Law School Pro Bono Programs - Staffing, Management and Oversight of Programs
Assistant Dean Susan J. Feathers manages and oversees the program with student volunteers
American University: Washington College of Law
The full-time Assistant Director is compensated to run the pro bono program as part of overall duties, and it is estimated to comprise one-fifth to one quarter of his time. There is also paid administrative and volunteer support of students. The faculty Public Interest Committee also advises and supports the program.
Appalachian School of Law: Appalachian School of Law
The Director of Community Service, Ms. Jina Sauls, provides oversight of the program at ASL. Ms. Jennie Clevinger is an Assistant to the Office of Community Service. Each project is managed by a community leader, a student or an employee, who communicate directly with Ms. Sauls.
Arizona State University: Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
The program is supervised by the Director of Pro Bono Programs and Student Life. The Pro Bono Board is comprised of 6-10 students, a faculty advisor, and an administrator. There is an application process for board membership.
Barry University: School of Law
Baylor University: Baylor University Law School
Bear P.A.W.S. is overseen by Heather Creed, Asst. Dean of Professional Development & Student Relations. She works closely with Leah Jackson, Associate Dean, faculty, and the Baylor Public Interest Legal Society in the creation and implementation of Pro Bono opportunities.
Boston College: Boston College Law School
The Boston College Pro Bono Program is staffed, managed, and overseen by the Board of Directors, which consists of: the Associate Director of Public Interest Programs; the Dean for Students; the Assistant Dean for Career Services; third-year law students; second-year law students; and first-year law students.
Boston University: Boston University School of Law
The Pro Bono Program is staffed by Sabrina Halloran, Director of Pro Bono, and David Adams, Senior Clerkship and Pro Bono Coordinator. Each devote approximately 30% of their time to the Program. The BU Law Public Service Committee, comprised of faculty, staff and students, also advise the program along with the Director of the Career Development Office.
Brigham Young University: J. Reuben Clark Law School
MariLee Allred oversees all public interest and pro bono projects affiliated with the school’s career services office. There is no paid pro bono coordinator overseeing the several faculty members incorporating service learning in their courses. Students may be involved as research assistants to supervising faculty members within the various programs.
Brooklyn Law School: Brooklyn Law School
Staffing, management and oversight of pro bono projects vary. In several cases, local non-profits operate and monitor the projects providing supervision as necessary. Others are under the auspices of a firm, entirely student run, or coordinated by the Public Service Programs Office.
California Western: California Western School of Law
The Pro Bono Program Coordinator is also a full time Career Advisor in the Office of Career Services. The Assistant Dean of Career Services provides additional oversight to the Pro Bono Program.
Campbell University: Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
Capital University Law School: Capital University Law School
The Assistant Dean for Career Services administers the Pro Bono Recognition Program in conjunction with the Office of Records & Registration and the Dean's Office.
Case Western Reserve University: Case Western Reserve University Law School
Catholic University of America: Columbus School of Law
The Pro Bono Program at CUA Law is run by one part-time (80%) Pro Bono Coordinator who reports directly to the Director of Career Services and then to the Dean of External and Student Affairs.
Chapman University: Chapman University School of Law
The Director of Externships administers the Commitment to Service award program, maintaining pro bono opportuinity listings and other program forms, and verifying completed award applications.
Charleston School of Law: Charleston School of Law
The Career Services Department provides staffing, management, and oversight of the program. Students record their pro bono hours with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
The Assistant Professor of Pro Bono administers program. Volunteer law school students help promote the Program as law school “Pro Bono Student Ambassadors.”
City University of New York: City University of New York Law at Queens College
Dean Michelle Anderson oversees the CUNY School of Law which is a public interest law center. The Clinic is overseen by the Associate Dean of the Clinic, Sameer Ashar. The Associate Dean of Student Affairs oversees administrative support provided independently maintained student pro bono group activities such as the Mississippi project and the Career Planning Office publicizes group and individual pro bono opportunities and is overseen by Director Sam Sue.
The Community Legal Resource Network which is an incubator program for community based private law firms started by CUNY Law graduates is directed by Fred Rooney. He also oversees the innovative post graduate public interest project called Launchpad for Success which employs 2009 year law graduates in positions providing assistance to pro se litigants in housing and civil courts in New York City. The Director of the Center for Latino Rights and Equality is Jenny Rivera and the Director of the Center on Diversity in the Legal Profession is Pamela Edwards.
Cleveland State University: Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
The Director of the Pro Bono Program is full-time faculty, half-time clinician and half-time program director.
Columbia University: Columbia University School of Law
Two full-time employees of the Center for Public Interest Law are involved in the administration of the Pro Bono Program. There are no specified percentages of time allocated but it is approximately 80% for Fitzgerald and 20% for Katzman.
Student Involvement: Several of the in-house pro bono projects are student-run (see below). The Spring Break Caravans are student-run. The Center meets with representatives of public interest student groups at monthly Umbrella Group meetings. The pro bono program often is on the agenda of those meetings.
Pro Bono projects are referred to the law school community through the Assistant Dean for Public Service.
