Oregon State Bar Pro Bono Program

2005 Pro Bono Reporting Form

Thank you for participating in the 2005 OSB Pro Bono Roll Call. Participation in the Pro Bono Roll Call is voluntary. The reporting period is January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005.
The deadline for reporting is January, 31, 2006.

INSTRUCTIONS: The Pro Bono Roll Call includes four categories of pro bono based on the OSB Pro Bono Aspirational Standard – Bylaw 13.1. For each pro bono category, enter the number of pro bono hours you provided in 2005. Please use whole numbers, and report each pro bono activity in one category only. Once you are finished, click the “SUBMIT” button.

PLEASE NOTE: You must report your total number of pro bono hours for 2005. This database will retain only the most recent data you enter. Previous hours reported will be overwritten.

A. VOLUNTEER LEGAL REPRESENTATION

(This category counts for the Pro Bono Challenge.)

Report your hours of volunteer legal services
in which you provided direct representation

for low-income clients through a legal aid office
for a nonprofit organization’s pro bono program
for an attorney assistance program through a court, library or other community initiative
for civic, charitable, governmental, educational, or other public-service organizations with limited income or which are designed primarily to address the legal needs of low-income clients
for individuals, groups, or organizations seeking to secure or protect civil rights, civil liberties, or public rights
for any indigent client that a lawyer intentionally opts not to charge before providing legal services

HOUR(S):

Did you perform all of these hours with your current firm?
(This information allows the Pro Bono Challenge to recognize outstanding pro bono service by Oregon law firms.)

Yes
Not applicable: I do not work for a law firm

If No, enter firm name and number of hours performed per firm

Firm name:	Hour(s):

B. VOLUNTEER LAW IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES (NON-REPRESENTATION)

Report your hours of volunteer activities to improve the law, the legal system, and the legal profession. *Examples:* – serving on an OSB committee, section or task force – coaching a mock trial team	HOUR(S):

C. COMMUNITY SERVICE

Report your hours of volunteer time spent in
a non-legal capacity for the public good.

Examples:
volunteering for community organizations like
Meals on Wheels or Habitat for Humanity.

HOUR(S):

D. FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION

The OSB Pro Bono Aspiratonal Standard encourages lawyers who are unable to provide direct legal services to low-income clients to make a comparable financial contribution to an organization that provides or coordinates the provision of direct legal services to low-income clients.

Check this box if you made any financial contributions in 2005 to an organization that provides or coordinates the provision of direct legal services to low-income clients.

CHECK THIS BOX IF
YOU CONTRIBUTED

OPTIONAL INFORMATION

Please help us to track the reach of Oregon pro bono efforts by answering the following questions.

1. What are your primary areas of legal practice?

2. In which areas of law did you provide pro bono services in 2005?

3. In which Oregon counties did you provide pro bono services in 2005?

COMMENTS

Please add any comments related to the provision of pro bono services (e.g., barriers to attorneys who want to do pro bono and ideas that might encourage more attorneys to participate in pro bono activities).

SUBMIT YOUR PRO BONO HOURS

After reviewing your information and ensuring it is correct, click the "Submit" button below to send your information to the bar. You will see your submision on a resulting screen and these results will also be e-mailed to you provided we have an e-mail on record for you. If you do not receive e-mail confirmation within 24 hours, please contact probono@osbar.org.

PRO BONO CHALLENGE

In coordination with the Pro Bono Roll Call, the OSB Oregon New Lawyers Division sponsors an annual Pro Bono Challenge. The Pro Bono Challenge tallies the hours reported in the Volunteer Legal Representation category of the Pro Bono Roll Call. Winners are recognized for contributing the most hours in each Challenge group: Active Member, Active Pro Bono, Active Emeritus, Law Student, Law School, and Law Firm (small, medium, and large).

OSB Pro Bono Aspirational Standard – Bylaw 13.1

Pro bono publico or pro bono service includes all uncompensated services performed by lawyers for the public good. Such service includes civic, charitable and public service activities; as well as activities that improve the law, the legal system and the legal profession. The direct provision of legal services to the poor, without an expectation of compensation, is one type of pro bono service. Each lawyer in Oregon should endeavor annually to perform 80 hours of pro bono services.

Of this total, the lawyer should endeavor to devote 20 to 40 hours or to handle two cases involving the direct provision of legal services to the poor, without an expectation of compensation. If a lawyer is unable to provide direct legal services to the poor, the lawyer should endeavor to make a comparable financial contribution to an organization that provides or coordinates the provision of direct legal services to the poor.