Helpful Resources

Sample pro bono policies:

Other resources:

• Guide to pro bono for mid-sized law firms - from the 2008 ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference
• Integrated Pro Bono - online software tool to help large law firms efficiently manage their pro bono caseload
• Integrated Pro Bono - an example of how to link your firm's pro bono program with its other charitable efforts
• Working with pro bono clients - a wiki with helpful information and strategies for attorneys assisting low income clients

Sample pro bono policies:

• Federal
• Federal and state examples

Other resources:

• ABA Government & Public Sector Lawyers Division - resources, including examples, of pro bono projects
• Chapter 19 - governs outside activities, including the private practice of law, by certain Wisconsin state employees
• Labor agreements - collective bargaining agreements for members employed by the state of Wisconsin may address the outside practice of law and use of state resources

Sample pro bono policies:

• Northwestern Mutual pro bono policy
• Winterthur U.S. Holdings pro bono policy

Other resources:

• American Bar Association - resources for in-house attorneys considering a pro bono program
• Corporate Pro Bono - best practices and other resources, including the Corporate Pro Bono Challenge
• Pro Bono Institute - assists large law firms and corporations in developing pro bono programs
• Integrated Pro Bono - pulling together corporate social responsibility and pro bono efforts

• Small Business Assistance - a project of the State Bar Business Law Section
  
• Bankruptcy​ - resources from the ABA for debtor assistance and bankruptcy pro bono projects
  
• LegalCorps - Minnesota's business law pro bono program
• Milwaukee Legal Initiative for Nonprofit Corporations - Based at Marquette Law School, M-LINC provides a range of legal assistance to nonprofits
  
• Legal Corps Inventor Assistance Project​ - free legal representation to low-income inventors 

• Wisconsin Free Legal Answers - provide brief legal advice online to qualified clients
  
• Pro Bono certification​ - for inactive and new emeritus members
  
• ABA Center for Pro Bono - ideas for senior lawyer pro bono projects
• AARP Legal Counsel for the Elderly - joint project of AARP and the DC Bar
• WI Guardianship Support Center - a project of Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources
• International Senior Lawyers Project - advancing the rule of law around the world through pro bono work
• Modest Means Panel - State Bar of Wisconsin project that refers eligible clients to attorneys who agree to offer reduced cost legal assistance
• Second Acts - organized by the Pro Bono Institute

• ABA Center for Pro Bono - resources for judges and court personnel who are looking for ways to encourage pro bono service in the courts
• Missouri Courts - a toolkit for judges interested in supporting and expanding pro bono service
• California Courts - includes information for judges
• Self Help Support.org - judicial resources section collects information from various state court systems