Creighton University: School of Law
DePaul University: College of Law
PBCSI operates collaboratively with the Center for Public Interest Law. PBCSI is managed by a part-time attorney coordinator and three students who are members of the Center for Public Interest Law Committee. University Ministry is also involved.
Drake University: Drake University School of Law
Director of Career Development Office oversees the program.
Drexel University: Earle Mack School of Law
Drexel's Pro Bono Service Program is administered under the auspices of the Associate Dean for Experiential Learning. Programs are developed, implemented, coordinated, and supervised by a full-time Director for Pro Bono and Public Interest Programs.
Duke University: Duke University School of Law
The Pro Bono Project is overseen by two full time employees, the Associate Dean for Public Interest and Pro Bono and a non-tenure track faculty member. Both have other responsibilities, including teaching. The Office of Public Interest and Pro Bono has a half-time administrative assistant.
The Office is advised by a public interest advisory group made up of student leaders.
Elon University: School of Law
The Pro Bono Program is supervised by the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. Additionally, there is administrative support from an administrative assistant and student pro bono fellow. An Advisory Board will be created during the 2011-2012 academic year, and will be comprised of student project leaders and volunteers who will play an instrumental role in the programming and service centered community at Elon.
The Office of Career Services has a counselor who dedicates time to counseling students interested in public service positions.
Emory University: Emory University School of Law
Professor Pratt oversees the program with assistance from her program assistant and from student research assistants.
Faulkner University: Thomas Goode Jones School of Law
The Career Services Director and her staff manage the programs, with oversight and input by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the Clinical Services Committee, the Clinical Director, and faculty.
Florida A&M University: College of Law
Florida Coastal School of Law: Florida Coastal School of Law
There is one faculty member who staffs the pro bono program. The faculty member is paid, and approximately one-third of her time is dedicated to running the program.
Florida International University: University College of Law
Florida State University: Florida State University College of Law
Nancy Benavides
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
nbenavid@law.fsu.edu
(850) 644-7338
Fordham University: Fordham University School of Law
PIRC is managed by four full-time administrators: the Assistant Dean, the Director of Student Organizations and Publicity, the Director of Counseling & Public Interest Scholars and an Office Manager.
Each student-run project has officers who oversee the project.
George Mason University: School of Law
George Washington University: George Washington University Law School
The program is run by the student-faculty Pro Bono Subcommittee of the Law School's Public Interest Committee. There is no paid staff.
'The Career Development Office's Pro Bono Liaison assists the Public Interest Committee in the administration of the Pro Bono Program. In part, the Pro Bono Liaison maintains a database of participating students, the number of hours volunteered, and the organizations at which students donate legal services.
Georgetown University: Georgetown University Law Center
The Pro Bono Coordinator position, created in 1996, is a full-time, professional-level administrative position.
Golden Gate University: School of Law
The Assistant Director for Public Interest Programs spends approximately twenty percent of her time managing the pro bono program.
Gonzaga University: Gonzaga University School of Law
A professor supervises a student who is paid to coordinate the school’s mandatory service program.
Hamline University: Hamline University School of Law
The MJF administrative staff is located at the University of Minnesota. MJF has a full-time staff of 6 attorneys spread across three law schools and various part time college and law students. The Board of Directors is made up of law students, private attorneys, legal services attorneys and client-eligible community members. Three students (from each school) sit on MJF's Board of Directors. Drawn from the membership of MJF's student chapters, these students help steer the agency and its programs - including its law school pro bono program. Each School also appoints several of its own law students to its own Public Service Committee. Students also serve on the Legal Assistance to the Disadvantaged Committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association, as well as its Law School Initiatives Subcommittee, where the law school public service program collaboration partners monitor and support the program.
Harvard University: Harvard Law School
The program is administered by the full-time Director of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs and the assistant Director of the Pro Bono Program. Staff administrative assistance is also provided.
Hofstra University: Hofstra University School of Law
The Law School’s Pro Bono and Public Service Committee oversees the Public Service Certificate Program and the Director of Public Sector Career Planning, located in the Office of Career Services, collects the volunteers' log sheets. The Pro Bono and Public Service Committee is charged with identifying and proposing a pro bono/public service component to be included in the first-year orientation, for implementation by the Admissions Department. The Committee is also charged with identifying additional pro bono/public service opportunities to be offered by the school for upper-class students. As part of this process, the Committee will also consider and make any proposed recommendations to the faculty as to whether students should be awarded certificates for pro bono/public service beyond the graduation awards already in place and, if so, the parameters of such certificates.
Howard University: Howard University School of Law
The Director is employed full-time as Director. Students assist in the operation of aspects of the program, serving as student coordinators of the various projects.
Illinois Institute of Technology: Chicago-Kent College of Law
PIRC is staffed by two student counselors who are supervised by Professor Gross, a full-time faculty member.
Indiana University: Maurer School of Law (Bloomington)
The Program is staffed by two student pro bono fellows, who develop the programming and implement the matching program and pro bono award reporting. They are supervised by two clinical faculty members.
Indiana University: Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis
The Pro Bono Program is overseen and managed by a director. An office assistant maintains the hour database.
