Law School Pro Bono Programs - Funding
American University: Washington College of Law
Commencing in the fall of 2002, the pro bono budget is approximately $15,000 per year (estimate based on salary and time of program coordinator, supplies, publicity, awards, etc.). It is funded through law school operating funds.
Student organizations receive significant support through the school's Office of Public Interest Office of Student Services, as well as through the SBA, which receives significant funding from the law school's operating budget. In addition, student organizations share a large common space with computers, filing cabinets, supplies and more.
Appalachian School of Law: Appalachian School of Law
The community service program is funded as part of the law school's annual operating budget. The budget includes salary for the Director plus an additional amount for miscellaneous expenses associated with operating the program.
Arizona State University: Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
We seek grants to fund training, recruitment, publications, and workshops. We seek any and welcome funding to assist with student projects.
Student pro bono groups are provided a work center and access to facilities and students, such as ability to email the student body.
Barry University: School of Law
Baylor University: Baylor University Law School
Funding and administrative assistance is provided for Pro Bono work as needed.
.Boston College: Boston College Law School
Funding for the Pro Bono Program comes from Boston College Law School’s general operating budget.
Boston University: Boston University School of Law
The Pro Bono Program is funded through the law school operating budget.
Brigham Young University: J. Reuben Clark Law School
Brooklyn Law School: Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn Law School provides financial assistance to pro bono projects on an ad hoc basis, and has established and maintains the Public Service Programs Office to provide ongoing support to established projects and to develop new projects as interest and opportunities arise.
California Western: California Western School of Law
There is no separate funding for the Pro Bono Program.
Campbell University: Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
Office space and necessary office equipment is provided to student pro bono group projects.
Capital University Law School: Capital University Law School
Supported by the law school through the Career Services Office budget. Expenses are incidental and related to administration such as copying.
Case Western Reserve University: Case Western Reserve University Law School
The law school expends about $800 a year on the Street Law program.
Catholic University of America: Columbus School of Law
The Pro Bono Program at CUA Law is funded out of the budget for the Office of Career and Professional Development.
Chapman University: Chapman University School of Law
Administrative support is provided for faculty pro bono projects as in-kind assistance.
Charleston School of Law: Charleston School of Law
In Clinic Budget
City University of New York: City University of New York Law at Queens College
CUNY School of Law is a public interest law center and law school, which is a New York State funded entity of the City University of New York.
Cleveland State University: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Columbia University: Columbia University School of Law
The pro bono program is funded with hard money and has an annual budget of more than $85,000 per year. A few special projects (e.g., the 9/11 Immigrant Detainees Project and the Spring Break Caravans) are funded by special grants.
Pro bono group projects have the benefit of Center staff and Center equipment. Less frequently, Student Services provides assistance and support.
Creighton University: School of Law
Student groups are given limited office space within the law school and general office equipment is available to these groups. Copy services are available as is assistance from staff and administration.
DePaul University: College of Law
The Center for Public Interest Law funds the program.
Drake University: Drake University School of Law
Office space is offered to the VITA program each spring.
Drexel University: Earle Mack School of Law
The Pro Bono Program is fully funded by the Law School. An IOLTA Grant subsidizes a number of select Pro Bono Projects.
Duke University: Duke University School of Law
The Pro Bono Project is part of the budget of the Office of Public Interest and Pro Bono.
Administrative support is provided to pro bono group projects.
Asministrative support is provided for faculty pro bono projects.
Elon University: School of Law
Elon provides financial assistance to pro bono projects on an ad hoc basis. The Office of Student Affairs provides ongoing support to established projects and works with students, as well as non- profit legal providers, to develop new projects as interest and opportunities arise.
Emory University: Emory University School of Law
Law school budget
Faulkner University: Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
Funding is provided in the law school's annual operating budget as well as special grants for clinics. The Jones’ Public Interest Law Foundation works with the Clinical Director and CSO Director to develop means to raise money to provide financial assistance for students working in Public Interest or Public Service.
Florida A&M University: College of Law
Florida Coastal School of Law: Florida Coastal School of Law
The program is funded through the law school’s operating budget.
Florida International University: University College of Law
Florida State University: Florida State University College of Law
The Pro Bono Program is funded, in part, by a grant from the Florida Bar Foundation.
