Providing Cross-Difference Competent Legal Assistance
Talk to your prospective pro bono employer. Check with Aline
Carton Listfjeld ()
at the Center for Public Service Law to make sure the work qualifies as pro
bono. Complete a Pro Bono Work Approval
Form and submit it to the Center for Public Service Law preferably before
you begin volunteering.
Start your pro bono service. Please maintain a
Pro Bono Legal Assistance Hours Log or a
Pro Bono Leadership Hours Log to track your pro bono service hours.
Report your pro bono service hours. Please have your direct
supervisor complete and sign a Pro
Bono Work Completion Form for you, and then fill out and sign the bottom
portion of the form.
- If you are unable to have your supervisor sign your
Work Completion Form prior to the
deadline, in lieu, please have your supervisor email Aline Carton Listfjeld by
the deadline at
:
- describing the nature of your pro bono work
- confirming the dates and number of hours served
- indicating whether s/he is a licensed attorney and if not, whether or not an
attorney licensed in the United States had an opportunity to supervise and/or
review your work product
- If you have performed pro bono leadership hours, please have an officer of the
student organization who is familiar with your pro bono work sign the Pro Bono
Work Completion Form.
Certify attending the three required trainings. Please complete
and submit the
Pro Bono Training Certification form. Missed a live training? Please see the
podcast information listed above.
Turn in your Forms. Please turn in your Log(s) of Completed Pro
Bono Hours, your Pro Bono Project Work Completion Form and Certification of
Training Attendance form to the Center for Public Service together with your Pro
Bono Project Work Completion Form. If you wish to receive a Pro Bono Service
Award, all forms should be dropped off in the mail
box marked Aline Carton/ Pro Bono Honors located in the faculty/staff mail boxes
on the 3rd floor of Gates Hall or emailed to
.
Write a reflective essay. To qualify for an award, you must
also submit a reflective essay no less than 600 words and no more than 1000
words. This essay can be about your pro bono work experience, observations made
about the clients you’ve served or the organization you worked for and/or
reflections about your professional path in public service law. If you wish to
receive a Pro Bono Service Award, you must also submit your reflective essay via
email to Aline Carton Listfjeld, Assistant Director, Center for Public Service
Law,
no later than Wednesday, April 2, 2014.
Please complete all forms and drop off in the mail box marked Aline Carton / Pro
Bono Honors located in the faculty/staff mail boxes on the 3rd floor of Gates
Hall or email scanned forms and essay to
no later than Wednesday, April 2, 2014.
For Faculty and Staff:
Locate an agency or organization that you'd like to volunteer with.
For pro bono legal assistance opportunities check out
ProBonoWA.org or for non-legal
opportunities please visit www.idealist.org
or see our list of local organizations. If you would like ideas contact
Assistant Dean for Public Service Michele Storms
or Aline Carton-Listfjeld, Assistant Director, Center for Public Service Law,
.
Keep track of your hours. You can use our
Pro Bono Legal Assistance Hours Log to track
your pro bono service hours.
Let us know about your pro bono service between April 1, 2014 through
March 31, 2014. Please email Aline Carton-Listfjeld at
the following no later than April 2, 2014:
- Whether you are providing pro bono legal assistance or community service (for
non-attorneys only)
- A brief description of your volunteer work
- The name of the organization
- Your pro bono service dates
- Your pro bono service hours