5/7/2023 0 Comments The newsbar nyc![]() ![]() People-watching has been a whimsical - albeit slightly invasive - habit I’ve had since I still had my baby teeth and believed in Santa Claus. It’s my guilty pleasure, almost a vice, rather than the pricey lattes I shouldn’t buy and the cranberry muffin that I find dangerously delicious: people-watching. My thoughts float away from the task at hand and my eyes follow suit, drifting from the Google Doc to the cafe’s other patrons. Writing essays and struggling to finish physics homework that I will never fully grasp is my primary focus, but I’m human. My only indulgence is the $7 chai and the discounted day-old baked good I get at the counter. If a professor or my mother asks, I go to my unofficially owned table to do homework and nothing else. Staking my claim like I’m a miner in the Gold Rush comes naturally to me. Participants also agreed on the importance and timeliness of having a regional strategy session in 2011 that will focus on reviewing the progress to date and identify strategies to enhance the ability of the legal profession to address unmet legal needs in the hemisphere.It’s not mine, but I claim it anyway - the small, wooden half-bench-half-chair table tucked in the far corner of Newsbar on University Place. The meeting concluded with comments and suggestions from participants on how to improve and further professionalize pro bono work in the Americas, with a proposal to share best practices among regional Declaration signatories. ![]() The meeting covered everything from the steps that law firms throughout the region have taken to institutionalize pro bono programs within their firms, emphasizing the importance of creating strategic alliances with referral organizations such as NGOs, to the challenges of meeting the Declaration’s goal of 20 hours of pro bono work per lawyer per year within a three-year implementation period. Other speakers included Guillermo Morales, a Chilean lawyer and a member of the Declaration’s Drafting Committee, and Todd Crider, Vice Chair of the Vance Center Committee. Attention was drawn to the “Chilean model,” which has been successfully replicated in other countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. ![]() The meeting, "Pro Bono Declaration for the Americas: Progress and Challenges," which took place at the International Bar Association’s Annual Americas Conference, was co-organized by The Vance Center and Fundación Pro Bono-Chile.Īntonia Stolper, Chair of the Vance Center Committee, gave a regional overview of pro bono initiatives underway in various countries in Latin America. Pictured from left to right: Todd Crider, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP/Vance Center Elise Colomer Grimaldi, Vance Center Marcela Fajardo, Fundación Pro Bono Chile Antonia Stolper, Shearman & Sterling LLP/Vance Center Guillermo Morales, Morales & Besa/Fundación Pro Bono Chile.įorty-five lawyers from leading law firms throughout the Americas gathered in Santiago, Chile on April 16th, 2010, to discuss the status of pro bono initiatives in the region and share experiences on pro bono work. To Share or Not to Share? Legal Implications of Sharing Electronic Health Records in RHIO & Other Health Information Exchangesīar Leaders Gather in Santiago to Discuss State of PBDA Implementation Across the Americas May 2010 Securities Arbitration & Mediation Hot Topics 2010 Hot Topics in Online Behavioral Advertisingĭo You Pay to Play? Practical & Ethical Issues Your Clients Need to Know to Protect Themselves from Government Prosecution New York Versus London As the Place of Arbitration: A Transatlantic Debateīusiness Opportunities Through the Association's Legal Referral Service Representing Clients Before New York City Administrative Tribunals ![]()
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