Fordham University: Fordham University School of Law
George Mason University: School of Law
George Washington University: George Washington University Law School
The program does not have a budget. The Law School provides the administrative support necessary for pro bono-related activities such as 1) creating and maintaining the "Public Interest and Pro Bono" webpage on the law school's website, 2) maintaining the records for students who participate in the pro bono program, and 3) assisting with the Pro Bono Fairs. There are no computers or office space "devoted" to the pro bono program.
Georgetown University: Georgetown University Law Center
The pro bono program is funded entirely with Law Center funds. The budget is part of the overall public interest budget and is not separately calculable. The Pro Bono Coordinator and the Office of Public Interest and Community Service provide administrative support for pro bono group projects.
Golden Gate University: School of Law
GGU makes funding available for the Law Student Pro Bono Program.
Gonzaga University: Gonzaga University School of Law
Law school operating budget.
Hamline University: Hamline University School of Law
HUSL underwrites the MJF staff attorney position with a substantial "donation" and in-kind office space, equipment and supplies.
Harvard University: Harvard Law School
Funding is provided through the law school budget and individual donor gifts.
Hofstra University: Hofstra University School of Law
The program is funded through the general law school budget.
Howard University: Howard University School of Law
The EJP funded through the law school. There is no separate budget for the program.
Many of the student organizations have office space, computers, and funding through the Student Bar Association. They do not have any formal secretarial support.
Illinois Institute of Technology: Chicago-Kent College of Law
PIRC is funded by the law school.
Indiana University: Maurer School of Law (Bloomington)
The Program is currently funded in part by a gift from Baker & Daniels, LLP. The remaining funds are provided by the law school.
Indiana University: Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis
The law school has made a commitment to fund the Pro Bono Program.
Inter American University of Puerto Rico: Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law
John Marshall: Law School – Atlanta
School-funded
Lewis & Clark College: School of Law
budget. The annual budget is approximately $2,500.
All group projects, except the Classroom Law Project and VITA, are supported through the resources of the Career Service Office. The Law School provides general support for the Classroom Law Project and VITA Program.
Liberty University: School of Law
The Center for Career & Professional Development provides administrative support (including schedules, supplies, lesson distribution, and photocopies) for the law school’s Street Law Program. A separate pro bono budget has not been established.
Louisiana State University: Paul M. Hebert Law Center
PILS is directly funded by the Law Center.
Loyola Law School: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
There is no budget funding beyond staff salaries for the program.
The Assistant to the Director is the Public Interest Law Department’s Coordinator, who provides administrative support to pro bono group projects and to interested faculty.
Loyola University Chicago: Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Space, computers, and funding is provided for student pro bono group projects.
Administrative assistance and student assistance through funding research assistant positions is provided for faculty pro bono projects.
Loyola University New Orleans: Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
In 1985, Congress provided Loyola University with federal funds to create an endowed Poverty Law Center in the name of Gillis W. Long. Congressman Long served the people of Louisiana in Washington DC from 1973 until his death in 1985 and was known for his commitment to the working and poor people of Louisiana.
The Pro Bono Coordinator is a salaried employee whose expenses, if any, are paid through the Loyola Law Clinic. The Pro Bono Program does not have a separate budget.
Faculty pro bono is supported in the way of travel or research funds for presentations, etc.
Marquette University: Marquette University Law School
Law School Operating Budget
Mercer University: School of Law
A recent, substantial gift to the law school has been set aside to support public interest activities. The faculty and administration are studying the details of possible uses for these funds.
Michigan State University: College of Law
Mississippi College: Mississippi College School of Law
New England School of Law: New England School of Law
The school provides a budget for the CLSR, which oversees the Pro Bono Program as part of its work.
New York Law School: New York Law School
The Office for Public Interest and Community Service is funded from the school's general operating budget. Pro bono group projects, especially those directed by a faculty member, are provided administrative support.
New York University: New York University School of Law
Student pro bono group projects are funded by law schools grants to student groups and, in some cases, outside funding as well.
Faculty pro bono is supported through usual administrative and secretarial support and funds on a case by case basis.
North Carolina Central: North Carolina Central School of Law
The Pro Bono Coordinator's position is funded through a federal grant.
