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The Legal Marketing Association and the New York City Bar Association’s Committees on Pro Bono & Legal Services and Career Advancement & Management Present: Doing Well by Doing Good The Business Case for Pro Bono October 3, 2012
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Doing Well by Doing Good Geoff Goldberg, Chief Advancement Officer, McCarter & English John Ogden, President + CEO, Innovative Results LLC Bret Parker, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Elizabeth Arden, Inc. Robert S. Whitman, Partner, Labor & Employment Department, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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Providing legal services to the poor, disadvantaged, and other individuals or groups unable to secure legal assistance to address critical problems including problems of society as a whole. Doing Well by Doing Good
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1. Pro Bono is an investment, not a cost Recruiting and retention Training Altruism Profit
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Relationships Doing Well by Doing Good
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Work with, not for, in-house counsel on something you both really care about Profit Relationships Doing Well by Doing Good
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Overcoming your own hesitations In-house counsel’s point of view Popping the question How? Doing Well by Doing Good
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Overcoming your own hesitations How? Cost or investment? Chicken or egg? You, first Doing Well by Doing Good
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How? In-house counsel’s point of view I could use the help Show me we’re a match You never know Doing Well by Doing Good
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How? Popping the question Shout it out! Know the answer Don’t self-edit Doing Well by Doing Good
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Some good places to start Pro Bono Institute - www.probonoinst.org ProBono.net - http://www.probono.net/ New York City Bar Justice Center - http://www2.nycbar.org/citybarjusticecenter/pro-bono-center/pro-bono- center-overview Lawyers Alliance for New York - www.lawyersalliance.org/lawyers.php The Legal Aid Society -http://www.legal- aid.org/en/probono/volunteerprobono.aspx Pro Bono Partnership - www.probonopartnership.orgwww.probonopartnership.org
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