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Comcast: Planning with Dignity

December 16, 2025

Each January around MLK Day, the Comcast** legal department joins with SeniorLAW Center and Blank Rome to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through a hands-on “Day of Service” life-planning clinic for older Philadelphians. This event succeeds because of the close partnership and shared commitment of all three organizations: SeniorLAW Center, Blank Rome, and Comcast. The partners serve the clients of SeniorLAW Center, a nonprofit legal services organization founded in 1978 that champions justice for older people through the power of the law, education, and advocacy on local, state, and national levels, focusing on those in greatest economic and social

Empowering Veterans: KPMG LLP Aligns Business, Culture, and Community

June 27, 2025

KPMG LLP**’s Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Pro Bono & Community Impact Advisory Council’s (“PBCI”) vision is to enable a best-in-class team that aligns strategically with KPMG LLP’s business and culture goals in an environment that fosters engagement, empowerment, professional development, and innovation. The PBCI is committed to providing pro bono legal opportunities to KPMG LLP’s Legal, Regulatory and Compliance team (“KPMG”) to service individuals of limited means and charitable organizations. Additionally, the PBCI identifies, develops, and approve pro bono opportunities for professionals, promotes our pro bono commitment, and cultivates strategic relationships. Damon Dennis, Assistant General Counsel in KPMG LLP’s Office

CPBO Organizes GC and CLO Support for Federal Funding of Civil Legal Aid

June 23, 2025

On June 17, 2025, 104 legal department leaders submitted a letter calling on Congress to fund the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). LSC is the cornerstone of civil legal aid in the United States, providing vital funding and infrastructure to legal aid organizations that serve low-income communities in need, as well as supporting pro bono efforts by law firms and legal departments. Pro Bono Institute (PBI), through its global in-house project, Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO), worked in partnership with the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) to invite General Counsel and Chief Legal Officers to sign the letter asking Congress

Five Trends for In-House Pro Bono in 2025

January 23, 2025

Alyssa Saunders, Director, Corporate Pro Bono The 2024 Benchmarking Report by Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO) highlighted several key trends shaping in-house pro bono programs. This report, based on legal departments’ responses to CPBO’s biennial survey, provides key insights into the structure and substance of in-house pro bono programs. Here are five trends that emerged in the report, that we expect will continue to shape pro bono in 2025. Increased Institutional Commitment A rising percentage of legal departments that do pro bono are adopting formal pro bono policies. In 2024, 72% of respondents reported having a written pro bono policy, up

Driving Impact and Engagement: The Business Case for Corporate Volunteerism

July 15, 2024

By Daniela Ramirez-Ledesma, PBI Intern Offering a legal pro bono or corporate volunteerism program not only increases access to justice in our communities, it’s also a smart business decision. The business case for legal pro bono and corporate volunteerism more broadly isn’t new, and recent research continues to show that these programs increase employee engagement, provide an advantage in employee recruitment and retention, and help employees develop leadership potential and thrive. Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO), the global in-house project of Pro Bono Institute, has highlighted the business case for in-house pro bono for over a decade. CPBO’s Guide on The

Legal Department Leaders Unite to Support Funding for Civil Justice

May 17, 2024

For the eighth year running, legal department leaders have once again rallied to support the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), the largest funder of civil legal aid in the United States. Pro Bono Institute (PBI) and its global in-house project, Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO), along with the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA), put out a call to action to General Counsel and Chief Legal Officers, inviting them to sign a letter of support for increasing LSC’s Fiscal Year 2025 funding. The GCs and CLOs from 147 corporations signed the letter, calling on Congress to strengthen its investment in equal justice by increasing funding

Pledging to Do More In-House Pro Bono

April 30, 2024

Challenge, accepted! Pledge, taken! Target, aimed! Legal department leaders around the globe have more opportunities than ever before to publicly commit to engaging their legal teams in pro bono. In April 2024, the UK In House Pro Bono Pledge joined the global Corporate Pro Bono Challenge® initiative and the Australian National Pro Bono Target as a way for GCs and CLOs to demonstrate their commitment to pro bono. These initiatives share a common purpose of motivating in-house pro bono participation. The Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO) project of Pro Bono Institute (PBI) launched the Corporate Pro Bono Challenge initiative, in 2006

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