1. probono.net Increasing Access to Justice

2. Our mission is to increase access to justice for poor and moderate income people and other vulnerable populations through:  innovative use of technology,  increased participation by volunteers,  facilitating collaboration among nonprofit legal organizations working on similar issues, and  high quality, accessible content. PBN’s Mission

3. 29 regional entry sites containing 70% of the poverty population and lawyers Alabama Alaska Arizona California Colorado Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Iowa Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nevada New Mexico New York North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Texas Virgin Islands Virginia Washington Washington D.C. Wyoming Regions Building on Pro Bono Net

4. PBN support three major tool sets:  Lawyer support platform that includes tools for increasing and supporting volunteer lawyers,  Public legal information sites -- LawHelp,  Organizational web sites for any nonprofit legal organization. PBN is developing a fourth major platform – the Law Firm Service – that can be used by law firms and legal departments to manage their volunteer programs. Major Tool Sets

5. Pro Bono Support Sites

6. Unique State Branding

7. Public Interest Legal Training Calendar

8. Calendar – view by topic

9. Monthly E-Calendar

10. Substantive Practice Areas

11. Online Library of Materials

12. Pro Bono Opportunities

13. National Practice Areas

14. Easy-to-Use Administrative Screens

15. Access to Content based on Member Type

16. Send Regular Mailings to Site Members

17. Support Multiple Advocate Listservs

18. LawHelp.org Statewide Legal Information Sites

19. State Home Pages

20. State Subtopics Page

21. Legal Education Materials and Referral Info

22. Organization Referral Information

23. Online Legal Education Materials

24. Online Template for Client Materials

25. Multilingual State Home Page

26. Multilingual Resources for Clients

27. Gathering User Feedback

28. Organizational Websites

29. Partner Organization Website

30. Promoting Collaborations

31. Flexible Use – Multilingual Support

32. Law Firm Service (under development)

33. "LawHelp.org is an amazing tool for brief assistance. Outside of my more focused legal research, the three sites I use most often in the course of a week are Google, Yahoo, and LawHelp.“ “Your website template for not-for-profits is a tremendous resource... we did not have a website because of the cost of building one, the time involved, and the lack of personnel to maintain a website. The Probono.net website template eliminated all of these barriers.” “The Circuit Rider program also provides valuable assistance... by keeping us informed of what is going on with other state-wide web site projects. Those efforts are helping to build a vibrant and creative national network of… new skills and approaches to providing on-line legal resources for low-income Americans.” What Legal Aid Groups Are Saying

34. What Pro Bono Attorneys are Saying “I am a long time asylum volunteer and I think Pro Bono Net is wonderful. I especially love how easy it is to find all INS legal updates. They are not always easy to find on Lexis Nexus, but probono.net/Asylum always has them right there.” “I needed a sample of an amended motion for an Order of Protection and it was right there in the Library. Probono.net saved me from having to look it up myself and educated me on an area of law that I did not know. It is a real time saver. The manuals I downloaded provided me with real guidance. It has been a very positive experience.” “Probono.net made it easy not just to think about getting involved, but to act right away.”