Civil Law

Pro Bono Net, a national nonprofit dedicated to increasing access to justice, announced that Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP has launched Pro Bono Manager^TM for firmwide use.

Pro Bono Manager is a customized, hosted web application that helps firms meet the challenge of managing a robust pro bono program, allowing them to maximize their public service impact on the community. Ballard Spahr’s version, branded as the Ballard Spahr Pro Bono Portal, is now available to the firm’s 500-plus attorneys.

According to the Executive Director of Ballard Spahr’s Pro Bono Program, Mary Gay Scanlon, the Pro Bono Manager software will make it easier for the firm’s attorneys to learn about pro bono opportunities, training and resources, while helping the firm to track and supervise their efforts.

Ballard Spahr, one of the country’s largest law firms, has a long history of pro bono work and has received numerous awards for its efforts. The firm’s pro bono clients include Habitat for Humanity, the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, and clients referred through legal services organizations across the country. For more information about Ballard Spahr’s Pro Bono Program, visit www.ballardspahr.com/ProBono or contact Ms. Scanlon at scanlonm@ballardspahr.com.   

Pro Bono Manager’s customized, web-based tools enable pro bono coordinators to more efficiently handle the firm’s pro bono caseload, raise the internal profile of the firm’s pro bono program, increase volunteer participation among attorneys and the quality of support and oversight provided to them and automate the creation of reports. The service integrates data from time and billing and personnel systems with content for a firm’s attorneys.

For more information about Pro Bono Manager, visit www.probono.net/good or contact Adam Licht at alicht@probono.net.