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Santiago de Chile Abril - 2011

Santiago de Chile Abril - 2011. PRESENTACION ROTATIVA DE INICIATIVAS PRO BONO. PROBONO INITIATIVE IN BRAZIL. MARCOS FUCHS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. www.institutoprobono.org.br. Objective.

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Santiago de Chile Abril - 2011

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  1. Santiago de Chile Abril - 2011

  2. PRESENTACION ROTATIVA DE INICIATIVAS PRO BONO

  3. PROBONO INITIATIVE IN BRAZIL MARCOS FUCHSEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR www.institutoprobono.org.br

  4. Objective • To promote public interest advocacy and foment legal social responsibility, as well as to strengthen the work of the Third Sector as a means of improving access to justice for vulnerable groups.

  5. Legal Services • Dissemination of Pro Bono Culture Pro Bono Project (database of lawyers) • 550 lawyers • 33 law firms – 05 corporate in house Pro Bono. • 626consultations provided Third Sector • Monitoring Third Sector legislation – Project “Thinking about the Law” and Draft Law of the Legal Statute for the Third Sector. • Designed and taught course to train lawyers on legislation regulating the activities of the Third Sector to prepare them for their work with NGOs. National • Workshops, lectures, and seminars on access to justice and pro bono advocacy. • Organization and realization of third international seminar on pro bono advocacy. • Web site and publications. • Dissemination of the pro bono ideal and expansion of pro bono activities throughout Brazil. International • Participation in international conferences (Uruguay, Turkey, Peru, USA, Budapest, Paris) and the International BAR Association seminar in Buenos Aires.

  6. Number of consultations provided, per year

  7. OAB – PB OAB – PE OAB – AL OAB – MG OAB – RJ OAB – PR OAB – MS OAB – DF 1 2 3 4 8 5 6 7

  8. Profile of the Organizations Served by the IPB • Non-profit organizations; • Lacking financial resources; • Volunteer lawyers offer expertise in the following areas: • The Rights of Children and Adolescents; • The Rights of the Elderly; • Environmental Law; and • Social inclusion (by means of sports, cultural activities, professionalization, etc.).

  9. Legal Services Offered by the IPB • Consulting; • Drafting and reviewing contracts (formation of partnerships and organizations, etc.); • Drafting legal memoranda; • Resolving issues regarding by-laws and organizational constitutions for the Third Sector; and • Assistance in obtaining qualifications awarded by the Government.

  10. Main Results • Challenges • High quality legal assistance provided to hundreds of NGOs. • Public interest advocacy on behalf of vulnerable groups. • Dissemination of pro bono ethic in other Brazilian states. • Supporting the work of the Third Sector organizing courses and seminars • Pro Bono Jr. • Task force in poor areas of Sao Paulo • Approval of pro bono resolutions in other Brazilian states. • Strengthening the pro bono culture • Identifying legal issues that provide an opportunity to engage in litigation of paradigmatic cases. • Sustainability. • Resumption of project on behalf of women victims of sexual violence.

  11. ModeofOperation • Pro Bono in the Corporate World • Motorola – pioneer in the creation of a pro bono team in its legal department. • General Electric in Brazil – creation of a pro bono team in its legal department in 2008. • Wallmart in 2009. • Hewlett Packard in 2010. • Merck Sharp in 2010. • Dpaschoal in 2011. • Creation of a pro bono team in the legal sector of the company. • Appointment of an individual in charge of receiving requests for legal assistance – forwarded by the IPB from NGOs – which are then passed on to interested attorneys.

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