Inter American University of Puerto Rico: Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law
John Marshall: Law School – Atlanta
The program is run by the Director of Pro Bono Outreach and Externships
Lewis & Clark College: School of Law
Public Interest Law Coordinator provides oversight of the pro bono program.
Liberty University: School of Law
The Street Law Program is run by student organizers with guidance from the Director of Career Services and with administrative support from the Center for Career & Professional Development’s Program Assistant. Additional pro bono programs of Liberty University School of Law are administered, with input from the faculty, by the Associate Dean for Career & Professional Development, the Director of Student Affairs, and the Director of External Affairs. The Associate Dean, Directors, and Program Assistant are full-time, paid staff; they have additional responsibilities in the law school that are not related to pro bono or community service opportunities.
Louisiana State University: Paul M. Hebert Law Center
A faculty advisor provides oversight to the students who are acting on the Board of Directors of PILS.
Loyola Law School: Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
The Director is a full-time clinical professor and is assisted by a full-time Department Administrator (Public Interest Law Coordinator).
Loyola University Chicago: Loyola University Chicago School of Law
There is no dedicated staffing for pro bono coordination. The Center for Public Service Law, faculty and administrator work closely with the members of the Public Interest Law Society (PILS) student organization and other student groups that support public service activities.
Loyola University New Orleans: Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
The Pro Bono Coordinator position is a half-time position. Mr. Mitchell is a full-time employee who spends the other 50% time as a staff attorney with the Homeless Clinic.
Marquette University: Marquette University Law School
Marquette has a fulltime assistant Dean of Public Service and a fulltime pro bono coordinator, both of whom are attorneys. Marquette also has a part-time director for the Marquette Legal Initiative for Nonprofits and a part-time program assistant and adjunct professor for the Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinics, both pro bono initiatives. The Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation Program has two fulltime employees, a chief mediator and a mediation coordinator, that oversee the pro bono mediators and law students. The pro bono work performed through the VITA program for Marquette is overseen by Professor Vada Lindsey.
The Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinics, Marquette Legal Initiative for Nonprofit Corporations and Servicemembers and Veterans Legal Assistance of Wisconsin are overseen by pro bono advisory boards, on which, law students serve as well. There are student coordinators for the Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinics, Alternative Spring Break, SAVLAW, and the Milwaukee Justice Center self help clinic sites.
Mercer University: School of Law
Michigan State University: College of Law
Mississippi College: Mississippi College School of Law
New England School of Law: New England School of Law
There is no separate pro bono coordinator. Staffing is coordinated by the Center for Law and Social Responsibility and the Career Services Office. Each of the Center's Projects has a faculty Director.
New York Law School: New York Law School
The Public Service Certificate Program is administered by the Assistant Dean for Student Services.
New York University: New York University School of Law
Five full-time employees of the Public Interest Law Center and student interns.
North Carolina Central: North Carolina Central School of Law
The program is headed by the Pro Bono Coordinator, a full-time lawyer administrator.
Northeastern University: Northeastern University School of Law
This program is overseen by the Public Interest Committee, a committee consisting of faculty, administrators, and students. The committee is charged with implementing, developing and reviewing program policies and procedures.
Administration of the program is shared. The public interest co-op is facilitated through Northeastern's Cooperative Legal Education Office. The clinical option is facilitated through the Office of Academic and Student Affairs. Any pro bono projects performed to satisfy the Public Interest Requirement must be approved by the Public Interest Committee. To receive academic credit and satisfy the requirements through an independent study, a student must demonstrate that he/she cannot satisfy the requirement through the three other options. The project must be approved by the Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Affairs and a supervising faculty member.
Northern Illinois University: Northern Illinois University College of Law
The Pro Bono Service Opportunities program is monitored by Professor David Taylor.
Northern Kentucky University: Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Molly T. Tami, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, designed and now directs the Chase Pro Bono Service Program. She is assisted by the Pro Bono Program Assistant and a Chase law student who coordinates the Street Law Program.
Northwestern University: Northwestern University School of Law
The Public Service Coordinator is a half-time position.
Notre Dame: Notre Dame Law School
Nova Southeastern University: Shepard Broad Law Center
The Director of Public Interest Programs and Disability Services oversees the Pro Bono Honor Program.
Ohio Northern: Claude W. Pettit College of Law
Ohio State University: Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
The Director of Public Service and Public Interest Programs is housed in Career Services and reports to the Assistant Dean of Career Services. The Director administers the Public Service Fellow Program and advises students who are interested in public interest and government sector jobs, honors programs, and fellowships.
Oklahoma City University: Oklahoma City University School of Law
The Pro Bono and Public Interest Coordinator along with student organization representatives combine efforts to coordinate various aspects of formal and informal opportunities for students to pursue. The Professional Career and Development Center tracks student volunteer activity and is the repository for disseminating information about pro bono and public interest opportunities. Student participation is non-paid.
Pennsylvania State University: The Dickinson School of Law
The program is staffed and managed by Professor Gildin and director of public interest programming, Kate Cramer Lawrence. As director of the Center for Public Interest Law and Advocacy, Professor Gildin has been instrumental in providing Penn State Law students with many opportunities to participate in public interest law practice, including as interns during their legal education. Professor Gildin is not merely an excellent teacher and scholar; he has served as an officer of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and of its South Central Pennsylvania chapter. His work as counsel in civil liberties cases often affords our students opportunities for observation or participation in significant litigation.
