Pro Bono: Tips for Making the Most of Your Pro Bono Experience
Jonathan Wong, Immigration, Employment, and Trusts & Estates attorney, will be speaking on a panel discussing the professional and ethical considerations in pro bono practice to how to integrate pro bono work into your regular practice.
Volunteer attorneys are key to bridging the justice gap. In this session, explore the pro bono experience that’s right for you with staff attorneys from Legal Access Alameda, which has been serving the Alameda County community for more than 40 years. You’ll also learn about the professional responsibilities and ethical considerations in pro bono practice, how to work with vulnerable and underserved clients, how to apply your present skills and cultivate new ones with the range of volunteer opportunities available, and how to integrate pro bono work into your regular practice.
Organization
Continuing Education
MCLE: General 0.75 hr. and Legal Ethics 0.75 hr.
Speakers
Additional Speakers
Beth Litwin
Managing Attorney
Disaster Legal Services, Legal Access Alameda
Vanessa Smith
Shriver Family Law Attorney
Legal Access Alameda