawford, Public Interest Law Coordinator provides oversight of the pro bono program.
Liberty University: School of Law
The Street Law Program is run by student organizers with guidance from the Associate Dean for Career & Professional Development and with administrative support from the Center for Career & Professional Development’s Program Assistant. Additional pro bono programs of Liberty University School of Law are administered, with input from the faculty, by the Associate Dean for Career & Professional Development, the Director of Student Affairs, and the Directors of the Clinical and Externship Programs. The Associate Dean, Directors, and Program Assistant are full-time, paid staff; they have additional responsibilities in the law school that are not related to pro bono or community service opportunities.
Louisiana State University: Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Loyola Law School: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
The Director is a full-time clinical professor and is assisted by a full-time Department Administrator (Public Interest Law Coordinator).
Loyola University Chicago: Loyola University Chicago School of Law
There is no dedicated staffing for pro bono coordination. The Center for Public Service Law, faculty and administrator work closely with the members of the Public Interest Law Society (PILS) student organization and other student groups that support public service activities.
Loyola University New Orleans: Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
The Pro Bono Coordinator position is a half-time position. Mr. Mitchell is a full-time employee who spends the other 50% time as a staff attorney with the Homeless Clinic.
Marquette University: Marquette University Law School
Assistant Dean for Public Service oversees pro-bono opportunities with student assistants and is guided by an advisory board. The Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinic is overseen by voluntary attorney and student coordinators and has its own advisory board.
Mercer University: School of Law
Michigan State University: College of Law
Mississippi College: Mississippi College School of Law
New England School of Law: New England School of Law
There is no separate pro bono coordinator. Staffing is coordinated by the Center for Law and Social Responsibility and the Career Services Office. Each of the Center's Projects has a faculty Director.
New York Law School: New York Law School
OPICS has two full-time employees (an Associate Dean and a Director) and a part-time assistant. The Associate Dean for Public Interest and Community Service is a full-time position, with additional responsibilities beyond the pro bono program, and there is no specified allocation of compensation across these responsibilities.
New York University: New York University School of Law
Five full-time employees of the Public Interest Law Center and student interns.
North Carolina Central: North Carolina Central School of Law
The program is headed by the Pro Bono Coordinator, a full-time lawyer administrator.
Northeastern University: Northeastern University School of Law
This program is overseen by the Public Interest Requirement Committee, a committee consisting of faculty, administrators, and students. The committee is charged with implementing, developing and reviewing program policies and procedures.
Administration of the program is shared. The public interest co-op is facilitated through Northeastern's Cooperative Legal Education Office. The clinical option is facilitated through the Office of Academic and Student Affairs. Any pro bono projects performed to satisfy the Public Interest Requirement must be approved by the Public Interest Requirement Committee. To receive academic credit and satisfy the requirements through an independent study, a student must demonstrate that he/she cannot satisfy the requirement through the three other options. The project must be approved by the Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Affairs and a supervising faculty member.
Northern Illinois University: Northern Illinois University College of Law
The Pro Bono Service Opportunities program is monitored by Professor David Taylor.
Northwestern University: Northwestern University School of Law
The Public Service Coordinator is a half-time position.
Notre Dame: Notre Dame Law School
Nova Southeastern University: Shepard Broad Law Center
The Director of Public Interest Programs and Disability Services oversees the Pro Bono Honor Program.
Ohio Northern: Claude W. Pettit College of Law
Ohio State University: Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
The Director of Public Service and Public Interest Programs is housed in Career Services and reports to the Assistant Dean of Career Services. The Director administers the Public Service Fellow Program and advises students who are interested in public interest and government sector jobs, honors programs, and fellowships.
Oklahoma City University: Oklahoma City University School of Law
The Pro Bono and Public Interest Coordinator along with student organization representatives combine efforts to coordinate various aspects of formal and informal opportunities for students to pursue. The Professional Career and Development Center tracks student volunteer activity and is the repository for disseminating information about pro bono and public interest opportunities. Student participation is non-paid.