In addition to coordinating the school's pro bono and public interest initiatives, Kate Cramer Lawrence’s work at the Law School involves supervising and teaching in the clinical setting. In recent years, she has served as a panelist for the ABA/NLADA sponsored Equal Justice Conference, the AALS Clinical Teaching Conference, and a number of CLE presentations. She has also served as a faculty member at the 2008 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Trial Skills Training program and beginning in 2011, as a member of the National Advisory Committee to Equal Justice Works.
Pepperdine University: Odell McConnell Law Center
The clinical and career services staff are salaried employees of the law school.
Regent University: School of Law
The Pro Bono Initiative will be supervised by the Law School's Office of Career and Alumni Services.
Roger Williams University: School of Law
The Executive Director of the Feinstein Institute directs the public interest and judicial externship programs. The Director of Public Service and Community Partnerships directs the mandatory public service program. The Executive Director of the Feinstein Institute and the Director of Public Service share responsibility for public interest programming and for advising the public interest student group. The Pro Bono Collaborative has a Director and a Project Coordinator. The Institute has a Program Coordinator who provides staff support for all of the work of the Institute. The Institute also uses several undergraduate work-study students to assist with a variety of administrative tasks.
Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden
The Law School's Assistant Dean for Pro Bono and Public Interest Programs and the Pro Bono Coordinator oversee existing pro bono initiatives, support public interest programs and develop resources and new opportunities for Rutgers students. An Advisory Committee, chaired by the Assistant Dean and including the student leadership of APIL and the law school's pro bono projects, the Directors of the Clinical and Externship Programs, selected faculty members and community representatives, provides guidance and support for pro bono and public interest activities at the law school. It also gives support for APIL's annual Public Interest Auction, which provides funding for summer public interest fellowships.
Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey, Center for Law and Justice (Newark)
The Co-Directors of the Neisser Public Interest Program oversee the Pro Bono Program, which is located within the Public Interest Center. A student coordinator assists in administering the Pro Bono Program, and works closely with the Co-Directors. The Neisser Program is the umbrella over all public interest and pro bono activities within the law school.
Saint Louis University: Saint Louis University School of Law
Saint Mary’s University of San Antonio: Saint Mary’s University of San Antonio School of Law
Director, Public Interest Law Program
Law Student Assistant, Public Interest Law Program
Saint Thomas University: Saint Thomas University School of Law (FL)
The Pro Bono Coordinator is a full-time law school employee who spends approximately 30% of her time on Pro Bono Program administrative matters.
Posting of pro bono opportunities on the web, newsletter and bulletin boards is a student's job.
Samford University: Cumberland School of Law
The program is overseen by a Director who coordinates volunteer mediators and works closely with area courts to find cases suitable for community mediation. All mediations are conducted by trained volunteer mediators comprised of attorneys, law students and community members who have completed mediation training through or approved by the CCMC.
Santa Clara University: Santa Clara University School of Law
The Pro Bono Recognition Program is administered by the Public Interest Law Career Services (PILCS) Career coordinators in the Law Career Services office.
Seattle University: Seattle University School of Law
Staff consists of a full-time paid director and a full-time Administrative Assistant. AtJI also receives the services of a community advisory board and a student advisory board.
Seton Hall University: Seton Hall University School of Law
The Director is a 15 hour per week clinical professor. He spends 50% of his time with the pro bono program.
South Texas College: South Texas College of Law
The Program is directed by a member of the faculty. Administrative support is provided by the Clinical Studies Department. Faculty, staff and student oversight comes through the Access to Justice and Public Service Committee, a standing committee comprised of clinical and doctrinal faculty, senior administrators and student representatives.
Southern Illinois University: Southern Illinois University School of Law
Southern Methodist University: Dedman School of Law
The Public Service Program has a full-time Director. The Director administers the program and reports to the Dean of the Law School. The Director also consults with and receives direction from the law school Public Service Committee. The committee includes three faculty members, appointed by the Dean of the Law School. In addition to the Director, the school employs a half-time Administrative Assistant.
Southwestern University: Southwestern University School of Law
The staff and faculty of the Student Affairs Office, Public Service Program, Career Services Office, Legal Clinic and Externship Program work in collaboration with the Public Interest Law Committee, which is comprised of students, faculty, and staff.
The Director of the Pro Bono and Externship Programs administers the Pro Bono Program with support from the Associate Dean of Public Service and Public Interest Law and the Executive Director of the Levin Center. There is also an in-house pro bono project, the Stanford Law School Social Security Disability Pro Bono Project, directed by Lisa Douglass. The Pro Bono Program is strongly supported by the Public Interest Committee, which is composed of faculty and two student representatives.
Stetson University: Stetson University College of Law
The Office of Student Life oversees the program. The Registrar records the hours and tracks how much pro bono is completed.
Suffolk University Law School: Suffolk University Law School
The Pro Bono Program is administered by the Director of Public Interest and Pro Bono Programs. Administrative support is also provided by one staff member and two student interns.
