1. USING TECHNOLOGY TO CONNECT PRO BONO ATTORNEYS WITH UNDERSERVED CLIENTS May 22, 2012 Minnesota Volunteer Attorney Program (MVAP) / MSBA Pro Bono Council Mini-Conference John Freeman, Supervising Attorney Legal Services State Support

2. Agenda  ProJusticeMN.org  Finding pro bono opportunities Through the website Opportunities brought to you (email alerts and widgets)  Legal resources to aid your pro bono work  Training opportunities  Legal Information Online Network (LION)  A model for online pro bono assistance  “Pro Bono To Go”  Grant application to create mobile settlement checklists

3. ProJusticeMN.org  Legal services providers and law-related organizations  Needing ongoing assistance  Database searchable by:  geography  legal area  client population  Other included information:  CLE credit for pro bono  malpractice insurance  Individual cases from legal services providers unable to serve the applicants:  basic information about legal issue  contact information for staff who posted case  Ability to “review” and “accept” cases  Searchable by location and topic  Membership required Pro Bono DirectoryCase Placement Tool Finding Pro Bono Opportunities on the Website

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6. ProJusticeMN.org  Sign up to get immediate email alerts for new available cases  Tailored to your topical and geographic preferences  No commitment  Add a “widget” to your office intranet site  Automatically syndicates available cases  Also available for upcoming poverty law trainings Case Alerts by EmailAvailable Case Widgets Bringing Pro Bono Opportunities to You

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9. ProJusticeMN.org  Resources in many poverty law areas  housing, consumer, gov’t benefits, family, immigration, etc.  Many types of resources  practice aids, forms, manuals, law summaries, etc.  All new resources announced in monthly newsletter  Membership required  Criminal Expungement Start- to-Finish  detailed manual & automated pleadings creation tool (winner of nat’l Pro Bono Innovation Award)  Eviction Defense Manual  Naturalization Manual  Tax Law Manual  Order for Protection Trial Notebook ProJusticeMN Law LibraryFeatured Resources Legal Resources to Support Pro Bono

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11. ProJusticeMN.org  Dozens of in-person and online poverty law trainings each year  Includes videos or webcasts, PowerPoints, & more  Replays will be tested this year Live: In-Person & WebinarArchived & Replays Poverty Law CLEs

12. Online Advice  Operated by Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota - since February 2011  Legal aid intake screening  Questions submitted online  LSNM Judicare attorneys provide legal advice (pursuant to limited scope representation agreement)  Since advice is provided through a website, can log in from office or anywhere else  Attorneys get email notifications of waiting cases

13. Online Advice  22 Counties in the Northwest quadrant of the state LSNM Service Area

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15. Some LION Statistics…

16. Replication Potential  State Support is seeking partners for replication  Would allow lawyers to help people all over the state  Statewide model exists in Tennessee  Falls under Tennessee Professional Conduct Rule 6.5 Virtually identical to Minnesota’s Rule 6.5 Conflicts rules apply only in the face of actual knowledge of a conflict  250% Federal Poverty Guidelines  Attorneys track time spent for CLE reporting

17. Pro Bono To Go  Proposal for grant / partnership:  Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota, MSBA, State Support, Volunteer Attorney Program  Poverty law settlement checklists for mobile devices (and ProJusticeMN.org)  If funded, work begins January 2013