Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta

See schedule o for complete program service accomplishment description.each year, pbpa provides free legal services to over 300 nonprofits, addressing on average 3-4 legal matters for each client during the year. Legal matters include corporate governance, real estate, contracts, intellectual property, employment, tax, and technology. Since 2005, pbpa has assisted over 1,100 nonprofit organizations with over 12,900 different legal matters, leveraging the experience of 4,000 volunteer attorneys. When surveyed in 2023, 53% of pbpa client respondents stated that they did not have access to legal services prior to pbpa, 93% agreed that pbpa helped their organization fulfill its mission, and the overall client satisfaction score for pbpa was 96%.

See schedule o for complete program service accomplishment description.legal education: pbpa maintains a website with over 286 articles, 168 recorded webcasts, and 54 podcasts on nonprofit legal topics. Pbpa's webcasts, which are presented live and offered for viewing afterward on demand, have been attended by 2,000+ live viewers and viewed on demand 5,000+ times. Podcast episodes have been downloaded over 2,000 times. When surveyed, 97% of respondents who listened to the podcasts were either very satisfied or satisfied with the content. Pbpa sends a nonprofit notes newsletter with timely legal alerts once a month to a distribution list of approximately 3000 nonprofit professionals and collaborates with other community organizations on in-person education programs. Pbpa also provides legal training specifically for emerging nonprofits with diverse executive directors through the nonprofit legal bootcamp for diverse leaders.

See schedule o for complete program service accomplishment description.nonprofit legal clinics: pbpa organizes half-day legal clinics about seven times a year, bringing together volunteer attorneys and nonprofits to identify and resolve legal issues quickly. Pbpa's longest-running clinic is the nonprofit legal check up (lcu), a half-day continuing legal education program that trains attorneys and pairs them with a nonprofit. Lcu volunteers identify legal issues for participating nonprofits across the business law spectrum. Pbpa then recruits and assists volunteer attorneys to address issues. Since its inception, 700 nonprofits have gone through lcu. In a survey given to nonprofits about lcu, 100% of nonprofits said that the program was useful or extremely useful to their organization.