Syracuse University: College of Law
The Program is staffed by a Director, Staff Associate, and a student pro bono fellow. The Director reports to the Sr. Assistant Dean of Student Life. The newly created Public Service Advisory Board, comprised of student project leaders and volunteers, plays an instrumental role in the programming and service centered community at SUCOL.
The Office of Professional Development has a career counselor who dedicates time to counseling students interest in public service positions.
Temple University: James E. Beasley School of Law
The Director is compensated full-time for operating the Office of Public Interest Law Programs. The Office has several functions, all related to public interest work. Overseeing the external pro bono and the law- related education program is approximately 50% of the Director's work. Temple-LEAP has its own professional staff.
The Office of Public Interest Law Programs has a six member faculty Advisory Committee.
PIE has a student director who helps operate the program and has significant input into direction of the program. Each student initiated project has a director or steering committee that operates and makes policy determinations for the project.
Texas Southern University: Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Donna Davis
Director of Career Services
dadavis@tsulaw.edu
(713) 313-7372
Texas Tech University School of Law: Texas Tech University School of Law
Texas Wesleyan University: Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
The Program is administered by the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Director of the Equal Justice Program with administrative support from Jessica Chavez, the Equal Justice Coordinator.
A student-run Public Interest Law Fellowship serves in an advisory capacity to the program and raises funds for summer fellowships in public service organizations.
Thomas Jefferson School of Law: Thomas Jefferson School of Law
time on the Pro Bono Honors Program.
Thomas M. Cooley Law School: Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Career and Professionalism Development
- Cooley Volunteer Corps (CVC)
Charles Toy, Associate Dean of Career and Professional Development
toyc@cooley.edu
(517) 371-5140
Lansing Campus
Jamie Stone
stonej@cooley.edu
(517) 371-5140
Grand Rapids Campus
Kaleena Kowalkowski
kowalkok@cooley.edu
(616) 301-6800
Auburn Hills Campus
Jennifer Kirby
kirbyje@cooley.edu
(248) 751-7800
The Center for Ethics, Service, and Professionalism
- Professionalism Portfolio
Heather Spielmaker, Director
Lansing Campus
spielmah@cooley.edu
(517) 371-5140
Karen Rowlader, Assistant Director
Grand Rapids Campus
rowladek@cooley.edu
(616) 301-6800
Jacquelynn Kuhn, Assistant Director
Auburn Hills Campus
kuhnj@cooley.edu
(248) 751-7800
Enrollment and Student Services
- Student Organization Activities
Christopher Lewis, Dean of Enrollment Programs & Student Services
Lansing Campus
lewisch@cooley.edu
(517) 371-5140
Joan Rosema-David, Deputy Director
Grand Rapids Campus
rosemaj@cooley.edu
(616) 301-6800
Audra Foster, Director
Auburn Hills Campus
fostera@cooley.edu
(248) 751-7800
Touro College: Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
The full-time Director Of Public Interest Career Development spends 1/2 his time on Public Interest matters. The pro bono portion of the job is not specifically apportioned.
The student public interest group PILOT advises the program.
Tulane University: Tulane University School of Law
The pro bono program is the principal focus of the Assistant Dean for Public Interest Programs . A full-time program administrator serves as coordinator and liaison. Pro bono program staff communicate on a regular basis with the students who have signed up for academic-year placements and with the staff and supervisory attorneys of local non-profits. Forms required to be completed by each student include a time sheet, supervisory report, and student survey.
University at Buffalo Law School, SUNY: School of Law
University of Akron: C. Blake McDowell Law Center
Joann M. Sahl, Esq., Director, Civil Litigation Clinic. Professor Sahl acts as Program Coordinator. Joel A. Holt, Esq., Assistant Director, Career Planning & Placement.
University of Alabama: University of Alabama School of Law
The Public Interest Institute is overseen by the Associate Dean for Special Programs and a Program Assistant. The Associate Dean for Special Programs is advised by the Public Interest Committee and the Public Interest Student Board.
University of Arizona: James E. Rogers College of Law
The Coordinator of Special Projects serves as a central point of contact for most of the law school's pro bono efforts, including the Formal Voluntary Pro Bono Program and student-organized pro bono efforts.
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville: School of Law
The Coordinator spends 50% of her time overseeing the pro bono program. She is assisted by other clinic staff, students, and community volunteers.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock: William H. Bowen School of Law
The Altheimer Public Service Program is managed by a coordinating committee. The members of the committee are two students from the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, two students from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, a faculty member from the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, and a faculty member from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. Projects selected by the coordinating committee must be approved by the Deans of the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law and the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.
University of California at Davis: University of California at Davis School of Law
The King Hall Pro Bono Program is overseen by Kimberly Thomas, Public Interest Coordinator, who is full-time. There is no set percentage of time spent on the Pro Bono Program. The Public Interest Clearinghouse Pro Bono Project is coordinated by the Public Interest Law Program Director.
University of California, Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
The student-run clinical projects are staffed by students and overseen by attorneys from community legal service organizations or law firms. The duties of the Associate Director for Public Interest Programs (within the Berkeley Law Career Development Office) include soliciting pro bono projects, publicizing these opportunities to students and educating students about Berkeley Law's voluntary pro bono program and the importance of making a pro bono contribution.