Pepperdine University: Odell McConnell Law Center
The clinical and career services staff are salaried employees of the law school.
Regent University: School of Law
The Pro Bono Initiative will be supervised by the Law School's Office of Career and Alumni Services.
Roger Williams University: Ralph R. Papitto School of Law
The Director of the Feinstein Institute directs the public interest and judicial externship programs. The Director of Public Service and Community Partnerships directs the public service program. The Director of the Feinstein Institute and the Director of Public Service share responsibility for public interest programming and for advising the public interest student group. The Institute has a Program Coordinator who provides staff support for all of the work of the Institute. The Institute also uses several undergraduate work-study students to assist with a variety of administrative tasks.
Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden
The Law School's Assistant Dean for Pro Bono and Public Interest Programs and the Pro Bono Coordinator oversee existing pro bono initiatives, support public interest programs and develop resources and new opportunities for Rutgers students. An Advisory Committee, chaired by the Assistant Dean and including the student leadership of APIL and the law school's pro bono projects, the Directors of the Clinical and Externship Programs, selected faculty members and community representatives, provides guidance and support for pro bono and public interest activities at the law school. It also gives support for APIL's annual Public Interest Auction, which provides funding for summer public interest fellowships.
Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, Center for Law and Justice (Newark)
The Director of Pro Bono and Public Interest Programs oversees the Pro Bono Program, which is located within the Public Interest Center. Two student coordinators administer the Pro Bono Program, and work collectively with the Director. The Public Interest Program is the umbrella over all public interest and pro bono activities within the law school.
Saint Louis University: Saint Louis University School of Law
Saint Mary’s University of San Antonio: Saint Mary’s University of San Antonio School of Law
Director, Public Interest Law Program
Law Student Assistant, Public Interest Law Program
Saint Thomas University: Saint Thomas University School of Law (FL)
The Pro Bono Coordinator is a full-time law school employee who spends approximately 30% of her time on Pro Bono Program administrative matters.
Posting of pro bono opportunities on the web, newsletter and bulletin boards is a student's job.
Samford University: Cumberland School of Law
The only paid staff with responsibility over the pro bono program is the Assistant Dean and Director, Student Services and Public Interest Project.
Students are involved deeply with the running of the program. Professor Snoe remains an advisor.
Santa Clara University: Santa Clara University School of Law
The Pro Bono Recognition Program is run by the Public Interest Law Career Services (PILCS) Career Counselors in the Law Career Services office.
Seattle University: Seattle University School of Law
Staff consists of a full-time paid director and a full-time Administrative Assistant. AtJI also receives the services of a community advisory board and a student advisory board.
Seton Hall University: Seton Hall University School of Law
The Director is a 15 hour per week clinical professor. He spends 50% of his time with the pro bono program.
South Texas College: South Texas College of Law
The Program is directed by a member of the faculty. Administrative support is provided by the Clinical Studies Department. Faculty, staff and student oversight comes through the Access to Justice and Public Service Committee, a standing committee comprised of clinical and doctrinal faculty, senior administrators and student representatives.
Southern Illinois University: Southern Illinois University School of Law
Southern Methodist University: Dedman School of Law
The Public Service Program has a full-time Director. The Director administers the program and reports to the Dean of the Law School. The Director also consults with and receives direction from the law school Public Service Committee. The committee includes three faculty members, appointed by the Dean of the Law School. In addition to the Director, the school employs a half-time Administrative Assistant.
Southwestern University: Southwestern University School of Law
The staff of the Office of Student Affairs and the Office of Career Services work in collaboration with the volunteer Southwestern Public Interest Law Committee, which is comprised of students, faculty, and staff.
The Pro Bono Program Coordinator administers the Pro Bono Program with support from the Associate Dean of Clinical Education and Public Service and the Executive Director of the Levin Center. There is also an in-house pro bono project, the Stanford Law School Social Security Disability Pro Bono Project, directed by Lisa Douglass. The Pro Bono Program is strongly supported by the Public Interest Committee, which is composed of faculty and two student representatives.
