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Day: October 25, 2023

Chief Legal Officer’s Point of View: Doing Well and Doing Good

October 25, 2023

Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO), a global project of Pro Bono Institute (PBI) committed to enhancing in-house pro bono, presented a session at the 2023 Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas this week: Chief Legal Officer’s Point of View: Doing Well and Doing Good. Eve Runyon, President and CEO of PBI, moderated an engaging discussion with Marcus Brown, Executive Vice President & General Counsel of Entergy Corporation, and Hossein Nowbar, Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft Corporation. Entergy and Microsoft both have robust, longstanding pro bono programs. They are signatories to the Corporate Pro Bono Challenge® initiative,

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Pfizer Refugee Leadership Initiative

October 25, 2023

The Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO) project is highlighting the legal department of Pfizer for this month’s Signatory Showcase. Pfizer’s Refugee Leadership Initiative has helped Afghan refugees rebuild their careers and homes in the U.S. since 2021. We spoke with Shehzad Siddiqui, a Senior Corporate Counsel in the Pfizer Legal Division’s Corporate Governance group, about this impactful project. Why has the refugee initiative been rewarding for both the partnered law firms and Afghan refugees?  Shehzad Siddiqui: In late 2021 Pfizer launched the Pfizer Refugee Leadership Initiative, committing to hiring 100 refugees in 2022. In 2023, we expanded the goal to hiring

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