ABA Center for Pro Bono Launches New Blog
The ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service and its project, the Center for Pro Bono, recently launched the Pro Bono Exchange, a new blog covering pro bono legal services delivery.
Our intent is for this blog to be a venue where people interested in the expansion of the pro bono legal services delivery system can discuss of and reflect on how that might be accomplished. Together we can exchange ideas about exciting new models, what’s happening in various practice settings, approaches for changing the culture of pro bono, the role of leadership and much more.
More on the work of the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service is available here. The website for the ABA Center for Pro Bono, which inlcudes a wealth of information and resources to support, facilitate, and expand the delivery of pro bono legal assistance, is available here. -M
DOJ recently confirmed that the expenses for LEP services are included and covered under funding streams that total more than 700 Million. These are the Byrne grants to courts and police departments, the LAV/DOJ grants, Drug Court grants, Youth and Juvenila grants, etc. Advocates working in these areas of advocacy should encourage courts and other public systesm to create pilots that use technology to open the door to the large Limited English Proficient populations they serve.