University of California-Hastings: College of the Law
The Director of Externships and Pro Bono Programs is directly responsible for the Pro Bono Program with oversight from the Academic Dean. The administrative needs of the program are supported by a part-time staff person. The Pro Bono Program was developed in collaboration with a Pro Bono Advisory Committee made up of current students from each class. The Advisory Committee reviews policies and procedures, promotes pro bono participation across the Hastings community and makes decisions on pro bono funding applications.
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
One full-time Director of Public Interest Law and various student leaders
University of Cincinnati: University of Cincinnati College of Law
The Public Service Coordinator and Counselor coordinates volunteer activities and pro bono service.
University of Colorado: School of Law
This program is under the supervision of the program director, Karen Trojanowski. This program also has a student coordinator.
University of Connecticut: University of Connecticut School of Law
The Public Interest Law Group (PILG) assists the Office of Career Services with the Pro Bono Program. PILG is involved in promoting the program and encouraging students to undertake pro bono placements.
University of Dayton: University of Dayton School of Law
There is a half-time administrator, 20 hours per week.
University of Denver: Sturm College of Law
Program oversight and management occurs through the full-time Director of Public Interest, faculty Public Interest Committee. Students enrolled in the Student Law Office or internships receive direct supervision from clinical faculty, internship supervisors, and internship staff. Students participating in a Public Interest Practicum receive direct supervision from their Practicum supervisor.
University of Florida: Fredric G. Levin College of Law
The Public Interest Coordinator position is currently a full-time position in the Center for Career Services and one of the responsibilities of this position is running the Pro Bono Project.
There are two Pro Bono Committees (Liaison and Development) which are involved in creating new projects as well as keeping up with our current placements and student population. To become a member of one of the committees, students submit resumes and, upon recommendations from the Director, are selected by the Dean.
University of Hawaii: William S. Richardson School of Law
The Pro Bono Program director is a faculty member who has an assistant who is not compensated but works pro bono.
There is a Pro Bono Program Committee consisting of three law school faculty/staff members designated by the Dean.
University of Houston: University of Houston Law Center
University of Idaho: College of Law
The Pro Bono Program has a paid part-time Director responsible for all of its activities. Jack McMahon, Program Director, reports to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs. A Pro Bono Advisory Committee of faculty members and students works with the Program Director to approve pro bono placements, increase student involvement, and evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
University of Illinois: University of Illinois College of Law
The pro bono notation program is supervised and directed by the Associate Dean and the Assistant Deans for Student Affairs and Career Services. They are not compensated separately for this activity.
University of Iowa: University of Iowa College of Law
The Citizen Lawyer Program is directed by the Associate Dean for Civic Engagement. In conjunction with student organizations, the CLP makes volunteer opportunities, professional development, and graduation distinction available to students.
The Philanthropy Committee of the Iowa Student Bar Association (ISBA) directly oversees the Boyd Service Award and governs the Pro Bono Society.
Volunteer opportunities for students are advertised through the CLP’s website at http://clp.law.uiowa.edu/clp/
University of Kansas: School of Law
Todd Rogers, Assistant Dean for Career Services provides oversight to the program with assistance from other staff members in Career Services and Student Affairs.
University of Kentucky: College of Law
University of Louisville: Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
The Program is staffed by two part time employees, a Director and an Assistant.
University of Maine: University of Maine School of Law
The program is overseen by a committee comprised of faculty members, students, and the law school's Director of Career Services. Records of student reported pro bono hours are maintained in the Career Services Office.
University of Maryland: University of Maryland School of Law
The Director of Pro Bono and Public Service Initiatives and a law student paid research assistant provide staffing to the program.
University of Memphis: Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Dean for Students provide law school administrative oversight.
University of Miami: University of Miami School of Law
The HOPE Public Interest Resource Center is run by the Assistant Dean for Public Interest and Pro Bono. In addition there is a Director of International Public Interest Programs and a Director of Domestic Public Interest Programs as well as a Project Coordinator. Support for the office is managed by the Staff Associate with the assistance of various student employees.
University of Michigan: University of Michigan Law School
The Pro Bono Program is staffed by the Assistant Dean and the Administrator. Both positions are full time compensated positions.
University of Minnesota: University of Minnesota Law School
MJF is a separate organization from the U of M Law School. However, they work in partnership to assure that both of their goals are being met by the pro bono program. MJF has a traditional organizational structure with an Executive Director and Board of Directors that consists of local private and public attorneys.
University of Mississippi: School of Law
University of Missouri: Kansas City School of Law
A faculty and student Pro Bono Committee promotes public service programs and opportunities.
University of Montana: University of Montana School of Law
The clinical faculty provide the oversight of the program.
University of Nebraska: University of Nebraska College of Law
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: William S. Boyd School of Law
The Law School has a half-time attorney and a quarter-time assistant assigned to the program. Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and Nevada Legal Service assign staff attorneys to supervise the students teaching the community free legal education classes.
University of New Hampshire: University of New Hampshire School of Law
The full-time Social Justice Institute Director is compensated to run the pro bono program as part of her overall duties, and also divides her time teaching social justice courses at the University of New Hampshire School of Law.
