The New York State Unified Court System is hosting four Pro Bono Convocations around the State in 2002. The purpose of the Convocations is to bring together the best thinking on pro bono in order to develop a concrete plan for New York. Accordingly, the Convocations are designed as working meetings. It is anticipated that at the end of each event, the participants will have put forth tangible ideas and strategies for expanding pro bono service in the State.

The Convocations will be held as follows:

New York City - June 20, 2002 at Fordham University School of Law
Buffalo - October 15, 2002, University at Buffalo Law School, O’Brian Hall
Albany - October 25, 2002, Albany Law School, 80 New Scotland Avenue
Geneva - November 8, 2002, Ramada Inn Geneva Lakefront, 41 Lakefront Dr.

If you are interested in attending, please call Cecille Latty at (212) 428-2133.

     This web site contains information and resource materials for participants of the Convocations, including suggested readings for the Working Group Sessions. It is strongly recommended that the suggested readings be reviewed prior to the Convocation to ensure informed discussion of the issues. Additional materials can be found in the Bibliography.

     Updates and changes for the Convocation will be posted on this page. Please check periodically for updated information.

I. Programs and Directions

A. Albany Program
Albany Directions
Albany Map

B. Buffalo Program
Buffalo Directions
Buffalo Map

C. Geneva Program
Geneva Directions
Geneva Map

D. New York City Program

II. Resource Materials

A. Pro Bono Generally

Hon. Judith S. Kaye, Marden Lecture: Enduring Values and Changing Times (March 5, 2002).

Resolution of the Administrative Board of the Courts – Pro Bono

Unified Court System, Pro Bono Convocation Background Paper

B. Working Group I – Organizing a Statewide Pro Bono System: What Makes Sense for New York?

ABA Center for Pro Bono, State Pro Bono Reporting: A Guide for Bar Leaders and Others Considering Strategies for Expanding Pro Bono (August 1999).

ABA Center for Pro Bono, Arguments for and Against Pro Bono Reporting

Indiana District 7 Pro Bono Committee, 2000 Annual Pro Bono Report (2000).

Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct 6.5

Indiana Pro Bono Commission, 2000 Annual Pro Bono Report and Plan (2000).

Florida Rules of Professional Conduct 4.6 Public Service

Maryland Rules of Procedure 6.1 (Pro Bono Publico Legal Services)

Maryland Rules of Procedure 16-901 (State Pro Bono Committee and Plan), 16-902 (Local Pro Bono Committees and Plans) and 16-903 (Reporting Pro Bono Legal Service)

The Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Service, Report to the Supreme Court of Florida, the Florida Bar, and the Florida Bar Foundation on the Voluntary Pro Bono Attorney Plan (December 2001).

C. Working Group II – Overcoming the Obstacles to Providing Pro Bono Services: What are the Elements of an Ideal Pro Bono System?

American Bar Association, Center for Pro Bono, Policies - State CLE/Pro Bono Rules

Association of American Law Schools Commission on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities, Learning to Serve: The Findings and Proposals of the AALS Commission on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities (October 1999).

Attorney General of the State of New York, Administrative Memorandum No. 80.04 (dated January 7, 2002).

New York CLE Pro Bono Rule (22 NYCRR 1500.22[j])

New York CLE Pro Bono Regulation (New York CLE Board Regulations & Guidelines § 3[D][11][c][i]).

New York State Unified Court System, Report on the Pro Bono Activities of the New York State Bar (February 1999).

State of Ohio, Executive Office, Office of the Governor, Exec. Order 2000-17T (June 12, 2000).

D. Working Group III – Facilitating Pro Bono Through Limited Representation: How can this be Accomplished in New York?

Hon. Fern Fisher-Brandveen and Rochelle Klempner, Unbundled Legal Services: Untying the Bundle in New York State, 29 Fordham Urb. L.J. 1107 (2002).

Twenty Things That Judicial Officers can do to Encourage Attorneys to Provide Limited Scope Representation (from www.unbundledlaw.org).

M. Sue Talia, Reluctant Bedfellows: Integrating Unbundled Practice with Courts and Bar Associations (presentation at National Conference on Unbundled Legal Services, Coaching, Counseling & Ghostwriting: Lamaze Meets the Practice of Law Workshop, October 2000).

M. Sue Talia, Outline, Coaching, Counseling & Ghostwriting: Lamaze Meets the Practice of Law Workshop (National Conference on Unbundled Legal Services, October 2000).

State of Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Amendments to the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, Docket SJC-11 (May 16, 2001).

State of Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Amendments to the Maine Bar Rules, Docket No. SJC-51 (May 16, 2001).

Maryland Legal Assistance Network, Informal National Survey of Ethical Opinions Related to "Discrete Task Lawyering".

Forrest Mosten & Lee Borden, Unbundled Legal Services (presentation at the Academy of Family Mediators 2000).

III. Bibliography

IV. Biographies of Keynote Speakers, Moderator, Panelists and Facilitators

A. Albany
B. Buffalo
C. Geneva
D. New York City

V. Participants List

A. Albany
B. Buffalo
C. Geneva
D. New York City