Message to Attorneys on Voluntary Pro Bono Reporting
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The Ohio Supreme Court will again invite attorneys to report pro bono service, voluntarily and anonymously, early in January.
The Court will send an email during the week beginning January 10th to every attorney on active status who has an email address on file with the Court’s Attorney Services Division. The sender of the email will appear as “The Supreme Court of Ohio.” The email will contain a link that an attorney may use to connect to the voluntary pro bono reporting website. The reporting process consists of 8 questions and should take about ten minutes to complete.
For the first time, the Court will allow a firm representative to report pro bono hours and financial contributions to legal aid programs on behalf of firm members. The law firm representative may do so by using the link found in the email sent by the Supreme Court to a firm member, and then following onscreen prompts.
Law firm equity partners may again report a pro rata share of law firm contributions to Ohio organizations that provide legal services to persons of limited means, including bar associations that operate pro bono programs.
The information will be used to identify gaps in the delivery of legal services in order to strengthen the network of services available to Ohioans in need.
The Court partners with the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation to implement voluntary pro bono reporting.