University of New Mexico: University of New Mexico School of Law
The Clinical Law Program has an Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs as manager, who also functions as a supervisor of clinic students, six full-time clinical law professors, supplemented at times by visiting professors, and three full-time support staff members.
The Externship Program is managed by an Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, who along with one clinical professor, offer a classroom component to the externships. The Assistant Dean for Student Services and the Assistant Dean for Career Services advise students about externship opportunities and the Coordinator for Career & Student Services tracks student hours and interacts with externship supervisors.
University of North Carolina: University of North Carolina School of Law
A volunteer student Board of Coordinators handles the daily administration of the Pro Bono Program. The board has a Student Director; three Coordinators (that recruit students and coordinate/oversee individual student placement); an Attorney Coordinator; a Group Project Coordinator; a Student Groups Liaison (liaisons with existing student organizations); a PR Coordinator; and two Winter/Spring Break Coordinators. The Board is supervised by the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, who spends about 20% of her time overseeing the program.
University of Oklahoma: College of Law
Faculty Director, Elizabeth T. Bangs
Two or three paid student coordinators
University of Oregon: University of Oregon School of Law
The Associate Director for Career Services is also the Pro Bono Program Director. In this capacity, the Associate Director chairs the Pro Bono Executive Board, comprised of two additional faculty members and nine law students. Pro Bono records are maintained in the Career Services Office.
University of Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Law School
The Public Service Department oversees the pro bono requirement, student clinical projects, public interest scholars, public interest programming and co-curricular initiatives including the Edward V. Sparer Fellowship and the Edward V. Sparer Symposium. It has an attorney Executive Director, a full-time Associate Director (Pam Mertsock Wolfe), an Administrative Assistant, and an attorney student projects' coordinator. Both are compensated for their work for the pro bono requirement. The Executive Director serves as the liaison between the Program and the Advisory Board, Faculty Committee, and the legal community. In addition, the Executive Director counsels student clinical projects. Wolfe has primary responsibility for counseling individual students monitoring compliance, updating the database, and drafting manual. Wolfe oversees the Program's Philadelphia Urban Law School Experience Project.
The Program is overseen by an Advisory Board comprised of experienced public interest practitioners. A Faculty Committee is appointed each year to advise the Program director about various initiatives.
Student Clinical Leaders, the Public Interest Scholars, and the Equal Justice Foundation (EJF) leaders assist the Director and Associate Director in operating the Program.
University of Pittsburgh: School of Law
The Director of Career Services and Public Interest Initiatives oversees the majority of pro bono projects for students.
Lu-in Wang, Associate Dean ( wangl@pitt.edu) oversees the Law School’s academic programs.
University of Puerto Rico: School of Law
University of Richmond: T.C. Williams School of Law
The Harry L. Carrico Center for Pro Bono Service is administered by a director and supported by shared administrative assistance and student program managers.
University of Saint Thomas: School of Law (MN)
Vince Thomas, Assistant Dean for Student & Multicultural Affairs
University of San Diego: University of San Diego School of Law
The University of San Diego School of Law Pro Bono Legal Advocates (PBLA)is a student-run organization. PBLA is assisted by a faculty advisor and receives support from the School of Law's administrative staff.
University of San Francisco: University of San Francisco School of Law
Erin E. Dolly
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and
Instructor of Law
University of San Francisco School of Law
(415) 422-6304
eedolly@usfca.edu
Daisy Hung
Assistant Director for Law Career Development
University of San Francisco School of Law
Office of Career Planning
(415) 422-6757
djhung@usfca.edu
University of South Carolina: University of South Carolina School of Law
A full time Director and a volunteer Student Advisory Board
University of South Dakota: University of South Dakota School of Law
Each individual group is made up of student volunteer, with budget oversight by Dean’s Office.
University of Southern California: University of Southern California Gould School of Law
PILF is a student-run organization that sponsors as many as 23 pro bono clinics in the community. Several other student organizations such as Street Law and La Raza offer additional pro bono opportunities available to all law students.
The Office of Public Service supports and advises PILF's pro bono clinic co-chairs and connects them with community organizations in need of pro bono law students.
University of Tennessee: University of Tennessee College of Law
Students run UT Pro Bono. Associate Dean Doug Blaze is the faculty advisor to this group. The Pro Bono and Public Interest Law Committee manages PPLAN. Student representatives from UT Pro Bono and from TAPIL (Tennessee Association for Public Interest Law) sit on the Pro Bono and Public Interest Law Committee.
University of Texas at Austin: University of Texas at Austin School of Law
The Pro Bono Program is staffed by a Director and an Administrator. The Pro Bono Director manages the day-to-day operations of the program, sets policy for developing pro bono projects and engaging student volunteers, and interfaces with the law school community, legal services providers, bar groups and members of the private bar.
The Pro Bono Administrator maintains the Pro Bono Program’s data, contacts, and communications and handles all administrative functions of the program.
In addition to the Pro Bono Program, the Office of Student Life at UT Law works closely with the Justice Center to encourage student groups to engage in community service.
