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Fearless Lawyering: How to Grow Pro Bono to Ensure Access to Justice

February 26, 2019 at 3:30 pm EST

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Date & Time

February 27, 2019

3:30—5:00 p.m. Fearless Lawyering:  How to Grow Pro Bono to Ensure Access to Justice

5:00—6:00 p.m. Reception honoring the legal work being done for children in Delaware

Location

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Rodney Square, 1000 North King Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 571-6600

 

Parking Information

The parking garage at Young Conaway is not available for public use.  Here are alternative suggestions for parking:

HyPark Garage (0.2 miles from YCST)
903 N Shipley Street
Wilmington, DE, 19801
$14 per day

New Castle County Government Center Garage (0.2 miles from YCST) – closes by 7 p.m.
820 N French Street
Wilmington, DE, 19801
$8.50 per day

 

Please RSVP and direct any questions to cathy.krebs@americanbar.org

Offit Kurman Involvement:

Katherine Witherspoon Fry, Labor & Employment and Education Law principal in Offit Kurman’s Wilmington, DE office, will be attending the below event to meet ABA President Bob Carlson and other distinguished attorneys, along with Delaware Supreme Court Justice Karen Valihura and Family Court Chief Judge Michael K. Newell. Ms. Fry has been requested to participate as a contributor and will be honored alongside others at a reception to follow for her work on behalf of children in the state of Delaware.

2019 Listening and Appreciation Tour

Please join the American Bar Association President Bob Carlson, the Chair of the ABA Section of Litigation Gene Vance and ABA Section of Litigation Children’s Rights Litigation Committee leaders for the program Fearless Lawyering:  How to Grow Pro Bono to Ensure Access to Justice which will address challenges to pro bono representation.  Following the program will be a reception honoring and celebrating the legal work being done for children in Delaware.  While this program is hosted by the Children’s Rights Litigation Committee, discussion will focus on all pro bono representation, not simply the representation of children.

 

Delaware has a strong tradition of pro bono representation as well as many organizations that offer training, support and cases for pro bono volunteers.  This engaging program will focus on some of the challenges to pro bono representation with an aim to strengthen the pro bono practice of existing volunteers and assist new volunteers in addressing barriers to pro bono work.  Topics will include how to liaise with firm management to secure buy in and support; how firm management can best support volunteers; how to meet requirements of billing clients while doing pro bono; and how to ensure ethical representation of pro bono clients.  It will also challenge the bar to assist its colleagues statewide in counties where the need for legal services exceeds the attorney resources available.

 

Speakers:

Angela C. Vigil, Partner and Executive Director of Pro Bono, Baker & McKenzie, and Member, ABA Section of Litigation Children’s Rights Litigation Committee Working Group

Mark L. Desgrosseilliers, Chipman Brown Cicero & Cole, LLP,  Wilmington, DE

Kelly Ensslin, MSW, Esq., CWLS, Managing Attorney, Office of the Child Advocate, Wilmington, DE

Michael K. Newell, Chief Judge, Family Court of Delaware

Justice Karen L. Valihura, Delaware Supreme Court

ABOUT KATHERINE R. WITHERSPOON

kwitherspoonfry@offitkurman.com  | 302.351.0902

Ms. Fry has 24 years of litigation and administrative law experience in every Delaware court, the U.S. Court for the District of Delaware, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. She has also represented clients in proceedings before the Delaware and U.S. Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Merit Employee Relations Board, and other administrative bodies. She counsels executives and companies in employment matters of all types. Her employment practice focuses on discrimination; non-compete defense and enforcement; Department of Labor audits; employment termination; Fair Labor Standards Act issues; creation and review of employee handbooks and policies; employment and severance agreements; executive compensations; and harassment training. She teaches at the Lerner School of Business at the University of Delaware. She speaks frequently on employment topics and has been a repeat guest on WILM’s radio show, “Money and Politics in Delaware.”

Details

Date:
February 26, 2019
Time:
3:30 pm - 6:00 pm EST

Venue

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Rodney Square, 1000 North King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801 United States
Phone
(302) 571-6600

Organizer

Caitlin Dooley
Phone
267.338.1356
Email
cdooley@offitkurman.com