State Bar of Wisconsin

By practice setting

Law Firms

Model pro bono policies

• Foley & Lardner LLP
• Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.  25 KB
• Quarles & Brady, LLP  25 KB
• Stafford Rosenbaum LLP

Other resources

• Guide to pro bono for mid-sized law firms - from the 2008 ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference
• Pro Bono Manager - online software tool to help large law firm efficiently manage the firm's pro bono matters
• Integrated Pro Bono - an example of how to link your firm's pro bono program with its other charitable efforts

Government Lawyers

Model pro bono policies

• Federal, state & local government attorney pro bono policies

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

Corporate Counsel

Model pro bono policies

• Northwestern Mutual pro bono policy
• Winterthur U.S. Holdings pro bono policy 30 KB

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

Business Lawyers

• A Business Commitment - ABA Business Law Section resources and news on business law pro bono
• Bankruptcy - links and resources from the ABA for debtor assistance and bankruptcy pro bono projects
• Community Legal Resources - Detroit program helping nonprofits
• Community Economic Development Law Project - organized by the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law since 1985
• 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, primarily in the Milwaukee area, but gradually expanding statewide in cooperation with the State Bar.
• Pro Bono Partnership - a cluster of successful programs in the New York area
• Wisconsin Entrepreneurs Network - the new home of the Business Assistance Project for small and emerging businesses

Senior Lawyers

• 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
• Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups - volunteer to assist the legal services unit at CWAG
• 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