Day: August 25, 2011

As the U.S. continues to learn, it’s important to think about budgets early and often.  While many of us are still in summer mode, it is never too early to start thinking about your legal department’s 2012 pro bono budget.  Many budgets are due by the end of the third quarter so that they can be discussed and, hopefully, approved by year end.  End of third quarter is less than 40 days away.  Has your department started thinking about it? As The PBEye previously reported, CPBO conducted an in-house pro bono benchmarking survey for 2010.  Survey says! Nearly 46 percent of the legal departments that responded include