Northeastern University: Northeastern University School of Law
Because the public interest requirement involves clinical instructors, other faculty members and Co-op Office staff, portions of their salaries cover the cost of administering the program.
The School provides the use of faculty secretaries, computers and other office equipment and supplies in support of various pro bono projects.
Northern Illinois University: Northern Illinois University College of Law
The Pro Bono Service Opportunities program is funded within the budget of the Office of Career Opportunities and Development.
The Public Interest Law Society is provided administrative support by the Office of Career Opportunities and Development.
Northern Kentucky University: Salmon P. Chase College of Law
The Pro Bono Service Program is funded through the law school’s operating budget. The NKU Chase Street Law Program, a Chase pro bono project, received grant funding from the Kentucky Bar Foundation for the program’s inaugural year.
Northwestern University: Northwestern University School of Law
Notre Dame: Notre Dame Law School
If a student group needs office space or equipment, the law school generally accommodates the specific needs. The Public Interest Law Forum, Social Justice Forum, and Society of International Human Rights groups have staff support from Career Services, Student Affairs and Law School Alumni Relations Offices.
Nova Southeastern University: Shepard Broad Law Center
The Pro Bono Honor Program is funded through the annual Career Development Office budget.
Ohio Northern: Claude W. Pettit College of Law
Ohio State University: Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Oklahoma City University: Oklahoma City University School of Law
Law School operating budget.
Pennsylvania State University: The Dickinson School of Law
The program is funded through the Law School’s budget allocations and was initiated with the assistance of a significant donation.
Pepperdine University: Odell McConnell Law Center
Administrative assistance, such as typing and mailing, is provided for faculty pro bono projects.
Regent University: School of Law
Roger Williams University: School of Law
The Institute was endowed by a generous grant from the Feinstein Foundation. The annual budget for the Institute is approximately $235,000. This figure includes salaries of the Executive Director of the Feinstein Institute, the Director of Public Service and Community Partnerships, and the Program Coordinator, and operating expenses. There is an additional budget of $84,000 for the summer stipend program, which provides stipends for students working in public interest law in the summer. The stipend program funding comes from the law school, the university and from funds raised by the Association for Public Interest Law at its annual auction. The Pro Bono Collaborative budget is approximately $150,000. Funding for the PBC is provided by the law school, private donors, law firm contributions and other fundraising activities.
Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden
Law school, IOLTA grant, New Jersey Bar Foundation grant
Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, Center for Law and Justice (Newark)
The Pro Bono Program is largely funded by a yearly grant from the IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey. These funds are used to pay the student coordinator. The Co-Directors of the Eric Neisser Public Interest Program, who oversee the Pro Bono Program in addition to their other responsibilities, are paid by the law school.
Saint Louis University: Saint Louis University School of Law
The Law School provides office space, computers and secretarial support for pro bono group projects.
The Law School allows faculty to participate in pro bono projects as part of their normal duties and provides secretarial support for these projects. The Law School also reimburses faculty for expenses, such as mileage in connection with pro bono projects, and provides its library facilities and electronic research services to support faculty pro bono work.
Saint Mary’s University of San Antonio: Saint Mary’s University of San Antonio School of Law
Approximately $9,500
Saint Thomas University: Saint Thomas University School of Law (FL)
There is no separate pro bono budget. The Law School houses the VITA Tax Program and provides administrative support.
The School supports faculty pro bono service administratively.
Samford University: Cumberland School of Law
Funding for the CCMC is provided through Samford University as well as grants and donations from the community.
Santa Clara University: Santa Clara University School of Law
The Public Interest Law Career Services (PILCS) coordinators work out of the Law Career Services department. Wages and overhead to support the activities for the PILCS coordinators is funded by Law Career Services. The Center for Social Justice and Public Interest has generously donated the funds to purchase the recognition award plaques annually.
Seattle University: Seattle University School of Law
AtJI has an office in the law school and is funded on hard and soft money. AtJI recently received a grant of $80,000 to implement two projects.
Seton Hall University: Seton Hall University School of Law
Full office and secretarial support is provided to pro bono group projects.
South Texas College: South Texas College of Law
The Pro Bono Honors Program is funded by general law school revenue.
Southern Illinois University: Southern Illinois University School of Law
Southern Methodist University: Dedman School of Law
Southwestern University: Southwestern University School of Law
There is not a separate budget. Administrative support and funding is provided to support pro bono and public service programs. The same is provided for faculty pro bono projects.
