Date Chartered: 5/31/1999
Purpose
The Section on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities promotes the communication of ideas, interests and activities among members of the Section and makes recommendations to the Association on matters concerning Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities.
Leadership Listserv & Member-Only Content
Newletters
AALS Pro Bono Section Newsletter (Summer 2020)
AALS Pro Bono Section Newsletter (Fall 2019) (PDF)
AALS Pro Bono Section Newsletter (Summer 2019) (PDF)
AALS Pro Bono Section Newsletter (Spring 2019) (PDF)
AALS Pro Bono Section Newsletter (Fall 2018) (PDF)
AALS Pro Bono Section Newsletter (Summer 2018) (PDF)
AALS Pro Bono Section Newsletter (March 2018) (PDF)
AALS Pro Bono Section Newsletter (December 2017) (PDF)
AALS Pro Bono Section Newsletter (July 2017) (PDF)
AALS Pro Bono Section Newsletter (April 2017) (PDF)
AALS Pro Bono Section Newsletter (December 2016) (PDF)
AALS Pro Bono Section Newsletter (August 2016) (PDF)
Annual Meeting Programs
2020
Main Program
Service Project
Empirical study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession (Co-sponsored by Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities)
Leadership (Co-sponsored by Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities)
2019
Main Program
Service Project
Leadership (Co-sponsored by Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities)
Awards
Deborah L. Rhode Award
The Rhode Award will be awarded to a full-time faculty member or Dean who has made an outstanding contribution to increasing pro bono and public service opportunities in law schools through scholarship, leadership, or service.
Father Robert Drinan Award
The Drinan Award will be presented to an individual, whether full-time faculty or not, who has forwarded the ethic of pro bono service through personal service, program design or management.
Nominations and Eligibility: The Award Competition will be announced through the Section’s listserv, its newsletter and/or the AALS Newsletter. Nominations may be made by any member of AALS. Nominations will be accepted until October 31 of each year and the selection shall be made by November 30.
Recipients
| Year | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Aviam Soifer | University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law |
| 2020 | Father Robert Drinian Award | Laurie Barron | Roger Williams University School of Law |
| 2019 | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Vivian Neptune Rivera | University of Puerto Rico School of Law |
| 2019 | Father Robert Drinian Award | Louis Rulli | University of Pennsylvania Law School |
| 2018 | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Angela Drake | University of Missouri School of Law |
| 2018 | Father Robert Drinian Award | Thomas Schoenherr | Fordham University School of Law |
| 2017 | Father Robert Drinian Award | Paolo Annino | Florida State University |
| 2016 | Deborah L. Rhode Award | James H. Rosenblatt | Mississippi College School of Law |
| 2016 | Father Robert Drinan Award | Janet Weinstein | California Western School of Law |
| 2015 | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Gerald Lopez | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| 2015 | Father Robert Drinan Award | William P. Quigley | Loyola University New Orleans College of Law |
| 2014 | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Mathew Diller | Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University |
| 2014 | Father Robert Drinan Award | Linda McGuire | University of Iowa College of Law |
| 2013 | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Douglas A. Blaze | University Tennessee College of Law |
| 2013 | Father Robert Drinan Award | J.P. “Sandy” Ogilvy | The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law |
| 2012 | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Claudio Grossman | American University Washington College of Law |
| 2012 | Father Robert Drinan Award | Christine Smith | University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law |