Stetson University: Stetson University College of Law
The pro bono graduation requirement is administered by the Office of Student Life.
Suffolk University Law School: Suffolk University Law School
Syracuse University: College of Law
Temple University: James E. Beasley School of Law
Interest Law Programs. The Office has several functions, all related to public interest work. Overseeing the external pro bono and the law- related education program is approximately 50% of the Director's work. Temple-LEAP has its own professional staff.
The Office of Public Interest Law Programs has a six member faculty Advisory Committee.
PIE has a student director who helps operate the program and has significant input into direction of the program. Each student initiated project has a director or steering committee that operates and makes policy determinations for the project.
Texas Southern University: Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Donna Davis
Director of Career Services
dadavis@tsulaw.edu
(713) 313-7372
Texas Tech University School of Law: Texas Tech University School of Law
Texas Wesleyan University: Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
The Program is administered by the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at no additional compensation. A secretary is compensated about $6,000 to provide support to the Program.
A student-run Pro Bono Board serves in an advisory capacity to the Program and is in charge of pro bono recognitions. The Board encourages students to participate in volunteer legal services and provides volunteer opportunities.
Thomas Jefferson School of Law: Thomas Jefferson School of Law
The Assistant Director of Career Services spends approximately 5% of her time on the Pro Bono Honors Program.
Thomas M. Cooley Law School: Thomas M. Cooley Law School
- Cooley Volunteer Corps. Cooley’s Career and Professional Development Office administers the Cooley Volunteer Corp program through its Director Bernice Davenport and Assistant Director-Professional Development Program Heather Spielmaker. Oversight of student volunteers is provided at volunteer sites by field supervisors who report to the school through a written assessment system. This and other professional development programs are guided by an advisory Professional Development Coordinating Council comprised of faculty, deans, department heads, and other administrators.
- Professionalism Portfolio. Associate Dean of Students and Professionalism Amy Timmer oversees the pilot implementation of the Professionalism Portfolio with the support of Rochester Assistant Dean Joan Vestrand and Grand Rapids Assistant Dean Nelson Miller, and with the guidance of the Professional Development Coordinating Council comprised of faculty, deans, department heads, and other administrators. Students are guided and encouraged in their use of the Professionalism Portfolio by their faculty advisors.
- Professional Development Program. Cooley’s Professional Development Program is administered by Assistant Director-Professional Development Program Heather Spielmaker guided by Associate Dean of Students and Professionalism Amy Timmer and with the support of Assistant Dean Nelson Miller. The Program was designed and continues to be advised by the Professional Development Coordinating Council. The Program’s forms were developed by the school’s Career and Professional Development Office Director Bernice Davenport who remains a program contributor.
- Student Organization Activities. Cooley’s Student Bar Associations and other student organizations receive oversight from Associate Dean of Enrollment and Student Services Paul Zelenski with the support in Rochester of Campus Director Audra Foster and in Grand Rapids of Campus Deputy Director Joan Rosema-David. Individual student organizations also have faculty advisors who provide program guidance and oversight
The school-wide Adopt-a-Family program is administered by Administrative Assistant to the Center for Ethics & Responsibility Cheryl Scott with the support of Audra Foster in Rochester and Campus Director CJ Kruska in Grand Rapids.
- Faculty Initiatives. Cooley faculty members oversee faculty initiatives and individual class projects. For instance, Professor William Wagner administers the Liberian law school book drive across all three campuses, Professor Nancy Wonch administers the public school peer-mediation project in Lansing, Assistant Dean Joan Vestrand administers the domestic violence shelter service in Rochester, and Assistant Dean Nelson Miller administers the faculty/student pro bono service in Grand Rapids.