The Pro Bono Program is funded by the law school as part of the Levin Center's budget. SLS provides office space, computers, and student organization funding to the student groups and in-house projects that do pro bono work. SLS also provides some financial support for pro bono projects. To cite one example, the Levin Center, the Center on Ethics and the Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation helped to defray the expenses of students who traveled to the Gulf Coast over spring break to perform legal services. Faculty members who are engaged in pro bono work that overlaps with their faculty activities may use the resources of SLS to support their efforts.
Stetson University: Stetson University College of Law
Stetson University College of Law solely manages the program.
Suffolk University Law School: Suffolk University Law School
The Pro Bono Program is funded through the operating budget of the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service.
Syracuse University: College of Law
The SUCOL Pro Bono Program is funded by the College of Law.
Temple University: James E. Beasley School of Law
The pro bono program is funded by the law school. In addition, the law school provides student groups with an office, a computer and office supplies. Student groups can request funding for a pro bono project from the Student Bar Association in initial budget request or as needed throughout the year.
Administrative support is provided for faculty pro bono projects as needed.
Texas Southern University: Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Texas Tech University School of Law: Texas Tech University School of Law
Administrative assistance is provided if necessary on cases handled on a pro bono basis.
Texas Wesleyan University: Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
The Program is funded by a budget line of approximately $10,000. It is also funded through donations from community benefactors.
The law school provides office and storage space for pro bono group projects and provides access to email, facsimile machines and printing and mailing services to facilitate communication with the student body at large and with entities outside the law school. Outside donations are also sought to underwrite the summer fellowships.
Thomas Jefferson School of Law: Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Administrative support, such as graphic design, copying, and storage space, is provided to pro bono group projects.
The school has recently received a large gift from a unamed donor which is enabling us to open our Veterans Legal Services Clinic in conjunction with The Veteran's Village here in San Diego.
Thomas M. Cooley Law School: Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Program funding is through individual department, office, and administrative unit budgets. Fund raising events, grants, and individual donations also support projects and programs.
Touro College: Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
No specific budget; it is considered part of the responsibility of the Career Planning Office. Administrative support for pro bono group projects is provided through clinics and CPO.
Tulane University: Tulane University School of Law
The Program was originally funded by a grant from the Legal Services Corporation. It is now funded through the law school budget.
The school provides space and equipment to student-run and school-sponsored programs such as POPS, VITA and ELLA, and meeting rooms for training purposes for many other pro bono activities.
University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY: School of Law
The Law School provides office space and other supports not covered by the student groups' budgets. The annual budgets of the Domestic Violence Task Force and the Prison Task Force are determined and provided through student funds by the Student Bar Association, based on the student groups' budget requests. Special functions and activities of these student groups may also be funded through grants from the Dean of the Law School.
The Law School has also provided computers and furniture that has been refurbished from faculty offices and through donations. The Law School's information technology (IT) staff has provided computer technical support, as needed, and established Ethernet connections in each of these student groups' offices. Occasional secretarial support is provided if the group is unable to obtain assistance from the Student Bar Association.
The Law School will provide administrative and secretarial assistance for faculty pro bono projects.
University of Akron: C. Blake McDowell Law Center
The Director of Akron Law’s Civil Litigation Clinic, as part of the position’s duties, devotes a portion of her time coordinating the Program. She facilitates the Program, obtains appropriate community service / pro bono opportunities, and recruits students to participate in these opportunities. The Program Coordinator communicates opportunities to students via mass email and via other forms of social media. The Program Coordinator also visits law classes to promote the ideals and benefits of community and pro bono public service, as well as specific available opportunities.
University of Alabama: University of Alabama School of Law
University of Arizona: James E. Rogers College of Law
The law school provides administrative support for those pro bono projects that have an administrator involved, but not for projects run entirely by student organizations. The types of administrative support include coordination and training of student volunteers, photocopying, and limited secretarial support.
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville: School of Law
Funding is provided by the School of Law and the Robert Fussell Outstanding Pro Bono Award Fund.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock: William H. Bowen School of Law
The Altheimer Public Service Program is funded by a grant from the Ben J. Altheimer Foundation.
