2010 Mike Monahan State Bar of Georgia Pro Bono Project
Supply potential volunteer attorneys and other advocacy partners with information about the legal needs of the poor in Georgia Provide training and support to pro bono coordinators and other PAI staff members Develop mechanisms to connect volunteers and partners with low-income Georgians with legal needs Develop and maintain volunteer training and other supports Catalog the knowledge of program staff Capture and share that knowledge with potential volunteers and partners.
Where are the legal needs? Where are the lawyers? Where are others who can help? Where do you all meet? Where do you find the time? Use tech to highlight legal needs Use tech to find lawyers and to engage them Use tech to thread partners together Use tech to meet Use tech to reduce repetition, travel, data gathering
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