Category: Corporate Pro Bono

There are many people who would like to do pro bono, but then have excuses at the ready for why it’s not the right time or opportunity. Sometimes, even when our hearts are in the right place, we need to change our way of thinking to spur a change in action. At an attorney all-hands meeting in October 2018, Comcast NBCUniversal** (“Comcast”) tackled head-on the issue of incentivizing pro bono engagement. The pro bono session at the offsite meeting, which assembled approximately 250 attorneys from across Comcast’s global offices, featured a discussion about Comcast’s pro bono program and explored different

There has been growing interest among legal departments in collaborating with colleagues beyond the legal department in their pro bono efforts.  Some departments want to increase impact by broadening participation by their colleagues outside the department and demonstrate the value of pro bono for their companies.  Other legal departments seek to deepen their pro bono program by aligning pro bono work with wider company priorities and leveraging skills and expertise across the company to tackle critical access to justice issues. We invited Miri Miller, Associate General Counsel and global pro bono program lead at Dentsu Aegis Network**, to share how