University of California at Davis: University of California at Davis School of Law
The King Hall Pro Bono Program is funded through general law school funds.
The law school provides administrative support to pro bono group projects on an as-needed basis.
To the extent possible, the law school provides staff and other (such as typing, copying or mailing) support to faculty engaged in pro bono projects.
University of California, Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
The Law School provides office space and, in some cases, funding to pro bono group projects.
University of California-Hastings: College of the Law
The Pro Bono Program is funded by Hastings. Student initiated pro bono projects receive technical support and may seek funding for specific efforts.
University of California-Irvine: School of Law
University of California-Los Angeles: University of California-Los Angeles
University of Chicago: University of Chicago Law School
University of Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati College of Law
Funding is allocated from a public interest fund.
University of Colorado: School of Law
The Public Service Pledge Program started in the fall of 2008 as a University of Colorado Institute for Ethical and Civil Engagement model project. It is partially funded by the Institute and partially funded by the Law School.
University of Connecticut: University of Connecticut School of Law
The Pro Bono Program is funded through a Law School Foundation endowment. The annual budget is in excess of $5,000.
Approval for administrative support for pro bono group projects is made on a case by case basis depending on the link between the particular project and the overall mission of the school.
University of Dayton: University of Dayton School of Law
There is no budget beyond the salary of the coordinator.
University of Denver: Sturm College of Law
Salaried positions for full-time Director of Public Interest and part-time Administrative Assistant.
University of Florida: Fredric G. Levin College of Law
The Center for Career Services supports the Pro Bono Project through its annual budget.
University of Hawaii: William S. Richardson School of Law
The program is internally funded.
University of Houston: University of Houston Law Center
University of Idaho: College of Law
The program is funded by donations from private individuals, corporations, organizations and from district bar associations.
University of Illinois: University of Illinois College of Law
Administrative support is provided for every aspect of the pro bono activities at the College of Law. The nature of the support is dependent upon the requirements of each function. The student organizations are provided with supplies, funding, secretarial assistance, mailing, administrative guidance, and many other forms of assistance. Upon request, any pro bono activity is provided with a wide variety of other administrative assistance and support.
The College of Law faculty are provided with a professional expense allowance which can be used to satisfy their service obligations, which may involve pro bono service.
University of Iowa: University of Iowa College of Law
The salary of the Associate Dean for Civic Engagement, four research assistants, and support staff are funded through the law school’s operating budget.
The law school’s operating budget also provides funding for selected programming and activities. Student organizations raise additional funds for programming and service trips.
University of Kansas: School of Law
This program is included in the budget of the Office of Career Services, and goes back at least as far as 1996.
VITA is given office space, administrative and secretarial support, computers, telephones, and supplies
.Each faculty member receives an annual Professional Development Account, which may be used to help fund pro bono activities related to the faculty member's professional research and interests. Administrative assistance is provided as needed.
University of Kentucky: College of Law
University funding, unless otherwise specified.
University of Louisville: Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
Principal funding for the Samuel L. Greenebaum Public Service Program is provided through an endowment created by Richard and Jane Eskind and by annual gifts from Louisville attorney John S. Greenebaum. Ms. Eskind and Mr. Greenebaum have made their donations to honor their father, the late Samuel L. Greenebaum, a Louisville legal and civic leader. The annual budget is $74,538.
University of Maine: University of Maine School of Law
University of Maryland: University of Maryland School of Law
University of Memphis: Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
The Public Action Law Society receives a small amount of student activity funding and also raises funds in the community.
University of Miami: University of Miami School of Law
The HOPE Public Interest Resource Center is supported by the School of Law, private donors and grants.
University of Michigan: University of Michigan Law School
The Pro Bono Program is funded primarily through the Office of Public Service. Student pro bono group projects are occasionally funded by law school grants to student groups and, in some cases, outside funding as well.
Faculty pro bono is either supported through OPS or the usual administrative and secretarial support; if additional funds are needed, they are funded on a case by case basis.
University of Minnesota: University of Minnesota Law School
The U of M Law School provides MJF with an annual donation and in-kind office space, technology, and supplies. In addition, MJF relies on funding from the other Minnesota law schools, private donors, government grants, and foundations.
