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Allegheny County Bar Foundation to host Fellows Dinner, September 17
Save the date--Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership annual meeting
Pro Bono Rocks! returns
Contact the Pro Bono Center
Allegheny County Bar Foundation to host Fellows Dinner, September 17
The 12th Annual Fellows Dinner will be held on Thursday, September 17, 2009, 5:30 p.m., at LeMont Restaurant. This year's keynote speaker will be Dr. Jim Withers, founder of Operation Safety Net, one of the nation’s first street-medicine programs. Also at the dinner, the bar foundation will induct its Fellows Class of 2009 and the inaugural Young Lawyers Fellows Class. The 2008 Pro Bono Achievement Awards will be presented and the 2010 Grants Program recipients will be announced. Save the date--Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership annual meeting Pro Bono Rocks! returns 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.
Tickets are $75/person for Fellows and Fellows guests and $90/person for non-Fellows.
For more information on this event, please contact bar foundation Director Lorrie Albert at 412-402-6640 or lalbert@acba.org.
The Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, October 29, 2009, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., at the Rivers Club. This year's breakfast will feature a keynote address by Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Max Baer and a panel of volunteer attorneys who will share their experiences and offer tips for providing legal services to low-income clients through Partnership programs.
Come learn about the pro bono Signature Projects of your fellow members and hear how your law firm or legal department can contribute to the ongoing success of the Partnership. If your law firm or legal department is not yet a member, join us at the breakfast and see what you have been missing!
To learn more about the Pittsburgh Pro Bono Partnership, contact Barbara Kern at kernb@nlsa.us or 412-586-6138.
Pro Bono Rocks! returns to the Hard Rock Cafe Station Square on Friday, November 6, 2009, 8:00 p.m. This event to raise funds for the Pro Bono Center will feature "Who's Bad," a nationally-known band that covers Michael Jackson songs from Motown to Thriller. Walk the red carpet past our very own "screaming fans" and join us for complimentary appetizers, valuable raffle prizes, and of course dancing!
Tickets go on sale to the legal community through the ACBF website, www.acbf.org, on September 1. Plan to get your tickets before sales open to the public in October.
New this year, a limited number of V.I.P. and reserved seating packages will be available for special purchase. V.I.P. guests will receive up-front seating, complimentary valet parking, a "swag bag" with valuable gifts, and more. Come rock with us at Pro Bono Rocks!
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