University of the District of Columbia: David A. Clarke School of Law
Full-time faculty oversee the Community Service requirement, and Professor Louise Howells, Clinic Director, provides oversight of the Clinic Program which is taught by full-time faculty.
University of Toledo: College of Law
The Public Service Coordinator for the program will be Jessica Mehl, J.D. of the Career Development Office. Working with community stakeholders and PILA officers, she will coordinate placements and arrange for supervising attorneys to certify qualifying hours for participating students. Please contact her at jessica.mehl@utoledo.edu or 419-530-4996 for further information and to get involved in the program.
University of Tulsa: College of Law
The Pro Bono Coordinator, housed in the Professional Development Office, devotes approximately 20% of their time to pro bono. A Pro Bono Committee comprised of faculty, staff, students, alumni, and local attorneys act as a sounding board for the program.
University of Utah: University of Utah College of Law
The Pro Bono Initiative is managed by the Associate Dean for Legal Career Services and one academic coordinator.
University of Virginia: University of Virginia School of Law
The Pro Bono Project is administered by Assistant Dean for Pro Bono and Public Interest Kimberly Emery. Emery and her staff in the Public Service Center assist students in locating appropriate pro bono placements and also assist student-run organizations with the development of their own pro bono projects.
University of Washington: University of Washington School of Law
The Career Planning Office has the primary responsibility for externships, including the collaborative externship placements, from advertising open positions, to ensuring faculty and field supervision, and faculty approval of credits. The Career Planning Office administers the Pro Bono Honors Program.
The Clinical Law Program administers all of the clinics.
Academic Services Office evaluates student records for participation in clinics and externships.
University of Wisconsin: Law School
Valparaiso University: Valparaiso University School of Law
A Career Planning counselor is responsible for administration and oversight of the Pro Bono Program.
Vanderbilt University: Vanderbilt University Law School
Volunteer students run the program with a faculty advisor.
Vermont Law School: Vermont Law School
Villanova University: Villanova University School of Law
The Director of Public Service Careers and Pro Bono Programs divides her time roughly equally between serving as a career services professional specializing in public interest/ government career counseling and as the coordinator of VLS's growing pro bono programs.
The Director consults and works with the members of the student organizations, the Pro Bono Society and the Public Interest Fellowship Program. The student run Pro Bono Society has as its purpose "to provide students the opportunity to volunteer their time and unique skills as law students for members of our community."
Wake Forest University: Wake Forest University School of Law
The program is administered by a 10-student executive board with the support and assistance of the law school administration, Director of Outreach, and partnerships with local attorneys and legal services organizations. The Pro Bono Project is the central point for all pro bono activities at the law school and maintains a database to keep track of student pro bono work. Oversight was formerly provided by a student-faculty Pro Bono Committee, but now oversight is provided directly by the Office of the Dean through the Director of Outreach.
Washington and Lee University: School of Law
Washington University: School of Law
The full-time Public Service Coordinator, who also administers the Mel Brown Family Loan Repayment Assistance Program, oversees the Public Service Project.
Wayne State University: Wayne State University Law School
The HIV/AIDS Pro Bono Project will be overseen by Professor Moss. The student-run projects are managed and overseen by the student groups.
West Virginia University: West Virginia University College of Law
The Center has a full time director who has the responsibility of promoting pro bono and public service to the law students.
Western New England College: School of Law
Western State University: Western State University College of Law
The program is administered by the Director of Career Services and Public Service with the assistance of the Alumni/Career Services Coordinator. Policies and procedures are subject to oversight by the faculty.
Whittier Law School: Whittier Law School
Pro Bono efforts are part of the job description for the Associate Dean and Clinic Director position, but no specific additional compensation is provided for this work.
Widener University: Widener University School of Law
Karen Durkin
Director, Career Development Office
kdurkin@mail.widener.edu
717-541-1976
Willamette University: Willamette University College of Law
The Assistant Director of Career Services administers the Pro Bono Honors Program.
William and Mary: School of Law
The program is managed by the Associate Dean for Career Services and Public Service Initiatives and Director of Externships. He also serves on the coordinating committee for the Williamsburg Bar Association's Community Legal Clinics.
William Mitchell College of Law: William Mitchell College of Law
MJF has a full-time staff of 6 attorneys, one administrator and a part-time law student. The Board of Directors is made up of law students, private attorneys, legal services attorneys and client-eligible community members. Three students from each school sit on MJF's Board of Directors. Drawn from the membership of MJF's student chapters, these students help steer the agency and its programs - including its law school pro bono program. Each School also appoints several of its own law students to its own Public Service Committee. MJF also serves on the Legal Assistance to the Disadvantaged Committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association, as well as the MSBA Law School Initiatives Subcommittee, where the law school public service program collaboration partners monitor and support the program.
Yale University: Yale Law School
The Public Interest Advisor provides counseling to YLS students interested in public interest opportunities. Including public interest fellowships. The Pro Bono Coordinator is a position in the Career Development Office. The Liman Director is a full-time employee of the law school and has responsibility for all Liman programs. The Schell Center Director and Fellow provide assistance as needed to the Lowenstein Project.
Yeshiva University: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
The Director and the Assistant Director are both full-time, paid positions.
