Volunteer Loyalty: 5 Pointers to Ensure Your Volunteers Come Back Year After Year Lawyers to the Rescue was created by a group of humanitarian lawyers whose aim is to better the world by offering their legal services to the less fortunate. This not-for-profit organization was founded with the idea of…
5 Tips for Young, New Attorneys Interested in Taking on a Pro Bono Case As a new lawyer, you may be asking yourself: “What’s the purpose of taking on a pro bono case?” In addition to establishing yourself within the industry, you’re also helping people who need legal representation but…
It’s Not All About Charity – Pro Bono Work Is Great Marketing, Too! Now that you’ve invested thousands of hours (in addition to thousands of dollars) into law school, you possess a skill set that few people can claim. You are unique, and that’s something to be proud of. While…
Lawyers: Interested in Doing Pro Bono Work? Here’s What You Need to Know There’s no doubt that lawyers are busy people or that they deserve the money they’re paid — particularly when you think about the student loan debt that so many lawyers have incurred. However, there’s something to be…
Please mark your calendar for October 22nd, 2013, “Ethical Governance Day.” This is a day when the entire community and in particular our young people, need your assistance and commitment. As we all are aware, South Florida seems to be plagued with a government that has left many of our…
6 Reasons You Should Commit to Taking on Pro Bono Cases The term “pro bono public” is a Latin phrase meaning “for the public good.” Those who’ve recently entered the field of law may have dismissed pro bono work as something cut out for lawyers who’ve got a good nest…
Tips for Successfully Recruiting Volunteers to Work with Lawyers to the Rescue Recruiting volunteers, regardless the value of the cause, is a challenge with everyone in modern society so overextended. Lawyers to the Rescue is no exception. It takes strategic and clever campaigns to successfully bring new people ready to…
Today, two new interns came into our office, Craig Moncreif and Jeremy Dover. They are both attending college at University of Miami. Craig Moncreif is on his 2nd year and Jeremy Dover on his 3rd. They will both be a part of the Lawyers to the Rescue and will be…
The first day interning for Lawyer’s to the Rescue was, to say the least, an amazing experience. Being 14 years-old and having a summer internship like this? I feel so lucky and I’ve just started. Today, I got to know my boss, Spencer M. Aronfeld, and other co-workers, I felt…
On Thursday evening, April 18, 2013, Lawyers to the Rescue hosted its second HEART (Homeless Education Advocacy Resource Training) seminar at Camillus House, featuring topics in Family Law. Every other month, Lawyers to the Rescue features free educational seminars given by South Florida attorneys, who volunteer their time in an…