- Alliances and Partnerships. Director of Alumni Relations Darryl Parsell administers volunteer initiatives through the Alumni Association. Clinical Department Chair Kim O’Leary oversees the Will & Trust Kit Seminars in alliance with AARP, the Michigan Attorney General’s office, the Office of Financial & Insurance Services, and the Sixty Plus Elderlaw Clinic at Cooley Law School.
Touro College: Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
The full-time Director Of Public Interest Career Development spends 1/2 his time on Public Interest matters. The pro bono portion of the job is not specifically apportioned.
The student public interest group PILOT advises the program.
Tulane University: Tulane University School of Law
Approximately 70% of the time of the Assistant Dean for Public Interest Programs is allocated to the pro bono program. There is also a full-time office administrator.
University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY: School of Law
University of Akron: C. Blake McDowell Law Center
William Rickett, Staff Attorney, Director of the Civil Litigation Clinic and Pro Bono Coordinator
University of Alabama: University of Alabama School of Law
The Public Interest Institute has a full-time Director. The Director is advised by the Public Interest Committee and the Public Interest Student Board.
University of Arizona: James E. Rogers College of Law
The Coordinator of Special Projects serves as a central point of contact for most of the law school's pro bono efforts, including the Formal Voluntary Pro Bono Program and student-organized pro bono efforts.
University of California at Davis: University of California at Davis School of Law
The King Hall Pro Bono Program is overseen by Kimberly Thomas, Public Interest Coordinator, who is full-time. There is no set percentage of time spent on the Pro Bono Program. The Public Interest Clearinghouse Pro Bono Project is coordinated by the Public Interest Law Program Director.
University of California, Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall)
The student-run clinical projects are staffed by students and overseen by attorneys from community legal service organizations. The duties of the Associate Director for Public Interest Programs (within the Boalt Career Development Office) include soliciting pro bono projects, publicizing these opportunities to students and educating them about Boalt’s voluntary pro bono program and the importance of making a pro bono contribution.
University of California-Hastings: University of California-Hastings
The pro bono project is staffed by a full-time coordinator who is based in the Public Interest Clearinghouse.
The Office of Externships and Pro Bono Programs is staffed by a full-time clinical faculty member and a part-time assistant.
University of California-Los Angeles: University of California-Los Angeles
University of Chicago: University of Chicago Law School
University of Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati College of Law
The Public Service Coordinator and Counselor coordinates volunteer activities and pro bono service.
University of Colorado: School of Law
University of Connecticut: University of Connecticut School of Law
The Public Interest Law Group (PILG) assists the Office of Career Services with the Pro Bono Program. PILG is involved in promoting the program and encouraging students to undertake pro bono placements.
University of Dayton: University of Dayton School of Law
There is a half-time administrator, 20 hours per week.
University of Denver: Sturm College of Law
Program oversight and management occurs through the full-time Director of Public Interest, faculty Public Interest Committee. Students enrolled in the Student Law Office or internships receive direct supervision from clinical faculty, internship supervisors, and internship staff. Students participating in a Public Interest Practicum receive direct supervision from their Practicum supervisor.
University of Florida: Fredric G. Levin College of Law
The Public Interest Coordinator position is currently a full-time position in the Center for Career Services and one of the responsibilities of this position is running the Pro Bono Project.
There are two Pro Bono Committees (Liaison and Development) which are involved in creating new projects as well as keeping up with our current placements and student population. To become a member of one of the committees, students submit resumes and, upon recommendations from the Director, are selected by the Dean.
University of Hawaii: William S. Richardson School of Law
The Pro Bono Program director is a faculty member who has an assistant who is not compensated but works pro bono.
There is a Pro Bono Program Committee consisting of three law school faculty/staff members designated by the Dean.
University of Houston: University of Houston Law Center
Rhonda Vickers Beassie will coordinate a group of 2L Public Interest Students to review the pro bono records of graduating students. Further the board of students will promote pro bono opportunities to the student body.
