Legal Departments, Law Firms, and Pro Bono
September 17, 2013
In January 2012, PBI President and CEO Esther Lardent wrote about pro bono partnerships between law firms and legal departments and the many benefits they can produce. According to CPBO’s 2012 Benchmarking Survey, pro bono partnerships are on the rise: 86 percent of responding legal departments partnered with law firms on pro bono in 2012, up from 68 percent in 2010. And nearly a quarter of responding legal departments partner with firms with whom they do not already have a business relationship. This is not the only trend. CPBO’s 2012 Benchmarking Survey also found that a law firm’s pro bono