In-house counsel and pro bono experts will discuss the best
strategies for initiating and sustaining pro bono initiatives in
corporate legal departments at the In-House Counsel Pro Bono Forum.
The program, which is sponsored by the Massachusetts Access to
Justice Commission, will be from 3 to 5 p.m. on May 16 at the John
Adams Courthouse in Boston.
The forum is co-chaired by Supreme Judicial Court Associate
Justice Ralph D. Gants and David W. Rosenberg of Rosenberg,
Schapiro, Englander, Chicoine and Leggett PC.
Speakers include:
- Marc Gary, executive vice president and general counsel,
Fidelity Investments;
- Esther Lardent, president and chief executive officer, Pro Bono
Institute;
- Kathleen McGrath, senior corporate counsel, Liberty
Mutual;
- William O'Brien, pro bono chair, Association of Corporate
Counsel - Northeast Chapter;
- Eve Runyon, director, Corporate Pro Bono (a joint project of
the Association of Corporate Counsel and the Pro Bono Institute);
and
- Dorothy Varon, assistant vice president and counsel,
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company