University of Mississippi: School of Law
University of Missouri: Kansas City School of Law
University of Montana: University of Montana School of Law
The clinics are on hard money. The law school provides some administrative assistance for faculty pro bono work.
University of Nebraska: University of Nebraska College of Law
Secretarial support and funding is provided for student pro bono group projects.
Research assistants and secretarial support is provided for faculty pro bono projects.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: William S. Boyd School of Law
University of New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire School of Law
University of New Mexico: University of New Mexico School of Law
The law school’s Clinical Law, Externship and Pro-Bono Volunteer listings are all supported by the UNM’ School of Law’s operating budget.
University of North Carolina: University of North Carolina School of Law
The Pro Bono Program is funded by the law school and has a budget of approximately $4500 per year.
The law school provides office space, two computers, a fax, a copier, and a phone with voicemail for the Pro Bono Program.
University of Oklahoma: College of Law
The College of Law provides funding to pay the student coordinators, for the Fair, and for the reception. Summer fellowships are funded through a combination of school funding and donations.
University of Oregon: University of Oregon School of Law
Operated and funded through the Career Services budget, the budget for the pro bono program is approximately $5,000 annually. In addition, the Pro Bono Committee receives secretarial support, work space, computers (where necessary) and funding through the Career Services Office.
Faculty members are provided a faculty expense allowance which may, in their discretion, be used for expenditures related to pro bono service.
This year, the VITA program secured a $50.00 gift from BARBRI to help defray additional program costs.
University of Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Law School
The Program's annual budget is approximately $200,000 and is funded primarily by law school funds. The Program receives funding, largely from IOLTA, to hire expert attorneys to provide ongoing supervision and consultation to student group projects. The attorney student projects' coordinator is funded by grants.
The law school provides administrative support for all student group projects.
University of Pittsburgh: School of Law
Student pro bono groups have access to Career Services Office and Student Affairs Office. Student organizations have used a combination of student organization funding and the law school funding to help defray travel expenses for pro bono projects.
Faculty are allowed to use School of Law resources, including school-compensated research assistants, in aid of external service activity.
University of Puerto Rico: School of Law
The first years of The Enlace Program it received grant money from the LSAC.
University of Richmond: T.C. Williams School of Law
Established as a result of generous donations to the law school from Theodore and Laura Lee Chandler, and David and Michelle Baldacci. University further supports its operations.
University of Saint Thomas: School of Law (MN)
University of San Diego: University of San Diego School of Law
University of San Francisco: University of San Francisco School of Law
The Pro Bono Program is funded by USF School of Law.
University of South Carolina: University of South Carolina School of Law
The Program is funded by an IOLTA grant from the SC Bar Founation. The annual budget is $70,000
The Law School provides pro bono group projects with office space and a telephone.
University of South Dakota: University of South Dakota School of Law
Limited funding is provided through the Law School Foundation to student organizations which annually submit funding requests to the Dean.
University of Southern California: University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Pro bono work at the Law School is supported through the Law School budget, foundations, donations from individuals and law firms.
University of Tennessee: University of Tennessee College of Law
The annual budget includes $3000 provided by the College of Law to support administrative work by student fellows described below and $4000 in donated funds. In addition to the fellowships, the law school supports UT Pro Bono by: providing it with office space, a receptionist, computers, and other office equipment; supporting fellowships to pay student coordinators for selected service projects; and paying for an annual UT Pro Bono recognition event. Fellowships, when awarded, provide a semester stipend of $750 with an expectation that recipients will work at least 75 hours during the course of the semester. The lion's share of the organization's resources are the hours contributed by student officers, coordinators and volunteers, and by the faculty advisers and practitioners who work with UT Pro Bono.
The law school has provided support of various kinds to other student pro bono efforts on an ad hoc basis, including help with the occasional student travel for pro bono conferences. The school also has a system whereby all student organizations, including those focused on pro bono and public interest, can submit budgets and apply for a modest organizational stipend to cover expenses for food, supplies, etc.
Faculty members receive some administrative support for pro bono projects on an ad hoc basis.
University of Texas at Austin: University of Texas at Austin School of Law
The Pro Bono Program is a part of the William Wayne Justice Center, an endowed center. In addition, the William Wayne Justice Center actively seeks financial support earmarked for the Pro Bono Program.
University of the District of Columbia: David A. Clarke School of Law
The programs are funded through the law school's operating budget.
