The Local Pro Bono Committee exists per Maryland Rule 19-502  to "develop, in coordination with existing legal services organizations and pro bono referral organizations that provide services in the county, a detailed Local Pro Bono Action Plan to promote pro bono legal service to meet the needs of persons of limited means in the county."

 

Roster          

 

 Local Pro Bono Membership Procedures                                               

 

Meetings  - agendas and minutes

 

     Agenda template:  Agenda template.docx  OR here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EObxert7R404W9AWQqV8eD8MzxsgSPDp4VX_oyQiyKw/edit?usp=sharing 

 

    Minutes template: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EObxert7R404W9AWQqV8eD8MzxsgSPDp4VX_oyQiyKw/edit?usp=sharing  

    Local Pro Bono Minutes instructions.docx 

 

  draft Work Plan September 2012           

 

 Annual Reports

 

Maryland RULE 19-502 - Local Pro Bono Committees and Plans  

 

AA Co (pro bono) Report - through 2013.docx

 

News

 

Daily Record article featuring Lisa Sarro 3/12/2025: For advocates, eviction court is arduous but ‘everything is fixable’ 

https://thedailyrecord.com/2025/03/12/everything-is-fixable-a-day-in-eviction-court/  

Daily Record 2025 03 12 Everything is fixable (Lisa Sarro).pdf

 

Activities

 

Local Pro Bono Committee Projects  

 

          Pro Bono Family Law Day 2024 01 27.pdf

 

Ask a Lawyer in the Library Program

 

        Elder Law Clinic 

 

        Family Law Mentoring and Pro Bono Study Group

 

        Pro Bono Survey

 

        Pro Bono Reporting Tool   

 

        AABA Pro Bono Award

 

Local Pro Bono - Messaging

     Pro Bono Oppportunities handout 2020 01 28.docx 

     Pro Bono Articles 

 

Judicial Letters Promoting Pro Bono

 

ABA Sample: ABA examples.pdf

 

to Inns (2/2018): 

        pro bono letter.pdf

     Frequently Asked Questions.docx  

 

to AABA (2014)

      pro bono jud letter template.doc  

 

Local Committee Plan - 2014

 

Pro Bono Action Plan A A Co 2014 final rev.docx

 

Local Pro Bono Committee - Plan Documents - previous and revision discussion

 

PLANNING TOOLS: 

 

Openarundel  https://www.aacounty.org/openarundel is a collection of tools, reports and data developed to empower county residents with information and to encourage civic engagement.  It includes 

Anne Arundel County Wellbeing Index https://gis.aacounty.org/portal/apps/experiencebuilder/experience/?id=d505648e54bb4496bebd08ba09e65079&page=Summary-of-Community-Wellbeing-Index 

 

Needs assessment update 2025: Poverty Amidst Plenty 8th ed CFAAC-2025-Needs-Assessment-VIII_websized.pdf

 

https://cfaac.org/sites/default/files/portal_files/CFAAC%20Needs%20Assessment%20VII_websize_1.pdf

 

Needs assessment update 2022: Poverty Amidst Plenty VII report of the Community Foundation Anne Arundel County: https://cfaac.org/sites/default/files/portal_files/CFAAC%20Needs%20Assessment%20VII_websize_1.pdf 

 

Needs assessment update: Poverty Amidst Plenty V report of the Community Foundation Anne Arundel County -  2015-Needs-Assessmet-Final-for-Printer.pdf

 

2004 Committee 

Pro Bono Action Plan A A Co FINAL 5-25-04-1.doc

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS LIST (2003).doc

 

 

ANNUAL REPORTS STANDING COMMITTEE ON PRO BONO

 

 

Standing Committee Resources

 

WHY DO PRO BONO FLYER!.pdf

 

Short term opportunities - Sampling 4-23-2018 (002).pdf

 

Best Practices Manual for Pro Bono Service Providers / Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland (2011)

 

Best Practices Manual for Local Pro Bono Committees (June 2010)

 

Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Pro Bono Service: Local Pro Bono Committee Resource Manual 

     (Revised July 2003)

 

Model govt atty policy 6-11-10.doc

 

Assessment and Survey Tools

 

ABA Resources

 

Video "Be the Change" ABA President's Legal Access Job Corp 

 

Legal Access Job Corp Resources:  

 

Supreme Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Service Liaison: Joan Bellistri

      410-222-1387

     joan.bellistri@mdcourts.gov