What is Project Homeless Connect? This is how I describe it to potential law student volunteers: “There are dentists pulling teeth on one end, barbers cutting hair at the other end, and the legal team somewhere in the middle.” Project Homeless Connect is a one-stop shop of services for people experiencing homelessness, held three times …
Be the Judge
The MSBA High School Mock Trial program is a great way for Minnesota lawyers to give back to the local schools. Volunteers are needed to judge the trials this winter, held at local courthouses across the state. The time commitment is minimal but the payback, terrific. Time Commitment – 8 hours, max Volunteer judges are …
Celebrate Pro Bono Oct 23 – 29!
For the better part of the last year, I’ve blogged about why you should do pro bono, how you might find a pro bono opportunity, and what to do to when you have a pro bono case. We are now approaching the Pro Bono Week, October 23-29, sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and …
Bringing It All Back Home — a state-wide legal services virtual conference and CLE
Bringing It All Back Home, a state-wide virtual conference sponsored by the Minnesota Legal Services Coalition, started today. This concentrated series of webinars will provide 15 hours of virtual conference CLE by week’s end to legal services staff and volunteer attorneys across the state. Throughout the week, you can tune into 14 individual webinars including: Client Access and Barriers to …
The Pro Bono Roller Coaster
I finished up two pro bono cases this week. One client received a great exemption result in a tax case. I wrapped up an overdue legal needs assessment for another, with the help of a Minnesota Justice Foundation volunteer law student. I’m on a pro bono high! At the end of the day, I left the …
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