University of Idaho: College of Law
The Pro Bono Program has a paid part-time Director responsible for all of its activities. Jack McMahon, Program Director, reports to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs. A Pro Bono Advisory Committee of faculty members and students works with the Program Director to approve pro bono placements, increase student involvement, and evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
University of Illinois: University of Illinois College of Law
The pro bono notation program is supervised and directed by the Associate Dean and the Assistant Deans for Student Affairs and Career Services. They are not compensated separately for this activity.
University of Iowa: University of Iowa College of Law
The Public Service Program is facilitated by the Associate Dean for Civic Engagement. In conjunction with student organizations, the Public Service Program makes volunteer opportunities, professional development, and graduation distinction available to students.
The Philanthropy Committee of the Iowa Student Bar Association (ISBA) directly oversees the Boyd Service Award and governs the Pro Bono Society.
Volunteer opportunities for students are advertised through an online database and through promotional materials posted in the law school.
University of Kansas: School of Law
Dean Mai is compensated for her services, and there is no specific percentage of time allocated to overseeing this program.
Students advise the program on an informal basis.
University of Kentucky: College of Law
University of La Verne: College of Law
Law related pro bono projects are handled by the Director of Clinical Programs while the Assistant Dean of Students handles non-law related pro bono activities. For purposes of recognition during graduation, the Assistant Dean of Students keeps track of the records of pro bono publico work.
University of Louisville: Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
The Program is staffed by two part time employees, a Director and an Assistant.
University of Maine: University of Maine School of Law
The program is overseen by a committee comprised of faculty members, students, and the law school's Director of Career Services. Records of student reported pro bono hours are maintained in the Career Services Office.
University of Maryland: University of Maryland School of Law
The Director of Pro Bono and Public Service Initiatives and a law student paid research assistant provide staffing to the program.
University of Memphis: Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Dean for Students provide law school administrative oversight.
University of Miami: University of Miami School of Law
The Program is staffed by an Assistant Dean, Staff Associate, Post-Graduate Fellow and student employees. The Assistant Dean reports directly to the Dean and Associate Dean of the School of Law. The Office of Career Planning has a career counselor who dedicates part of her time to public interest. The Public Interest Leadership Board, comprised of Fellows, project leaders and volunteers plays an instrumental role in the programming and policy-setting for public interest initiatives
University of Michigan: University of Michigan Law School
The Pro Bono Program is staffed by the Assistant Dean and the Administrator. Both positions are full time compensated positions.
University of Minnesota: University of Minnesota Law School
The MJF administrative staff is located at the University of Minnesota. MJF has a full-time staff of 6 attorneys spread across three law schools and various part time college and law students. The Board of Directors is made up of law students, private attorneys, legal services attorneys and client-eligible community members. Three students (from each school) sit on MJF's Board of Directors. Drawn from the membership of MJF's student chapters, these students help steer the agency and its programs--including its law school pro bono program. Each School also appoints several of its own law students to its own Public Service Committee. Students also serve on the Legal Assistance to the Disadvantaged Committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association, as well as its Law School Initiatives Subcommittee, where the law school public service program collaboration partners monitor and support the program.
University of Mississippi: School of Law
University of Missouri: Kansas City School of Law
A faculty and student Pro Bono Committee promotes public service programs and opportunities.
University of Montana: University of Montana School of Law
None over and above the clinical faculty.
University of Nebraska: University of Nebraska College of Law
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: William S. Boyd School of Law
The Law School has a half-time attorney and a quarter-time assistant assigned to the program. Clark County Legal Services and Nevada Legal Services have one full-time attorney assigned to the program.
University of New Mexico: University of New Mexico School of Law
University of North Carolina: University of North Carolina School of Law
A volunteer student Board of Coordinators handles the daily administration of the Pro Bono Program. The board has a Student Director; three Coordinators (that recruit students and coordinate/oversee individual student placement); an Attorney Coordinator; a Group Project Coordinator; a Student Groups Liaison (liaisons with existing student organizations); a PR Coordinator; and two Winter/Spring Break Coordinators. The Board is supervised by the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, who spends about 20% of her time overseeing the program.
