April 3, 2009
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Save the date!--Volunteer appreciation breakfast
Legal services directory now available
Free online legal research available to pro bono attorneys
Contact the Pro Bono Center
Save the date!--Volunteer appreciation breakfast
The Public Service Committee will thank and recognize volunteers who provided pro bono services to low-income clients in the past year through Pro Bono Center member organizations and ACBA/ACBF projects. This event is FREE to Pro Bono Center volunteers.
8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
The Rivers Club
One Oxford Centre
301 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
A buffet breakfast and brief opening remarks will be followed by a one-hour CLE program on issues related to the representation of low-income clients. Come learn about new pro bono programs, trends, and best practices in areas of poverty law. Along with Pro Bono Coordinator Barbara Griffin, panelists will include Judge Alan Hertzberg of the Family Court of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas and attorney Cathy Martin of Neighborhood Legal Services Association, who will be available to answer your questions. Join your fellow volunteers in celebration of your commitment to helping low-income residents of Allegheny County.
For more information, contact Barbara Griffin, Esq., Pro Bono Coordinator, at bgriffin@acba.org or 412-402-6677.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Legal services directory now available
A directory of legal service providers in Allegheny County is now available from the Pro Bono Center! Programs and organizations are listed both alphabetically and by subject matter. We hope that you will find it useful for referring low-income clients to the appropriate service providers.
Inspired by a comprehensive listing of legal and social services compiled by volunteer Judy Zernich for the "Ask the Attorney" program at North Hills Community Outreach, this directory focuses on projects and organizations providing legal advice or representation. Members of the pro bono committee of the Pittsburgh Paralegal Association were responsible for much of the drafting, formatting, and editing of the directory.
Click here to view and print out the directory. Hard copies are available upon request to bgriffin@acba.org.
Free online legal research available to pro bono attorneys
Thanks to a generous grant from LexisNexis, the Allegheny County Bar Foundation is pleased to offer access to free online legal research for volunteers working on pro bono bases. We encourage you to use this valuable service. In order to gain access to LexisNexis online services, please e-mail your full name and PA attorney ID# to bgriffin@acba.org or call Barbara Griffin at 412-402-6677 to obtain your personal identification number and password. Contact the Pro Bono Center For more information on the Pro Bono Center please contact Barbara Griffin, Esq., Pro Bono Coordinator, at bgriffin@acba.org or 412-402-6677.
Become a volunteer by clicking here.
Visit the Allegheny County Bar Foundation website at www.acbf.org.
400 Koppers Building, 436 Seventh Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15219.