Are you a 2L or 3L going to Big Law and ho ping to integrate pro bono into your career? Or are you going to nonprofit /legal services and want to learn how to partner with Big Law on pro bono p rojects?
David Lash and Steven Schulman\, two law firm pro bono leade rs with full-time pro bono roles\, will share highlights from their Law Firm Economics and the Public Interest course. They wi ll propose the cost-benefit analysis of pro bono in a large law firm and gi ve some insider knowledge on how the mechanics work so that you have tools to make a meaningful impact.
Lunch available at 12 noon
Program to begin 12:20
1:20-1:30 Q&A
RSVP helpful but not required
This event is part o f HLS’s Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Program’s annual celebration of pro bono. Co-sponsored by the Office of Career Services.
If y ou or an event participant requires disability-related accommodations\, ple ase contact HLS Accessibility Services at accessibility@law.harvard.edu two weeks in advance of the event.
Presenters:
David Lash\, David Lash is the managing counsel at O’Mel veny & Meyers LLP for Pro Bono and Public Interest Services\, overseeing th e firm’s national and international pro bono program. His background and sk ills includes complex business litigation including trial and appellate rep resentation\, real estate matters\, corporate governance\, board relations\ , labor and employment\, and all areas of public policy and community relat ions. He has a lengthy history of representing clients in real estate litig ation matters\, including environmental and CEQA litigation on behalf of re gional real estate developers.
Lash manages O’Melveny’s national and international pro bono program. He helped initiate a formal launch of the f irm’s long-time pro bono program by drafting policies and procedures and cr eating a firm-wide infrastructure from which has grown a world-renowned pro bono program. Under Lash’s leadership\, O’Melveny’s pro bono program has r eceived the American Bar Association’s prestigious Pro Bono Publico Award a nd consistently has been recognized as one of the Top 10 pro bono programs in the United States. Prior to joining O’Melveny\, David was executive dire ctor of Bet Tzedek\, one of the largest and most successful non-profit lega l services agencies in the United States.
Steven Schulman\, Steve S chulman maintains a substantive practice in many areas of public interest l aw\, including human rights\, immigration\, assistance to military personne l and poverty law matters. He has handled dozens of asylum and other immigr ation cases\, with a particular emphasis on complex matters\, such as those involving the application of terrorism-related grounds of inadmissibility.
Schulman joined Akin Gump in 2006 as its first full-time pro bono pa rtner. Since he joined the firm\, participation in the pro bono practice ha s increased substantially in every office and across every practice group\; Akin Gump lawyers now devote an average of nearly 90 hours annually to pro bono client matters. Under his leadership\, the firm has built strong rela tionships with local and national legal services organizations and has deve loped experience in several areas of pro bono practice\, such as representi ng charter schools\, working with refugees and victims of human rights abus es\, and providing legal counsel to military personnel and their families.< /p>
Schulman leads and supervises the firm’s Pro Bono Scholars Pro gram. Started in Washington in 2008\, this two-summer program\, now in Dallas\, Los Angeles\, Washington\, New York\, and Houston\, identifies and develops top law students to become the next generation of Akin Gump attor neys committed to building the firm’s pro bono practice.
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