University of Oklahoma: College of Law
The OU Law Pro Bono Program is directed by Professor of Law, Judith Maute and is coordinated each year by a third-year and second-year law student.
University of Oregon: University of Oregon School of Law
Jane Steckbeck, Associate Director for Career Services, is also the Pro Bono Program Director. In this capacity, she chairs the Pro Bono Executive Board, comprised of two additional faculty members and nine law students. Pro Bono records are maintained in the Career Services Office.
University of Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Law School
The Public Service Department oversees the pro bono requirement, student clinical projects, public interest scholars, public interest programming and co-curricular initiatives including the Edward V. Sparer Fellowship and the Edward V. Sparer Symposium. It has an attorney Executive Director (Susan Feathers), a full-time Associate Director (Pam Mertsock Wolfe), an Administrative Assistant, and an attorney student projects' coordinator. Both Feathers and Wolfe are compensated for their work for the pro bono requirement. Feathers serves as the liaison between the Program and the Advisory Board, Faculty Committee, and the legal community. In addition, she counsel student clinical projects. Wolfe has primary responsibility for counseling individual students monitoring compliance, updating the database, and drafting manual. Wolfe oversees the Program's Philadelphia Urban Law School Experience Project.
The Program is overseen by an Advisory Board comprised of experienced public interest practitioners. A Faculty Committee is appointed each year to advise the Program director about various initiatives.
Student Clinical Leaders, the Public Interest Scholars, and the Equal Justice Foundation (EJF) leaders assist the Director and Associate Director in operating the Program.
University of Pittsburgh: School of Law
The Director of Career Services and Public Interest Initiatives oversees the majority of pro bono projects for students.
Lu-in Wang, Associate Dean ( wangl@pitt.edu) oversees the Law School’s academic programs.
University of Puerto Rico: School of Law
University of Saint Thomas: School of Law (MN)
Vince Thomas, Assistant Dean for Student & Multicultural Affairs
University of San Diego: University of San Diego School of Law
The University of San Diego School of Law Pro Bono Legal Advocates (PBLA)is a student-run organization. PBLA is assisted by a faculty advisor and receives support from the School of Law's administrative staff.
University of San Francisco: University of San Francisco School of Law
Lisa Dickinson
Director of Career Planning
dickinson@usfca.edu
(415) 422-6757
Jacqueline Ortega
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Ortegaj@usfca.edu
(415) 422-2278
University of South Carolina: University of South Carolina School of Law
A full time Director and a volunteer Student Advisory Board
University of South Dakota: University of South Dakota School of Law
University of Southern California: University of Southern California Gould School of Law
PILF is a student-run organization that sponsors as many as 23 pro bono clinics in the community. Several other student organizations such as Street Law and La Raza offer additional pro bono opportunities available to all law students.
The Office of Public Service supports and advises PILF's pro bono clinic co-chairs and connects them with community organizations in need of pro bono law students.
University of Tennessee: University of Tennessee College of Law
Students run UT Pro Bono. Associate Dean Doug Blaze is the faculty advisor to this group. The Pro Bono and Public Interest Law Committee manages PPLAN. Student representatives from UT Pro Bono and from TAPIL (Tennessee Association for Public Interest Law) sit on the Pro Bono and Public Interest Law Committee.
University of Texas at Austin: University of Texas at Austin School of Law
The William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law (created in April 2004) is the primary support for pro bono activities and is staffed by a Director and Assistant Director.
The Career Services Office works closely with the Justice Center to provide information about pro bono opportunities.
The Office of Student Life works closely with the Justice Center to encourage student groups to engage in community service and pro bono work.
