On Oct. 1 the UNC School of Law pro bono student and alumni boards launched a new program through which law school alumni and other attorneys may easily sign up for pro bono opportunities.
The new Pro Bono Alumni Opportunities Portal offers attorneys and legal service providers an online system to post available pro bono opportunities needing attorney volunteers. Licensed attorneys can then view these available opportunities, searchable by geographic locations and areas of law, and sign up to take them on.
“The idea for this initiative was sparked by a group of UNC law graduates who were looking for opportunities to engage with unmet community needs,” Carolina Law 2L Jared Smith, a member of the pro bono board, says. “These types of opportunities were so readily available to them while in law school but not as much so after they graduated.”
While the portal is designed to encourage alumni engagement in pro bono work, it is not limited to UNC School of Law alumni. All attorneys can use this online system to post and sign up for opportunities to meet unmet legal needs in North Carolina and beyond.
For more information, visit the Pro Bono Alumni Opportunities Portal: http://www.law.unc.edu/probono/alumni/opportunities/.
-October 8, 2014