Annual Conference

PBI 2025 Annual Conference
February 26-28, 2025
The Westin Washington, D.C., Downtown

The PBI 2025 Annual Conference is the legal community’s premier pro bono event. The Conference will offer sessions for seasoned pro bono leaders and volunteers as well as newcomers to the field, unparalleled networking opportunities, and special events with pro bono visionaries.

Attend PBI’s 2025 Annual Conference and you’ll meet with hundreds of participants from law firms, legal departments, and public interest organizations from around the world. Sessions cover a wide variety of topics, including new challenges to civil rights and liberties, as well as recurring areas of interest for pro bono leaders, such as budgeting and maintaining attorney engagement, trends and innovations, and cutting-edge developments in the ever-changing pro bono landscape.

THE PERFECT LOCATION 

In downtown Washington, D.C., you’ll find monuments and memorials, eclectic neighborhoods, and an international foodie scene. Check out free Smithsonian Institution museums, the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex, and soak up some history. Take in awe-inspiring art galleries, unmatched museums, thriving performing arts and music, and much more — there’s something for everyone in the nation’s capital.

AWARDS

PBI will present its 2025 Laurie D. Zelon Pro Bono Award and 2025 Chesterfield Smith Award at the PBI Annual Conference Reception on Thursday evening. 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2025 LAURIE D. ZELON PRO BONO AWARDEE
Entergy Corporation and Marcus V. Brown, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
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LEARN MORE about Entergy’s outstanding pro bono program.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2025 CHESTERFIELD SMITH AWARDEE
James L. Volling, Senior Counsel, Faegre Drinker Briddle & Reath LLP

LEARN MORE about Jim’s legacy and outstanding leadership in pro bono service.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PBI 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Pro Bono Champion
Pro Bono Star

Pro Bono Benefactor

Pro Bono Partner
Anonymous
GSK
GSK
Womble Bond Dickinson

Pro Bono Advocate

Everlaw, Inc.

Foley & Lardner

Friday, Eldredge & Clark

Hunton Andrews Kurth

K&L Gates

Troutman Pepper Locke

The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program

Pro Bono Supporter

Archer & Grenier

Bank of America

Dorsey & Whitney

Fenwick & West

U.S. Bank

Wells Fargo & Company

Zurich North America

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

PBI offers law firm and corporate sponsors the chance to demonstrate their commitment to pro bono and reducing barriers to the justice system for the most vulnerable people in our communities.

Please direct questions about sponsorship to:

Danny Reed, Director of Development
202.729.6691 | dreed@probonoinst.org

Please direct all other Conference inquiries to events@probonoinst.org.

SESSION AND SPEAKER IDEAS

To keep the PBI Annual Conference fresh, informative, and thought-provoking, PBI welcomes proposals for concurrent and plenary sessions. PBI especially encourages ideas for workshops, small group discussions, and other interactive programs that will facilitate engaging in-person programming.

The submission period for the PBI 2025 Conference has closed. Stay tuned for information on submitting proposals for the PBI 2026 Conference.