University of the District of Columbia: David A. Clarke School of Law
Full-time faculty oversee the Community Service requirement, and Professor Louise Howells, Clinic Director, provides oversight of the Clinic Program which is taught by full-time faculty.
University of Tulsa: College of Law
University of Utah: University of Utah College of Law
The Pro Bono Initiative is managed by the Associate Dean for Legal Career Services and one academic coordinator.
University of Virginia: University of Virginia School of Law
The Pro Bono Project is administered by Assistant Dean for Pro Bono and Public Interest Kimberly Emery. Emery and her staff in the Public Service Center assist students in locating appropriate pro bono placements and also assist student-run organizations with the development of their own pro bono projects.
University of Washington: University of Washington School of Law
Career Services has the primary responsibility for externships, from advertising open positions, to ensuring faculty and field supervision, and faculty approval of credits.
Academic Services Office evaluates student records for participation in clinics, externships, or Street Law course.
University of Wisconsin: Law School
Valparaiso University: Valparaiso University School of Law
A Career Planning counselor is responsible for administration and oversight of the Pro Bono Program.
Vanderbilt University: Vanderbilt University Law School
Volunteer students run the program with a faculty advisor.
Vermont Law School: Vermont Law School
Villanova University: Villanova University School of Law
The Director of Public Service Careers and Pro Bono Programs divides her time roughly equally between serving as a career services professional specializing in public interest/ government career counseling and as the coordinator of VLS's growing pro bono programs.
The Director consults and works with the members of the student organizations, the Pro Bono Society and the Public Interest Fellowship Program. The student run Pro Bono Society has as its purpose "to provide students the opportunity to volunteer their time and unique skills as law students for members of our community."
Wake Forest University: Wake Forest University School of Law
Washington and Lee University: School of Law
Washington University: School of Law
The full-time Public Service Coordinator, who also administers the Mel Brown Family Loan Repayment Assistance Program, oversees the Public Service Project.
Wayne State University: Wayne State University Law School
The HIV/AIDS Pro Bono Project will be overseen by Professor Moss. The student-run projects are managed and overseen by the student groups.
West Virginia University: West Virginia University College of Law
The Center has a full time director who has the responsibility of promoting pro bono and public service to the law students.
Western New England College: School of Law
Western State University: Western State University College of Law
The program is administered by the Director of Career Services and Public Service with the assistance of the Alumni/Career Services Coordinator. Policies and procedures are subject to oversight by the faculty.
Whittier Law School: Whittier Law School
Pro Bono efforts are part of the job description for the Associate Dean and Clinic Director position, but no specific additional compensation is provided for this work.
Widener University: Widener University School of Law
Arlene Rivera Finkelstein
Director, Public Interest Resource Center
arfinkelstein@mail.widener.edu
302.477.2214
Karen Durkin
Director, Career Development Office
kdurkin@mail.widener.edu
717-541-1976
Willamette University: Willamette University College of Law
The Assistant Director of Career Services administers the Pro Bono Honors Program.
William Mitchell College of Law: William Mitchell College of Law
MJF has a full-time staff of 6 attorneys and various part time college and law students. The Board of Directors is made up of law students, private attorneys, legal services attorneys and client-eligible community members. Three students (from each school) sit on MJF's Board of Directors. Drawn from the membership of MJF's student chapters, these students help steer the agency and its programs - including its law school pro bono program. Each School also appoints several of its own law students to its own Public Service Committee. Students also serve on the Legal Assistance to the Disadvantaged Committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association, as well as its Law School Initiatives Subcommittee, where the law school public service program collaboration partners monitor and support the program.
Yale University: Yale Law School
The Pro Bono Coordinator is a position in the Career Development Office. The Liman Director is a full-time employee of the law school and has responsibility for all Liman programs. The Schell Center Director and Fellow provide assistance as needed to the Lowenstein Project.
Yeshiva University: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
The Director of Public Interest Law is a full-time, paid position.
The Public Interest Law Students Association (PILSA) acts in an advisory capacity.
