Corporate Counsel Pro Bono Coordinators
In conjunction with
City Bar Justice Center
Greater New York Chapter of Association of Corporate Counsel
New York City Bar Committee on Pro Bono and Legal Services
New York State Bar Association’s President Committee on Access to Justice
and
Pro Bono Net

Present
PRO BONO OPPORTUNITIES FOR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL

Thursday, October 12, 2006
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (reception to follow)
New York City Bar, 42 West 44 th Street

This program will include a two-hour CLE; a one-hour panel discussion on how to develop a pro bono program, including how to partner with outside counsel and not-for-profit legal service providers, and one hour on ethical considerations for in-house counsel who undertake pro bono work.

WELCOME: Barbara Berger Opotowsky, Executive Director, New York City Bar

I. Developing an In-House Pro Bono Program and Accessing Opportunities

MODERATOR:
Kwanza R. Butler
Director, Public Service Network, City Bar Justice Center

PANELISTS:
Carol Bockner
Director of Pro Bono Initiatives, City Bar Justice Center

Mark O’Brien
Executive Director, Pro Bono Net

Madeleine Schachter
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Hachette Book Group USA

Wanji Walcott
Group Counsel, American Express Company

Bonnie L. Yeomans
Vice President, Assistant General Counsel & Privacy Officer, CA, Inc.

II. Ethical Considerations for In-House Counsel Pro Bono

PRESENTERS:
Russell Pearce, Professor, Fordham University School of Law
Madeleine Schachter, VP and Deputy General Counsel, Hachette Book Group USA

There is no fee for this program. Please RSVP by October 6, 2006 to Sara Chang at 212-382-6648 or schang@nycbar.org.

This program is dedicated to the memory of Joan Guggenheimer, former General Counsel of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

About the Association
The New York City Bar Association (www.nycbar.org) was founded in 1870, and since then has been dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public. The Association continues to work for political, legal and social reform, while implementing innovative means to help the disadvantaged. Protecting the public’s welfare remains one of the Association’s highest priorities.

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