University of Toledo: College of Law
Law School Budget
University of Tulsa: College of Law
Operating budget. An endowment and fundraising for summer stipends.
University of Utah: University of Utah College of Law
Financial support for the Pro Bono Initiative is sought through mixed sources including grants/foundations, firms, corporations, individuals, and alumni. Hard funding from the law school budget provides salary for Associate Dean Erickson and overhead for the office.
University of Virginia: University of Virginia School of Law
In 2004, the Law School developed a pro bono partnership with the Richmond-based law firm of Hunton & Williams. The partnership combines pro bono services of the firm’s attorneys with the assistance of volunteer law students to represent indigent clients in the areas of immigration/asylum and family law. The Pro Bono Partnership reflects the Law School’s and the firm’s commitment to the ideal of access to justice.
The Firm provides funding for a full-time pro bono staff attorney and office space in Charlottesville. The law school donates 60% of Dean Emery's time to managing the Partnership.
University of Washington: University of Washington School of Law
The University of Washington School of Law supports the clinics, the externship program and the Pro Bono Honors Program
University of Wisconsin: Law School
The law school provides office and phone service to the Unemployment Compensation Appeal Program. The Student Bar Association allocated some funding support to the clinic. The Law School provides partial salary support for clinic director. All other pro bono work is supervised by faculty.
Valparaiso University: Valparaiso University School of Law
There is no designated funding for the program. However, a salaried employee does administer the program as one of her job responsibilities.
Vanderbilt University: Vanderbilt University Law School
Vermont Law School: Vermont Law School
Villanova University: Villanova University School of Law
The Law School provides student pro bono groups with office space, computer access, the use of the Law School website and bulletin boards, and the cost of photocopying and other miscellaneous expenses. The Law School also created the full-time position of Director of Public Services Careers and Pro Bono Programs to provide support for the student pro bono projects.
The Law School provides the same financial and administrative assistance for faculty pro bono projects as for other faculty service projects.
Wake Forest University: Wake Forest University School of Law
Funding for the Pro Bono Project, Director of Outreach position, public interest speakers, and the Public Interest Retreat is primarily provided through the Office of the Dean. Some student fundraising helps support the Pro Bono Project’s Spring Break Pro Bono Trip and the Public Interest Organization’s summer public interest and public service grants.
Washington and Lee University: School of Law
Faculty members may use law school resources to support their pro bono activities.
Washington University: School of Law
The Public Service Project is part of the Office of Student Affairs budget.
Wayne State University: Wayne State University Law School
The Pro Bono projects are self-funded.
West Virginia University: West Virginia University College of Law
Western New England College: School of Law
Western State University: Western State University College of Law
The Public Service Program and all institutionally supported public interest programs are supported through the school’s operating fund.
Whittier Law School: Whittier Law School
Pro bono activities are funded through existing law school funds and from funds donated to our clinical programs.
Administrative support for pro bono group projects is provided through the Office of Career Services or through the clinical program.
Widener University: Widener University School of Law
The Public Interest Resource Center is funded both by the school and by private donations. The school pays most salaries and operating expenses. Private donations fund stipends for public interest student work, as well as costs associated with a few specific projects.
Willamette University: Willamette University College of Law
The Program is funded through the Career Services department.
William and Mary: School of Law
Funding for staff and programmatic activities is provided through the Law School’s operating budget.
William Mitchell College of Law: William Mitchell College of Law
William Mitchell provides office space, in-kind support, and line item budget funding to MJF for administration of the public service program. Last year, the College provided $60,000 of funding for the program. The College absorbs pro bono litigation costs, provides malpractice insurance for all faculty, and covers all bar licensing and renewal fees. Faculty administrative assistants, paid out of College funds, often assist faculty with pro bono work.
Yale University: Yale Law School
The Liman Program pro bono efforts, the Pro Bono Network, and the Lowenstein Project are funded through the general law school budget. The law school provides office space, computers, and student organization funding to the student groups that do pro bono work. Faculty members who are engaged in pro bono work that overlaps with their faculty activities may use the resources of the law school to support their efforts.
Yeshiva University: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Funded by the Law School/University as part of the Career Services budget. The Law School provides office space, computers and some funding for pro bono group projects.
