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Designed for law school pro bono program advisors, coordinators, directors, assistant and associate deans, this program will take a close look at the development of law school pro bono including cutting-edge programs and activities. Several interactive workshops will explore the unique aspects of operating and expanding a law school pro bono program including their role within the law school and the public interest community, discussion of techniques for creating placements and quality supervision, building effective and long-term relationships with providers, and cultivating future access to justice leaders.

Law School Pro Bono Today
This program will take a close look at the history of law school pro bono, the evolution of the law school pro bono professional as a permanent fixture within the law school, the development of cutting-edge pro bono programs and public interest activities and the findings and impact of the Equal Justice Works Consumer Guide.

• Cindy Adcock,Equal Justice Works
• Kimberly Carpenter Emery, University of Virginia School of Law
• Carol Spruill, Duke University School of Law

Document Available: Law School Pro Bono Programs Chart March 2005
Document Available: Models of Law School Pro Bono Programs

The Role of the Pro Bono Professional Inside the Law School
This interactive workshop will explore common issues faced by law school pro bono professionals including how to recruit, retain, and recognize students; how to ensure on-going faculty and administrative support and involvement; and how to cultivate future access to justice leaders.

• Norma-May Isakow, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
• Eve Biskind Klothen, Rutgers University School of Law – Camden
• Pamela D. Robinson, University of South Carolina School of Law

Document Available: What Works and What Doesn’t, In No Particular Order, in My Pro Bono World
Document Available: 10 Things that work or don’t work in my Pro Bono world
UD Public Interest Fellowship Information Packet
UD Intent to Satisfy Public Service Requirement Summer 2005 Form
UD Public Interest Practicum Options 2005
UD Public Interest Practicum Supervisor Application Form
UD Public Interest Practicum Supervisor’s Performance Evaluation of Student Practicum
UD Ways of Satisfying Public Service Requirement

Laying the Groundwork for Long-Term Partnerships, Creative Placements and Quality Supervision
This interactive workshop will explore how to build effective and long-term relationships in the public interest community and with the private bar. Participants will examine strategies for locating innovative and meaningful pro bono opportunities and will discuss various approaches to ensure quality supervision, including providing guidelines for students and supervisors, maintaining record-keeping procedures, conducting site visits, and implementing an evaluation process.

• Susan Feathers, Assistant Dean for Public Services, University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Mark Ladov, Second-Year Law Student, University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Tom Maligno, Director of Public Interest, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
• Sudha Shetty, Director of Access to Justice Institute, Seattle University School of Law
• Liz Tobin Tyler, Director of Public Service and Community Partnerships, Roger Williams University Ralph R. Papitto School of Law

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