Pro Bono Involvement
Medical-Legal Partnerships rely heavily on pro bono support to increase their capacity to serve patient-families and for the long-term sustainability of the partnership.
Pro Bono Transfer Memo (MLPC | Boston)
Sample memo from MLPC | Boston transferring a case from a medical-legal partnership to pro bono council.
American Bar Association Pro Bono Standards
Adopted by the ABA House of Delegates in February 1998, the ABA Standards for Providers of Pro Bono Civil Legal Services to Persons of Limited Means provides current guidance to newly established programs and their governing bodies and provides a basis for improving and evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of existing programs.
Medical Record Request Tip Sheet (MLPC | Boston)
Tips from MLPC | Boston on understanding medical records and how lawyers at medical-legal partnerships can request patient-client medical records from a hospital or health center.
“Adopt-a-Health Center” Proposal (MLPC | Boston)
MLPC | Boston holds legal intake clinics at Boston Medical Center and at six affiliated community health centers. Three of those health centers’ clinics are staffed by private law firms through the “Adopt-A-Health Center” program. Pro bono attorneys, under the supervision and guidance of MLPC | Boston staff, conduct intakes and represent patient-families from the cases generated at these clinics. This proposal outlines the clinic structure, the partnership itself, expectations of the medical-legal partnership staff and the law firm staff, and is the first step toward forging this type of partnership.